2011-02-14, 05:43
srsobieraj Wrote:I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but I spent a very long time adding title-screens for each of my games by hand. I downloaded the title screens by hand and then used "Select a Local Image" to change the fanart for each file. When I was done, I deleted the folder that the fanart was in.The only images that are cached are XBMC thumbnails of original thumbs and fanarts images. This is done by XBMC. Advanced Launcher does NOT cache any images (fanarts or thumbnails), it just update the XBMC thumbnails cache (when changing or deleting images). And mot important, the XBMC thumbnails cache is a TEMPORARY cache. So you must NOT delete your original thumbs and fanarts images !!!
Everything was fine, because I think ALA or XBMC cached the images, but when I re-scraped the folder, I lost the fanart because I had assumed that ALA was making a copy of the fanart in its fanart directory (it does this for scraped fanart but not for manually added fanart ). Anyways, I went and re-downloaded the title screens, but before I add them again I would like ALA to store a copy of any manually added fanart the same way it saves scraped fanart.
srsobieraj Wrote:I'd also like a way to export the current fanart & thumbnails so that I can backup my images. I think I'd go bonkers if I lost that many images again. Maybe just an option on the launcher for "Export Fanart & Thumbnails" and then ask for a directory? Alternatively if ALA could just dump the cached imagery to the proper fanart & thumbnails directories the next time it starts then I don't need this option...I'm scared of re-scraping until I backup my images.All the scraped thumbs and fanarts images are stored into their respective thumbs and fanart directory defined during the launcher creation. So if you want to make a backup of these images just make a copy/paste of those directories (or compress them into ZIP or RAR archive).