2011-03-03, 16:10
bthusby Wrote:Is it possible to filter out dead references?If the Google team is not able to do it... I'm not sure I will be able to simply do it. I can add a function that will test if each images exist before report the thumbnail list, but it will really slow down the image scraping process (I found it actually enough slow to my taste).
bthusby Wrote:Are all picture formats supported? Jpg, gif, png, tiff? Or should the search be limited to just jpg?Yes, all supported, but all saved with the .jpg extension (even if they are gif of png images). XBMC display them whatever is the extension. BTW fanarts or thumbs are most of the time jpeg images.
bthusby Wrote:And will all file sizes be resized to fill the same space so they look the same size in the library?No, images are saved as they are. I will not add resize function because sizes of displayed images are managed by the skins (scaled, stretched or anything else). If you image have not displayed with the same size, it is a problem of the skin.
bthusby Wrote:Maybe after scraping normal with one of the "good" scrapers, allgame, gamefaq, mobygames etc, then google can fill in the rest automatically. I feel a smart algorithm here can do fantastic things with the google scraper.The problem with google images scraper is that it will never give you more accurate results than the other images scrapers. Advantage of the google scraper is that it give you access to a large number of images. For example if you search images for "Legend of Zelda" for "Super Nintendo Entertainment System"... Mobygames or Gamefaqs images scrapers will give you exactly what you search. With google if you search for "Legend of Zelda" for "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" you will have some results... but maybe you could have better results if you search for "Zelda" for "SNES". It depend how people and google have referred the images. An algorithm cannot predict this. That's why I do not recommend to use Google images scraper during Automatic (or Semi-automatic) scan.