Does Diamond cache "no fanart" for a series?

[kbyrd]

I have a series, Mystery Diagnosis, which BMT wouldn't process because there wasn't an entry in tvdb. So, I created an account on tvdb, added a banner, a fanart image, and entries for the last two seasons. I waited a day (it seems user changes to tvdb take some time to go "live") then when I had BMT Web go update the metadata, BMT snagged the new banner and background images.

The problem is that I couldn't get Diamond to display the background image until I refreshed the cache. Maybe Diamond tried to find this show before, but couldn't so it cached the negative result? As soon as a reset the cache, everything worked great.

[PLUCKYHD]

Yes for speed reasons it does cache it. However if you hit delete on anyovie or tv show you can clear the cache for that one movie / tv show

[kbyrd]

I figured, it's a reasonable optimization. Just so I'm clear on the behavior...

If a given series has no Fanart and I run past it in the UI, the "no bg" is cached. If I later add Fanart for that series by any means (manually placed into the directory or via BMT), then I won't see Fanart until I've either deleted the cache or deleted any single episode of that series.

Do I have it right?

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by kbyrd

I figured, it's a reasonable optimization. Just so I'm clear on the behavior...

If a given series has no Fanart and I run past it in the UI, the "no bg" is cached. If I later add Fanart for that series by any means (manually placed into the directory or via BMT), then I won't see Fanart until I've either deleted the cache or deleted any single episode of that series.

Do I have it right?

Almost it I per tv show not episode so deleting the fanart from the main tv screen clears all cached fanart for the tv show not per episode.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by kbyrd

I figured, it's a reasonable optimization. Just so I'm clear on the behavior...

If a given series has no Fanart and I run past it in the UI, the "no bg" is cached. If I later add Fanart for that series by any means (manually placed into the directory or via BMT), then I won't see Fanart until I've either deleted the cache or deleted any single episode of that series.

Do I have it right?

And just to be clear... you do not have to delete any video... just press Delete while on the series item and it will have an option to delete that single fanart from the cache...

See here in the wiki...

[darcilicious]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Yes for speed reasons it does cache it. However if you hit delete on anyovie or tv show you can clear the cache for that one movie / tv show

I see this working for TV Shows but when I'm on a movie title in the Recorded Movies screen and I press delete, I don't see "Delete Diamond Cached Fanart" option... is this a bug?

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by darcilicious

I see this working for TV Shows but when I'm on a movie title in the Recorded Movies screen and I press delete, I don't see "Delete Diamond Cached Fanart" option... is this a bug?

Probably because I don't use that screen You can report it.

[darcilicious]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Yes for speed reasons it does cache it. However if you hit delete on anyovie or tv show you can clear the cache for that one movie / tv show

I'm still not getting "delete" to re-check for poster art for items that initially come up with no poster art.

What should happen precisely after I bring up the MOVIEFLOW screen, navigate to the item without poster art (but the background fanart is displayed), press delete, and then select "delete diamond cached fanart for show"?

Strangely enough on two most recently recorded movies, the poster art shows up for first recorded movie on one PC client but not for the second recorded movie. And then on the second PC, the poster art doesn't show up for the first recorded movie but it does for the second movie.

Thoughts?

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by darcilicious

I'm still not getting "delete" to re-check for poster art for items that initially come up with no poster art.

What should happen precisely after I bring up the MOVIEFLOW screen, navigate to the item without poster art (but the background fanart is displayed), press delete, and then select "delete diamond cached fanart for show"?

Strangely enough on two most recently recorded movies, the poster art shows up for first recorded movie on one PC client but not for the second recorded movie. And then on the second PC, the poster art doesn't show up for the first recorded movie but it does for the second movie.

Thoughts?

I am going to add some code in the next build to be more certain the cache is getting cleared for the single item.

And cache memory is kept per client so that is why your are seeing different results. Server and extender share the same cache memory but each client has it's own.

[darcilicious]

Yes but the real question is why is the poster art missing at all in either case? And what do I need to do to fix it? Or is it a bug? If it's my setup it's strange that two movies are getting dealt with differently in identical setups.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by darcilicious

Yes but the real question is why is the poster art missing at all in either case? And what do I need to do to fix it? Or is it a bug? If it's my setup it's strange that two movies are getting dealt with differently in identical setups.

There is an known issue in the current build with missing/dissapearing posters that is fixed. I am also completely rewriting the caching structure to be more efficient and correct when manually deleteing fanart for items.

[darcilicious]

Ah, thanks -- and THANKS for all your hard work on this fantastic theme!