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- Kode - 2011-06-17 15:19
stoli Wrote:The Player.Folderpath is only valid when music is playing and then only for the currently playing item... If there were a way to get the artist path without another #$%^ custom setting I'd be more than happy to implement it. (http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94724&page=4)
ah hah, and now I know the reason why it works for extrafanart and not logos, so I will stop bugging you about it
From what I understand the music library is quite primitive compared to the video library, so I guess there is not much we can do about it.
Shame really, because, as you say, some artists will never be able to have logos.
- nurgle - 2011-06-17 15:48
I'm experiencing the same problem, any ideas Stoli?
MrChuffy Wrote:I thought id have a go at a video, noticed a bug though with the new view stoli when I scroll down the list of artists I get an insta flash up of the next artist, doesnt happen if I go up the list though.
Made a video so you can see it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGTYAQ4BBT0
Cheers
- stoli - 2011-06-17 16:09
yep. I need to fix it.
- giftie - 2011-06-17 17:13
I'm wondering if it would be best to setup an 'Music Artwork Folder' path for these things instead. It would functions sort of how you already have the Music Path working here but with a slight twist. It's just for the artwork. This way it can be completely independent from the music folder.
Using a path format like this:
music_artwork
--->Artist
------>fanarts.jpg(multiple fanarts)
------>clearlogo.png
------>Album
--------->folder.jpg
--------->cdart.png
------>Album2
--------->folder.jpg
--------->cdart.png
--->Artist2
------>fanarts.jpg(multiple fanarts)
------>clearlogo.png
------>Album
--------->folder.jpg(higher res)
--------->cdart.png
Though it might be excessive but I think it would work better over all. My script(cdART Manager) wouldn't have any problem building this folder set up and keep it's normal use for other users.
Although this wouldn't work for cdART on multi-disc albums(since they are usually separated folders(CD1, CD2, etc.) So cdARTs could be potentially be removed from this layout.
- MrChuffy - 2011-06-17 17:27
giftie Wrote:I'm wondering if it would be best to setup an 'Music Artwork Folder' path for these things instead. It would functions sort of how you already have the Music Path working here but with a slight twist. It's just for the artwork. This way it can be completely independent from the music folder.
Using a path format like this:
music_artwork
--->Artist
------>fanarts.jpg(multiple fanarts)
------>clearlogo.png
------>Album
--------->folder.jpg
--------->cdart.png
------>Album2
--------->folder.jpg
--------->cdart.png
--->Artist2
------>fanarts.jpg(multiple fanarts)
------>clearlogo.png
------>Album
--------->folder.jpg(higher res)
--------->cdart.png
Though it might be excessive but I think it would work better over all. My script(cdART Manager) wouldn't have any problem building this folder set up and keep it's normal use for other users.
Although this wouldn't work for cdART on multi-disc albums(since they are usually separated folders(CD1, CD2, etc.) So cdARTs could be potentially be removed from this layout.
But it kind of works now, with only a very small fix? Maintaining two structures is going away a bit isnt it?
- giftie - 2011-06-17 19:18
MrChuffy Wrote:But it kind of works now, with only a very small fix? Maintaining two structures is going away a bit isnt it?
It doesn't work if you music is not in one central location. For instance, mine is spread between a NAS and a Server. I started to use the NAS as my main storage, but it became full, so I started putting my music on my Server(was mainly for video). So I have two paths for my music(for the time being) one for my NAS, one for my Server. Eventually I will move the music over to the server(need to buy a new licence
) but I think others might be in the same boat, especially if they don't use a central storage location(internal hard drives) Just my 2 cents.. I developed code for the script to strip down to the artist name originally, but then noticed the method Stoli was using(though I may put the code back in as well). This also will be problematic with artists with special characters in their name(AC/DC for instance, since the forward slash is considered a indicator for a folder in Linux and other OSes)
Ultimately it would be nice for XBMC to provide the path at all levels of the music(Artist, Album, and Song - right now only the song level has the path) but this is actually done by design, since not everyone has thier music separated by Artist --> Album, some just have it thrown into a mixed folder too...
- MrChuffy - 2011-06-17 20:39
I get ya Giftie, I guess it moved on quicker for movies/tv because they take up so much room, Id never imagined someone to have so much music they needed more than one location
- ronie - 2011-06-17 22:32
giftie Wrote:This also will be problematic with artists with special characters in their name(AC/DC for instance, since the forward slash is considered a indicator for a folder in Linux and other OSes)
well then just create those directories ;-)
Path To/Music/AC/DC/logo.png
will most certainly work.
- giftie - 2011-06-17 23:40
ronie Wrote:well then just create those directories ;-)
Path To/Music/AC/DC/logo.png
will most certainly work.
lol.. Yeah that would work..
Though I liked my little box I made for myself..
- stoli - 2011-06-19 19:32
I think I have the transition 'flash' issue resolved along with an updated Music Logo view. (Note I have virtually no clear art logos yet, so it's a little ugly) Keep in mind it's a work in progress - I still have to smooth out the slide transitions and focus focus/no focus effects. I've left the text label in place for now since there are so few logos available at the moment.
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