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- LaTropa64 - 2009-03-24 05:22
Unrelated, but I guess there is no way to see why a movie is rated what it is? All the "Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and action, and for language and brief nudity." info isn't in the info screen?
- Hitcher - 2009-03-24 08:46
It's right underneath the word 'Terminator'.
- LaTropa64 - 2009-03-24 08:52
Not the details of the rating. "Strong sci-fi violence and action, and for language and brief nudity" is nowhere to be found... Unless I'm really blind.
- Hitcher - 2009-03-24 14:57
Notes:
1920x1080 display
movie.tbn dimensions 720x1080
Default thumbsize (512) - NO <thumbsize> used in advancedsettings.xml
INFO SCREEN with -BIG.PNG
![[Image: screenshot000v.png]](http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6081/screenshot000v.png)
INFO SCREEN with cached tbn
![[Image: screenshot000m.png]](http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8011/screenshot000m.png)
Just for you guys here's the result when using the original poster (1000x1500) as the '-big.png'
1920x1080 display
movie.tbn dimensions 1000x1500
<thumbsize>1024</thumbsize> used in advancedsettings.xml
INFO SCREEN with -BIG.PNG
![[Image: screenshot000.png]](http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8175/screenshot000.png)
INFO SCREEN with cached tbn
![[Image: screenshot000q.png]](http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3976/screenshot000q.png)
- ethan_9219 - 2009-03-25 00:18
Is this Big Info view the only info view available? Or is there another?
- natew - 2009-03-25 00:20
I'm a bit confused on the "-big.png" poster. Does stark look for "filename.mkv-big.png" (if the movie is in .mkv format), or simply "moviename-big.png"? If the former is correct, then does that mean that a dvd ripped to .vob files would need the poster named "VIDEO_TS.ifo-big.png"?
- djh_ - 2009-03-25 01:50
Hitcher Wrote:Notes:
They all look the same! Are you sure that poster's high res?
- hikaricore - 2009-03-25 02:02
djh_ Wrote:They all look the same! Are you sure that poster's high res?
There's a noticeable difference in the poster quality between the first two and the second two.
If this poster had more detail this would be much more obvious.
- Hitcher - 2009-03-25 17:04
OK, one last time using this suggested poster (1000x1500) -
daveisadork Wrote:http://themoviedb.org/image/posters/6793/folder.jpg
INFO using '-BIG.PNG'
![[Image: screenshot000z.png]](http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4720/screenshot000z.png)
INFO using cached thumb (default thumbsize 512)
![[Image: screenshot001d.png]](http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8637/screenshot001d.png)
INFO using cached thumb (advancedsettings thumbsize 1024)
![[Image: screenshot002n.png]](http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3756/screenshot002n.png)
Yes there's a difference between using '-big.png' and just the cached thumb but whether it's worth having the same image twice in your folders is up to you to decide.
Upping the thumbsize to increase the quality of the cached thumb causes the scrolling of movies to slow down and not be as smooth, plus they looked worse when scaled down to fit the poster size.
Personally I think the standard cached thumb does the job as long as your original movie.tbn from which it's created is big enough.
- LaTropa64 - 2009-03-25 17:56
Hitcher Wrote:Yes there's a difference between using '-big.png' and just the cached thumb but whether it's worth having the same image twice in your folders is up to you to decide.
Upping the thumbsize to increase the quality of the cached thumb causes the scrolling of movies to slow down and not be as smooth, plus they looked worse when scaled down to fit the poster size.
Personally I think the standard cached thumb does the job as long as your original movie.tbn from which it's created is big enough.
I could barely tell the difference between the -BIG and the 512 cache. Definitely not enough of a difference to make me double up all my poster artwork.
