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Generating fanart from video file - remco9999 - 2009-11-02
Is it possible to generate fanart from video files just like thumbnails are generated. I have some movies without fanart, just doesn't seem to be available. When I scroll throught the movies it just seems so empty :-) or dull when a default fanart backdrop is used.
Now my guess is that the code to generate the thumbnail can be used to create these backdrops. However I would intgrate an extra function into the fanart dialog to "re-generate" a backdrop if the one generated is just not loooking nice enough.
Anybody else thinking this might be a nice addition?
Regards,
Remco
- greatant1337 - 2009-11-02
I usually find fanart that is just a screenshot from the movie pretty unexciting and doesn't really fit in with the promo-style that the majority of fanart uses.
Also, what if my display resolution is greater than the resolution of the video?
- seedzero - 2009-11-02
greatant1337 Wrote:I usually find fanart that is just a screenshot from the movie pretty unexciting and doesn't really fit in with the promo-style that the majority of fanart uses.
Also, what if my display resolution is greater than the resolution of the video?
Yeah, it'd only really work if it was a high def movie. I find stills from movies are the fanarts I hate usually. I think I'd rather no fanart than crappy fanart.
- remco9999 - 2009-11-02
Didn't take any resolution into account. And yes i know stills are not fanart, but sometimes its better than nothing. But then again, usually movies without fanart are having no fanart because there are no fans
so maybe i can solve this problem by lifting my movie standards up a bit...