absolute thumbnail path: correct method to retrieve?

wastl · 2012-05-29 13:54

hi

following problem: i need the absolute path for the thumbnail of the currently played video.

i am using xbmc.getCacheThumbName() but this only returns a filename which cannot be used directly, eg: 8765432.tbn'.
the 'real' file would be (on linux): /home/someuser/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Video/8/auto-8765432.tbn

i couln't find a 'clean' / 'beautiful' way for this and i am now using this code:

thumbnail_rel = xbmc.getCacheThumbName( xbmc.getInfoLabel("Player.Filenameandpath") )
thumbnail_abs = xbmc.translatePath( "special://profile/Thumbnails/Video/" ) + thumbnail_rel[0] + "/auto-" + thumbnail_rel

it works. but is there a better way for this?

**blittan** · 2012-05-29 14:17

use os.path.basename would be cleaner / better

wastl · 2012-05-29 14:35

what does os.path.basename improve / do better here?

what i want to improve is: avoiding concatination of path to the video cache + first char. of xbmc.getCacheThumbName() + "auto-" + xbmc.getCacheThumbName().

**vdrfan** · 2012-05-29 14:44

You could still try to get it directly from the player.

Example: icon = "file://%s" % xbmc.translatePath(xbmc.getInfoImage("VideoPlayer.Cover"))

wastl · 2012-05-29 17:00

yep, getInfoImage() does the trick. thanks!

i've tried xbmc.getInfoLabel("VideoPlayer.Cover") before but this one returned an empty string ...

but xbmc.getInfoImage() returns exactly what i want.

**vdrfan** · 2012-05-29 17:02

Glad to hear Wink

wastl · 2012-06-20 00:55

here i'm again with another thumbnail problem:

this time i'd need the cached thumbnail of a youtube item:

xbmc.getInfoLabel("VideoPlayer.Cover") returns the 'youtube'-URL of the thumbnail, eg: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/blahblabla/0.jpg, but the image has already been cached by youtube-plugin (i can find it in the userdata-directory) so it would be fine to use the thumbnail that has already been cached and not to re-fetch it.

**jmarshall** · 2012-06-20 01:02

You won't be refetching it, just set the thumbnail to that URL and XBMC will take care of the rest.

wastl · 2012-06-20 07:21

the python service processes the information for a daemon that is not a part of XBMC (thus i'd need the absolute file name of the cached image).

wastl · 2012-06-20 16:10

i've found a rather ugly, but working 'workaround':

Code:

currentitem['Thumbnail'] = xbmc.translatePath(xbmc.getInfoImage("VideoPlayer.Cover"))

if currentitem['Thumbnail'][0:7] == "http://" or currentitem['Thumbnail'][0:8] == "https://":

  thumbnail_rel = get_crc32(currentitem['Thumbnail'])

  pos = currentitem['Thumbnail'].rfind(".")

  if (pos > 0):

    currentitem['Thumbnail'] = xbmc.translatePath( "special://profile/Thumbnails/" ) + thumbnail_rel[0] + "/" + thumbnail_rel + currentitem['Thumbnail'][pos:]

but maybe there's a more beautiful way for this ...

(get_crc32() is the method that i've found somewhere in the xbmc-wiki)

wastl Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-29 14:35 Post: #3 what does os.path.basename improve / do better here? what i want to improve is: avoiding concatination of path to the video cache + first char. of xbmc.getCacheThumbName() + "auto-" + xbmc.getCacheThumbName().
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wastl Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-29 17:00 Post: #5 yep, getInfoImage() does the trick. thanks! i've tried xbmc.getInfoLabel("VideoPlayer.Cover") before but this one returned an empty string ... but xbmc.getInfoImage() returns exactly what i want.
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vdrfan Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,793 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 7 Location: Germany	2012-05-29 17:02 Post: #6 Glad to hear Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 24,564 Joined: Oct 2003 Reputation: 138	2012-06-20 01:02 Post: #8 You won't be refetching it, just set the thumbnail to that URL and XBMC will take care of the rest. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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wastl Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-06-20 07:21 Post: #9 the python service processes the information for a daemon that is not a part of XBMC (thus i'd need the absolute file name of the cached image).
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