2011-03-06, 20:16
Hi, found out about XBMC two days ago, ever since it's been my devoted project to perfect artwork/fanwork and album details. My movies have all perfectly been filled with information, however I've found problems with my music. That is the topic of the majority of these questions. Thank you for your time, I appreciate how frustrating it is to teach those new over and over again. I promise, I've scoured the site, however all the how-to's are directed at linux and windows and have no relevance. The wiki's folder structure instructions are a little outdated and the only thing that has helped me get closer to the goal is the pdf in progress (XBMC for beginners). (Which is fantastic!)
ps. I am working on OS X, all my films/tvshows/music are working from a networked time capsule.
1) If I change fanart for a file, how does XBMC realise it has been changed and thus use it instead? Does this require an update of the library? Or will it automatically detect it.
2) Are there specific required dimensions for fanart/logo/etc. (i've checked the 'thumbnails' section of the wiki, however it seems to be outdated and confusing in the appliance of mac)
3) I'm using the Aeon MQ2 skin, after selecting 'music' from the home screen, I am brought to a submenu listing subcategories such as 'genres, artists, albums and etc' alongside being a thumbnail. This thumbnail is a has a default image, which I don't find very pretty. How can I manually change this? - (I have searched for so long to fix this, and have finally succumbed to asking, it's not my thing but I must emphasize this question of the seven)
4) The first thing I see when I click 'music' is my playlists. How can I default this so that it opens initially up to the genre screen above?
Edit: after trial and error, it seems to default to playlists the first time 'music' is selected. If I browse (after clicking 'music') from playlists to genre, back out to the home screen and select it again, it goes back to music. However there remains the problem of defaulting to playlists.
(For questions 3+4) Here are a couple of pictures of what I mean.
5 Possible to force XBMC to default full screen onto my external display? Even when dragged in and fullscreened (\ or CMD+F) it full screens to my laptop screen. I've experimented with changing docks, dodgy software and more, I'm stumped! The only way I can get it to work is by dragging it over, browsing (in windowed mode) to settings and changing it then and there. However when I change it back to windowed mode, and then return, its back to the original display.
Sorry if thats confusing. It's a tedious problem.
6) Any library management similar to Ember Media Manager or Media Companion for Mac? Looked everywhere, only options seems to be faulty, or outdated (according to comments on forums). Would love an experienced opinion on this. Is it worth the hassle of using parallels to work with Ember Media Manager? I've heard its been discontinued recently...
7) Seeing as I'm working from a networked drive. Should I remove all options to update automatically/on startup? Could this mean that when I'm travelling and using XBMC without my time capsule, that the update would wipe the library?
Kind Regards,
George
ps. I am working on OS X, all my films/tvshows/music are working from a networked time capsule.
1) If I change fanart for a file, how does XBMC realise it has been changed and thus use it instead? Does this require an update of the library? Or will it automatically detect it.
2) Are there specific required dimensions for fanart/logo/etc. (i've checked the 'thumbnails' section of the wiki, however it seems to be outdated and confusing in the appliance of mac)
3) I'm using the Aeon MQ2 skin, after selecting 'music' from the home screen, I am brought to a submenu listing subcategories such as 'genres, artists, albums and etc' alongside being a thumbnail. This thumbnail is a has a default image, which I don't find very pretty. How can I manually change this? - (I have searched for so long to fix this, and have finally succumbed to asking, it's not my thing but I must emphasize this question of the seven)
4) The first thing I see when I click 'music' is my playlists. How can I default this so that it opens initially up to the genre screen above?
Edit: after trial and error, it seems to default to playlists the first time 'music' is selected. If I browse (after clicking 'music') from playlists to genre, back out to the home screen and select it again, it goes back to music. However there remains the problem of defaulting to playlists.
(For questions 3+4) Here are a couple of pictures of what I mean.
5 Possible to force XBMC to default full screen onto my external display? Even when dragged in and fullscreened (\ or CMD+F) it full screens to my laptop screen. I've experimented with changing docks, dodgy software and more, I'm stumped! The only way I can get it to work is by dragging it over, browsing (in windowed mode) to settings and changing it then and there. However when I change it back to windowed mode, and then return, its back to the original display.
Sorry if thats confusing. It's a tedious problem.
6) Any library management similar to Ember Media Manager or Media Companion for Mac? Looked everywhere, only options seems to be faulty, or outdated (according to comments on forums). Would love an experienced opinion on this. Is it worth the hassle of using parallels to work with Ember Media Manager? I've heard its been discontinued recently...
7) Seeing as I'm working from a networked drive. Should I remove all options to update automatically/on startup? Could this mean that when I'm travelling and using XBMC without my time capsule, that the update would wipe the library?
Kind Regards,
George