Confluence Horizontal - small fanart in Music Media Info view
#1
Hi Guys,

I've searched the forums high and low with no luck on this one.

I like the new confluence horizontal theme, but my only gripe is in the music library (when in media info view) it now shows by default the music thumbnail image for each artist. Previously you could tell it to show small fanart instead, which IMO looked much nicer as the default thumbnail images scraped are low-res and poorly looking.

I've tried telling XBMC to look for fanart.jpg instead of folder.jpg by editing advancedsettings.xml (which I've exported to the local folders).

<advancedsettings>
<musicthumbs>
<remove>folder.jpg</remove>
<add>fanart.jpg</add>
</musicthumbs>
</advancedsettings>

This doesn't seem to work. I've even deleted the music library file and thumbnail cache.

Does anyone have any suggestions or different method I could use? This is the only thing that bothers me about this new skin, and given I primarily listen to music it bothers me a lot! Smile
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#2
You might edit the control of the image...

From "ListItem.Icon" to "$INFO[ListItem.Path]folder.jpg"

That's easier...

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#3
Thanks for that. Can you tell me which file do I need to make the change in?

mad-max Wrote:You might edit the control of the image...

From "ListItem.Icon" to "$INFO[ListItem.Path]folder.jpg"

That's easier...

mad-max
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#4
Gamblor Wrote:Thanks for that. Can you tell me which file do I need to make the change in?
Assuming with MediaInfoView you mean:
Image

It is ViewsMusicLibrary.xml

Include is "ArtistMediaListView" starting at line 684...
Image is at line 774:
Code:
                <control type="image">
                    <posx>0</posx>
                    <posy>0</posy>
                    <width>510</width>
                    <height>300</height>
                    <aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>
                    <fadetime>IconCrossfadeTime</fadetime>
                    <texture background="true">$INFO[ListItem.Icon]</texture>
                    <bordertexture border="8">ThumbShadow.png</bordertexture>
                    <bordersize>8</bordersize>
                </control>

cheers,
Max
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#5
Thanks, Max.

It didn't actually work but pointed me in the right direction.

Not knowing anything about xml I pinched "$INFO[ListItem.Property(fanart_image)]" from a video library xml file and it worked Smile
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#6
Cool...you get it sorted...
Glad to help...

BTW: Edited my xml in order to see the difference...to be honest:
much better than before...
will be integrated in my MOD...
kudos to you for the idea

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#7
Cheers Max.

Personally I think it should also be the default setting in Confluence. But at least I know how to change it now.
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