FanArt for SageMC - Tutorial & Finding Images

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by Kirby

So then we have to duplicate all movie fanarts into the TV directory for any potential movies that are airing. Not ideal. I would rather have it scan both directories on a TV lookup, or just merge the two and be done with it. Just my opinion though.

the files are relatively small, while it's inefficient to store the files 2x the level of inefficiency is small in comparison to loss of flexibility/capability.

if the retrieval and cleanup of files can be automated, much of the less-than-ideal baggage can be hidden away.

[MeInMaui]

I'll just have it scan

Parent -> TV -> Movies for TV files and
Parent -> Movies -> TV for Video Library files

That should keep everyone happy enough.

Aloha,
Mike

[babgvant]

1.0.0.4
- added tv (favorites) download from thetvdb.com
- added -t (tv) cmd line mode

http://babgvant.com/files/folders/sa...ntry11528.aspx

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

I'll just have it scan

Parent -> TV -> Movies for TV files and
Parent -> Movies -> TV for Video Library files

That should keep everyone happy enough.

Aloha,
Mike

There will be a potentially undesirable issue with the wrong background getting loaded for a TV show (or Movie) where the corresponding item has fanart and it does not. For e.g. say I have a fanart background for the movie "Curious George" but not one for the TV show "Curious George", in the scenario the background for the movie will get loaded for the show. While this isn't a huge problem in this case (even though it won't look right), it's not hard to imagine a scenario where this could be a usability issue.

You could take the stance that if you want the aggregation behavior there is only one folder (Parent), and if segmentation is desired (Movies/TV/Music) subfolder creation is required and only one level (i.e. only Movies for Video Library will be scanned). That way if I want to share a background b/w content types I put in Parent, otherwise in the correct subfolder.

[Kirby]

Isnt there already a metadata flag for TV movies in there someplace? I would have to think there is since there is a search function for upcoming movies isnt there? So maybe that could be used in conjunction here, and if its got that metadata bit it could just search the Movies sub-dir, rather than TV? Just throwing out ideas, but its late, so maybe I just need sleep!

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

So I propose dropping support for placement of fanart with media files and just keeping the central location.

This is a problem for downloaded series, e.g., prison.break.s03.e16.avi. Right now it's simple to just drop a background.jpg in the folder.

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Further, I'd like to hard code the TV, Music and Movies subdirectories for each type of fanart.

No problem with this.

Regards,

Nick.

[QueOnda]

bobgvant,

Love it! Works great. Only thing I noticed if it doesn't find art, it places a name.jpg in the folder (no picture just a 1k file). Is this intended?

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by babgvant

You could take the stance that if you want the aggregation behavior there is only one folder (Parent), and if segmentation is desired (Movies/TV/Music) subfolder creation is required and only one level (i.e. only Movies for Video Library will be scanned). That way if I want to share a background b/w content types I put in Parent, otherwise in the correct subfolder.

This seems like a reasonable approach. Plus it's easier to code.

Aloha,
Mike

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by QueOnda

bobgvant,

Love it! Works great. Only thing I noticed if it doesn't find art, it places a name.jpg in the folder (no picture just a 1k file). Is this intended?

I noticed that after posting. It's not intentional.

[darkmar]

I am getting 500 error. Is this a problem on my webserver? I would appreciate your support.

Thanks,

2008-12-29 10:33:32.88 : MetaDataLookup - 1.0.0.4
2008-12-29 10:33:36.33 : WS: http://192.168.1.197:8080/sage/Home
2008-12-29 10:33:36.64 : Error GetDataFromSage: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData(Uri address)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData(String address)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetDataFromSage(MediaType mode)
2008-12-29 10:33:36.64 : Error ScanMediaDoWork: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetDataFromSage(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetMedia(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.ScanMedia.bwFindProperties_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
2008-12-29 10:33:36.64 : Error: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetDataFromSage(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetMedia(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.ScanMedia.bwFindProperties_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by darkmar

I am getting 500 error. Is this a problem on my webserver? I would appreciate your support.

Thanks,

2008-12-29 10:33:32.88 : MetaDataLookup - 1.0.0.4
2008-12-29 10:33:36.33 : WS: http://192.168.1.197:8080/sage/Home
2008-12-29 10:33:36.64 : Error GetDataFromSage: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData(Uri address)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData(String address)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetDataFromSage(MediaType mode)
2008-12-29 10:33:36.64 : Error ScanMediaDoWork: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetDataFromSage(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetMedia(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.ScanMedia.bwFindProperties_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
2008-12-29 10:33:36.64 : Error: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetDataFromSage(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.SageWebServer.GetMedia(MediaType mode)
at babgvant.MetaDataLookup.ScanMedia.bwFindProperties_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)

do you get that with both tv and videos?

try hitting:

http://192.168.1.197:8080/sage/Favorites?xml=yes

and

http://192.168.1.197:8080/sage/Searc...g=None&xml=yes

in the browser. do they work?

[darkmar]

I am getting both favorites.xml and search_result.xml as seperate files outsite of the browser if clicked on the links.
This error only appears for video. For TV finds nothing. I have a testing environment only with 1 TV recording.

2008-12-29 12:34:59.08 : MetaDataLookup - 1.0.0.4
2008-12-29 12:35:00.67 : WS: http://192.168.1.197:8080/sage/Home
2008-12-29 12:35:00.83 : Fanart Dir: \\hpserver\fanart

I also realized that I don't get settings window for a configuration. I edited MetaDataLookup.exe.config directly.

[evilpenguin]

Wow, fan art just got 100x easier. Thanks Mike/babgvant!

[babgvant]

1.0.0.5
- fixed 1kb image issue
- added Test option
- more logging

http://babgvant.com/files/folders/sa...ntry11528.aspx

[babgvant]

Does anyone know of a site for music like themoviedb.org and thetvdb.com?

[technazz]

Originally Posted by babgvant

1.0.0.5
- fixed 1kb image issue
- added Test option
- more logging

http://babgvant.com/files/folders/sa...ntry11528.aspx

Thanks for the tool! This would be good for covers as well I would like to have consistent covers and art which I don't have now.

Technazz

[KJake]

Originally Posted by babgvant

Does anyone know of a site for music like themoviedb.org and thetvdb.com?

http://www.htbackdrops.com/thumbnails.php?album=2

Other than that, I haven't been able to find one.

[technazz]

Im not having any luck getting the backgrounds to show up only for my videos.

My fanart is working great for my music and tv.

My video folders are //pvr/e/video/
//pvr/c/video2/
with movies in 3 different directories.

The fanart is in //pvr/c/fanart with music tv and movies sub directories.

The files are named exactly the movie name. eg Cars.mkv is names Cars.jpg int he movies folder.

As I saud the TV is working perfectly just the videos. Ive rebooted the server rescanned the import directoires

[QueOnda]

babgvant,

Is there a way for you to output (maybe a txt file), files it doesn't find? I think this would be helpful to find on my own or try to make a backdrop on my own.

I guess, I could just keep writing when I come across them, but just though you could make it easy.

[MeInMaui]

I'm going to post another pre-release update later today or tonight. Keep an eye one the stickies at the top of the forum. Try that one with debug logging enabled and post your log if it still doesn't work.

In the mean time, are your running a separate PC client? If so, try it on the server and see if the backgrounds show up there. Your client may not be able to see the network share.

Aloha,
Mike