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

[Robert McNamara]

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".

Robert