[Martijn]

i already have it working in my private branch but needs more testing. so imo everything else is just waste of time if it's still done by using JSON-RPC

only what would make sense if it could be done by scrapers too

[mikebzh44]

For me, XBMC should be able to scan from scratch :
moviename-poster.jpg
moviename-fanart.jpg
moviename-discart.png
moviename-logo.png
...
when you load your library.

Using Artwork Downloader is OK for adding artwork manually or automatically when no artworks are stored on disk.

+1 providing artwork (discart, logo) by scraper is a good idea.

[LEDFan]

For me, XBMC should be able to scan from scratch :
moviename-poster.jpg
moviename-fanart.jpg
moviename-discart.png
moviename-logo.png
...
when you load your library.

Using Artwork Downloader is OK for adding artwork manually or automatically when no artworks are stored on disk.

+1 providing artwork (discart, logo) by scraper is a good idea.

This is exactly when I think too.! + 1 on this.

[redglory]

Isn't this already implemented with Texture Cache Utility ?

Something in the lines of:

Code:

./texturecache.py jd movies | ./texturecache.py set

which sets movies from it's json artwork types/paths (returned by XBMC's media library)

Example:

Code:

D:\TextureCache>python texturecache.py jd movies "Fight Club"
[
  {
    "art": {
      "clearart": "image://ftp://192.168.1.77:60666/Movies/Fight.Club.(1999)/Fight.Club.1999.DVD-Rip.dx50-clearart.png/",
      "discart": "image://ftp://192.168.1.77:60666/Movies/Fight.Club.(1999)/Fight.Club.1999.DVD-Rip.dx50-disc.png/",
      "fanart": "image://ftp://192.168.1.77:60666/Movies/Fight.Club.(1999)/Fight.Club.1999.DVD-Rip.dx50-fanart.jpg/",
      "poster": "image://ftp://192.168.1.77:60666/Movies/Fight.Club.(1999)/Fight.Club.1999.DVD-Rip.dx50-poster.jpg/",
      "thumb": "image://video@ftp://192.168.1.77:60666/Movies/Fight.Club.(1999)/Fight.Club.1999.DVD-Rip.dx50.avi/"
    },
    "file": "ftp://192.168.1.77:60666/Movies/Fight.Club.(1999)/Fight.Club.1999.DVD-Rip.dx50.avi",
    "label": "Fight Club",
    "movieid": 1205,
    "title": "Fight Club"
  }
]

[zag]

Just another massive +1 on anything that can work in the future with scraping metadata websites sites also.

[RockerC]

Bump this with ideas from these other discussion threads
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220394
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=212681
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=216086
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220122

Just to make a nice official thread for this request that has come up many times.

I'd like to see extra fanart scraped and included in standardized database fields without the need for using a special add-on. After migrating my media to a new NAS recently I realized how confusing it was with all the add-ons that download extra artwork such as the Artwork downloader extra fanart script or the CDart manager script.

There is some debate about whether these new artwork types should be included in the default skin or not which is understandable, but I think it should be at the very least included in default scraping so Skinners have that choice.

Clearart.png 1000 x 562
Clearlogo.png 800x310 or 400x155
Discart.png 1000x1000
Banner.jpg 1000x185

Suggest DB Fields for the "art" table

media_type clearart
media_type clearlogo
media_type discart
media_type banner

It has been argued in the past that it would be good to have an extensible system to add new artwork types but I personally do not think thats a good idea. I believe artwork should be standardized to only popular fanart available from metadata sites, otherwise you end up with a mess of artwork that is different from skin to skin. Its all about standards and this should be enforced at Kodi level imo

I would like to see this as a standard scraping feature for Movies, TVShows and Music and also include with local scraping.

See the somewhat related discussion here which lists most fanart types currently supported by Kodi, but not all scraped by default.

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=216086

This include additional fanart types like CharacterArt, Extra fanart, Extrathumbs, and Season Banners/Thumbs:


Sites like https://themoviedb.org, https://thetvdb.com and http://www.theaudiodb.com contain a lot of commonly used image types that are almost all considered industry standard in the world of media players / HTPC today.

However other popular fan art sites like http://fanart.tv and http://www.htbackdrops.org contain many more image types that are not really "industry standard", but they still add a lot to that WOW-factor many of us love Kodi for.

How does one select which type of images should be supported today and which ones should not? Does one have to choose and limit these?

Another key one is 'backdrop.jpg'.

Two more from fanart.tv are CharacterART and Extra fanart/thumbs

And both theaudiodb.com and htbackdrops.org also hosts Discart as well as Music Artist Thumbnails (1:1)


Today you can use the Artwork Downloader addon to download most of these image types:

http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Artwork_Dow...onventions

Movies:

Poster (poster.jpg)
FanArt (fanart.jpg)
Extra fanart (<image ID from provider>.jpg)
Extrathumbs (thumb1.jpg to thumb4.jpg)
Clearart (clearart.png)
Logo (logo.png)
Discart (disc.png)
Wide Banner Icons (banner.jpg)
Thumb 16:9 (landscape.jpg)

TV Shows:

Poster (poster.jpg)
Season Posters (seasonx.jpg)
FanArt (fanart.jpg)
Extra fanart (<image ID from provider>.jpg)
Clearart (clearart.png)
Characterart (character.png)
Logo (logo.png)
Wide Banner Icons (banner.jpg)
Season Banners (seasonbannerx.jpg)
Thumb 16:9 (landscape.jpg)
Season Thumb 16:9 (seasonx-landscape.jpg | seasonall-landscape.jpg)

Music (and musicvideos):

Poster (poster.jpg)
FanArt (fanart.jpg)
Extra fanart (<image ID from provider>.jpg)
Extrathumbs (thumb1.jpg to thumb4.jpg)
Clearart (clearart.png)
Logo (logo.png)
Discart (disc.png)

[Bazzu85]

hi there..

there are some news about adding -discart and other to scraping from movie folder?