[mythtv-users] MythVideo thumbnails

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Wed Feb 15 22:38:09 UTC 2006


Aaron Segaert wrote:
> Instead of getting movie posters from IMDB, is it possible for MythVideo 
> to use thumbnail previews, like the movie previews in Gnome's Nautilus 
> or Windows Explorer?
>
> Perhaps someone has patch/hack to do this?  I wish I could do it myself, 
> but I'm not a programmer.
>
> The reason I bring this up is because hardly any of my videos have cover 
> art and therefore MythVideo really doesn't look nice, no matter if using 
> list, browse or gallery mode.  
>   
You can use any image as the artwork.  Get a thumbnail or screenshot or 
a frame out of the file and point the entry at it.

Kevin


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