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folder.jpg Should Only Apply To The TV Series Itself While A .tbn Should Apply To Each Episode

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: P3 P3
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Fix Version/s: Box Backlog
  • Component/s: Media Library
  • Labels:
    None
  • Severity:
    Minor
  • Version:
    1.1.1.19092
  • Operating System:
    Boxee Box
  • Number of attachments:
    3

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.

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Will added a comment -
OK looks like this is the expected behavior and looks like I have ran into a known bug.

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.
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Will added a comment - OK looks like this is the expected behavior and looks like I have ran into a known bug. 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.
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment -
Try to use the correct hierarchy of folder structure such as

TV Show Name/tvshow.nfo
TV Show Name/Season1/episode.nfo
TV Show Name/Season1/episode.tbn (OR folder.jpg)
TV Show Name/Season1/episode.mkv
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment - Try to use the correct hierarchy of folder structure such as TV Show Name/tvshow.nfo TV Show Name/Season1/episode.nfo TV Show Name/Season1/episode.tbn (OR folder.jpg) TV Show Name/Season1/episode.mkv
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Will added a comment -
Yeah same problem.

Has to do with caching, pretty sure. Its just not getting cleared correctly at the moment unless the entire database is whipped out first.
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Will added a comment - Yeah same problem. Has to do with caching, pretty sure. Its just not getting cleared correctly at the moment unless the entire database is whipped out first.
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment -
Will,
Can you please attach your boxee DEBUG logs when trying to resolve these files
can you also attach the nfo, tbn, folder.jpg files to this issue?


thanks
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment - Will, Can you please attach your boxee DEBUG logs when trying to resolve these files can you also attach the nfo, tbn, folder.jpg files to this issue? thanks
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Will added a comment - - edited
As requested. I have the following file structure for White Collar:

\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\folder.jpg
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\season-all.tbn
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\tvshow.nfo
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\White Collar.tbn
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3\White.Collar.S03E01.REPACK.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.mkv
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3\White.Collar.S03E01.REPACK.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.nfo
\\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3\White.Collar.S03E01.REPACK.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.tbn

The episode was correctly identified by the automatic scan. White Collar had the correct cover-art and episode 1 had the correct thumbnail.

But to replicate this bug I then manually identified Episode 1 with debugging on. After doing so, episode 1 of White Collar now has the WRONG thumbnail image. It is now incorrectly using the cover-art for the episode.

As requested logs are attached.

Also, when I click on Identify and choose by .nfo it shows the cove-art for the show instead of the thumbnail. I'd expect it to show the thumbnail image here as well.

Even worst, if you cancel the identify the thumbnail still gets changed incorrectly to the cover-art even though you canceled the identity.

At the moment, I now have to clear my entire database just to fix this one wrong thumbnail. ugh! But of course if this bug get's fixed this won't happen any more.

I'll keep it broken for now on purpose. Since if this does get fixed then it will also need to verify all the thumbnail paths on the upgrade or else you will see have bad thumbnails from previous.
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Will added a comment - - edited As requested. I have the following file structure for White Collar: \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3 \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\folder.jpg \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\season-all.tbn \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\tvshow.nfo \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\White Collar.tbn \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3\White.Collar.S03E01.REPACK.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.mkv \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3\White.Collar.S03E01.REPACK.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.nfo \\192.168.1.193\raid\Boxee\TV Shows (HD)\White Collar\Season 3\White.Collar.S03E01.REPACK.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.tbn The episode was correctly identified by the automatic scan. White Collar had the correct cover-art and episode 1 had the correct thumbnail. But to replicate this bug I then manually identified Episode 1 with debugging on. After doing so, episode 1 of White Collar now has the WRONG thumbnail image. It is now incorrectly using the cover-art for the episode. As requested logs are attached. Also, when I click on Identify and choose by .nfo it shows the cove-art for the show instead of the thumbnail. I'd expect it to show the thumbnail image here as well. Even worst, if you cancel the identify the thumbnail still gets changed incorrectly to the cover-art even though you canceled the identity. At the moment, I now have to clear my entire database just to fix this one wrong thumbnail. ugh! But of course if this bug get's fixed this won't happen any more. I'll keep it broken for now on purpose. Since if this does get fixed then it will also need to verify all the thumbnail paths on the upgrade or else you will see have bad thumbnails from previous.
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Marcel Hass [Boxee] added a comment -
@Will please can you check again with the latest firmware 1.2.0.20310 and see if this has fixed your issue
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Marcel Hass [Boxee] added a comment - @Will please can you check again with the latest firmware 1.2.0.20310 and see if this has fixed your issue
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Will added a comment -
Yea sadly still happening. So nope, NOT FIXED. :(

Even after a rescan the thumbnail image is wrong.

So behavior has NOT changed since build 1.1.1.19092.
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Will added a comment - Yea sadly still happening. So nope, NOT FIXED. :( Even after a rescan the thumbnail image is wrong. So behavior has NOT changed since build 1.1.1.19092.
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Øystein added a comment -
It's been over a year and nothing has happened. Very frustrating. Can't get a thumbnail from manual or nfo. Clearing cache doesn't help. Adding <thumb>url</thumb> in nfo does nothing. Still stuck with poster art.
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Øystein added a comment - It's been over a year and nothing has happened. Very frustrating. Can't get a thumbnail from manual or nfo. Clearing cache doesn't help. Adding <thumb>url</thumb> in nfo does nothing. Still stuck with poster art.

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    Marcel Hass [Boxee]
    Reporter:
    Will
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