[mythtv-users] Arclight not showing fanart for one specific tv show

[Johnny Walker]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Robert McNamara
<robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca> wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 20:09 -0800, Robert McNamara wrote:
>>> I disagree.  Sorry.  As *I* said, a perfectly matching system is
>>> possible by naming the artwork by seriesid.
>>
>> Naming it where though?  In the local cache, after it's been downloaded
>> already or at the meta-data source(s) such as thetvdb.com, etc.?
>
> No part of actual myth code downloads artwork for the watch recordings
> screen.  It is an exercise left to the user.  Yes, Jamu will do it for
> you, but that is a feature added by Jamu's author for his convenience,
> and Jamu is a contrib script.  So, manually named, by the user, in the
> filesystem, by seriesid, will work fine.
>
>>> Already explained above.  Artwork will be coupled to recordings like
>>> in mythvideo.
>>
>> Which I thought was also retrieved based on the name of the video.
>
> But since there won't be any "hunt" and the files will be addressed by
> Qt, any valid character will work fine.  Including a question mark.
>
>>> It'll be automatically populated for new recordings
>>> based on their recording rule.
>>
>> OK.  But I'm still missing where the linkage is between the seriesid
>> that's in Mythtv and the "id" that's given to shows on the various
>> metadata sites that Mythtv is using.  Right now the linkage is based on
>> names.  If the linkage is done based on the seriesid will there be some
>> kind of mapping between the two "id"s?
>
> I'm sorry, but we're getting a bit far afield at the moment.  I guess
> you're just going to have to hold on until it's done.  No mapping of
> ID will be necessary, everything will work and will have nothing to do
> with TMDB/TVDB ID.  Please be patient.  It'll work fine.  There's no
> "linkage" of anything.  You'll set up a recording rule, be presented
> with artwork, select those you like, and that artwork will always be
> loaded for those recordings.
>

That actually sounds great. I look forward to it.

> I feel like I've given all the explanation I can afford to spend time
> giving in this thread.  Hope that it's clear to you now.  Any further
> clarification you need will have to wait until the new code goes in.
> We're reaching a point of diminishing returns.
>
> Robert
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