Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status:
Open
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Priority:
P3
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Fix Version/s: Box Backlog
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Component/s: Media Library
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Labels:None
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Severity:Minor
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Version:1.1.1.19092
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Operating System:Boxee Box
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Number of attachments:
Description
Currently, folder.jpg, gets applied to every single episode per Show. It should only apply to the Show Series itself.
That is, currently, folder.jpg is used as the billboard image for the Show, as well as all episode thumbnails.
This defeats the purpose of having thumbnails. They make it easier to recognize what you are looking for. Having them all the same is useless.
So, Folder.jpg should only apply as the billboard for the Show. Not as episode thumbnails.
For episode thumbnails, you should instead use filename.tbn in the same directory as the episode. That is a .tbn with the same name as the episode.
If the user only uses a Folder.jpg file (so no filename.tbn files) then the thumnails should be the same as if you just did a normal manual identify (without using .nfo files),
So for example, let's say you have this folder structure:
Clash Of The Dinosaurs > Season 1
In the Clash Of The Dinosaurs folder you have folder.jpg and tvshow.nfo.
In the Season 1 folder you have:
Clash.Of.The.Dinosaurs.S01E01.mkv
Clash.Of.The.Dinosaurs.S01E01.nfo
Clash.Of.The.Dinosaurs.S01E01.tbn
Currently, the folder.jpg file get's applied not only to the Show itself, but to the single episode as well.
The .tbn file is ignored. :(
What should happen..
folder.jpg should be used as the billboard for the Show, while the .tbn file is used for a thumbnail for the episode.
That is, currently, folder.jpg is used as the billboard image for the Show, as well as all episode thumbnails.
This defeats the purpose of having thumbnails. They make it easier to recognize what you are looking for. Having them all the same is useless.
So, Folder.jpg should only apply as the billboard for the Show. Not as episode thumbnails.
For episode thumbnails, you should instead use filename.tbn in the same directory as the episode. That is a .tbn with the same name as the episode.
If the user only uses a Folder.jpg file (so no filename.tbn files) then the thumnails should be the same as if you just did a normal manual identify (without using .nfo files),
So for example, let's say you have this folder structure:
Clash Of The Dinosaurs > Season 1
In the Clash Of The Dinosaurs folder you have folder.jpg and tvshow.nfo.
In the Season 1 folder you have:
Clash.Of.The.Dinosaurs.S01E01.mkv
Clash.Of.The.Dinosaurs.S01E01.nfo
Clash.Of.The.Dinosaurs.S01E01.tbn
Currently, the folder.jpg file get's applied not only to the Show itself, but to the single episode as well.
The .tbn file is ignored. :(
What should happen..
folder.jpg should be used as the billboard for the Show, while the .tbn file is used for a thumbnail for the episode.
You have to remove the entire database and thumbnails cache and let it to an automatic scan and everything works as expected.
But if you do a manual identify and choose NFO or don't clear the entire database and cache it does NOT work as expected.
So the feature has been implemented, it's just not working right yet.