[mythtv-users] Questions on fanart in the recordings screen.

Ma Begaj derliebegott at gmail.com
Wed Oct 28 11:14:35 UTC 2009


2009/10/27 Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
>> * On Tue Oct 27, 2009 at 09:55:24AM -0700, Robert McNamara wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bob Cottingham <bobnvic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > tried it on).  This also worked for series with spaces in the title,
>>> > but not for series with a colon, like Survivor: Samoa.  I didn't find
>>> > a solution for that one.
>>
>>> That's why the SeriesID option exists.  Every series should have a
>>> seriesID in the listings data, thus the seriesid.png should load as a
>>> final fallback.
>>
>> I would have preferred different human-readable names, but the following
>> filenames work fine for me:
>>
>> CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_fanart.jpg
>> CSI:_Miami_fanart.jpg
>> CSI:_NY_fanart.jpg
>> How_It's_Made_fanart.jpg
>> Law_&_Order:_Criminal_Intent_fanart.jpg
>> Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_fanart.jpg
>> NCIS:_Los_Angeles_fanart.jpg
>>
>> I chose these over seriesid since it's easier to update these if I want
>> a different image.
>>
>
> That's why all the other options exist :)  I only added the seriesID
> option as a "totally unforeseen insane-o scenario final fallback".
>

IIRR these files did/does not work if filename contains colon.
Mythvideo also had/has some problems with filenames with colon.


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