TV Season Fanart Question

Hi, Love Aeon Nox!

I'm using Eden RC2 on Window 7 Ultimate with Aeon Nox SVN latest build.

My problem is I cannot for the life of me get Season fanart for TV series to show! I have my media configured thus:
TV Series\Doctor Who (2005)\Season 1\fanart.jpg
Doctor Who (2005)\Season 1\folder.jpg

The folder.jpg shows OK, but the only fanart that shows is the show-level fanart.

This is what I get in TV SHOWS: I see the series fanart:


This is what i see for season 1:


This is what I see for season 2:


As you can see the season fanart is not shown, it should be this for season 1:


And this for season 2:


As you can see I am using Showcase view with coverflow, InfoPanel Icon is set to Fanart and Backdrop options, Season Fanart is ticked, but STILL I do not see season level fanart!!!!

Please can anyone help?

OK - D'oh Time!!!

Read the FAQ:

Quote:•How do I enable season fanart?
- Place fanart in the root of your TV show and name it: season<number>-fanart.jpg.
Example: season1-fanart.jpg

I'll try this and report back later!!!

I've tried the above and placed a season<number>-fanart.jpg (eg season1-fanart.jpg) in the season 1 folder, but still no change. I just get the all seasons fanart.

If I press "i" to show TV show info, the correct season fanart does show behind the info, but not when browsing.

Is no-one else having this issue?

Big_Noid, ca nyou please help?

(2012-03-13 09:29)spinecho Wrote:  How do I enable season fanart?
- Place fanart in the root of your TV show and name it: season<number>-fanart.jpg.
Example: season1-fanart.jpg

I think placing them in the show's root folder is required, not in the corresponding season folders.

EDIT: Also make sure you have enabled the "Season Fanart" option in the media menu.

That is correct, it must be in the root of your show. When I first added this there was no intention to add support for any other language then English, but season fanart was incompatible with the old way for non-english users. This way i hope to give non-english users also season anart. This means that the English users will have to do some conversion unfortunately.

Cheers for the help guys!
sorry, for some reason I didn't see the bit that states placing them in the root folder; I'll try again

It Works, but I had to remove the space between "season" and the season number!!

However (and I guess it's an XBMC "feature" and not a skin issue) is there any way to display the season level fanart in the infobox as "Icon" as well as the background, as I like to have the infobox on all the time and it then obscures the fanart?
E.G. like in this mock-up (ignore the background as I've reused an old image before I sorted the season level fanart!!!)?


Thanks for the help.

(2012-03-14 22:14)spinecho Wrote:  However (and I guess it's an XBMC "feature" and not a skin issue) is there any way to display the season level fanart in the infobox as "Icon" as well as the background, as I like to have the infobox on all the time and it then obscures the fanart?
E.G. like in this mock-up...

OK, go to the -hidden- folder "C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\addons\skin.aeon.nox.svn\720p\", and open the file "variables.xml". Find "FanartTextureVar" around line 318, and add the following around line 324, just before "<value>$INFO[ListItem.property(fanart_image)]</value>":

Quote:<value condition="Skin.HasSetting(SeasonFanart) + Container.Content(seasons) + !SubString(ListItem.Label,*,left)">$INFO[ListItem.Path]$INFO[ListItem.Season,season,-fanart.jpg]</value>

Save the file and open XBMC. After enabling "Season Fanart" you'll have what you want. I mentioned the changes you have to make, because the file will be overwritten after every SVN update (almost daily), and you'll have to make the changes again. You could just disable the automatic updates (press LEFT in the Add-Ons menu), or keep a backup of the edited "variables.xml" file, and replace the updated one every time (but that will cause problems if Big_Noid himself makes changes to this file).

CutSickAss, thanks for that! I'm at work at mo (damn work getting in the way!!!), so I'll give it a go later.

So downloading the Season Fanart Posters is something that needs to be done manually? Or is there an automated way to get this done?