2007-02-08, 15:27
This wildcard idea is something I've wanted for a little while as well. For folders containing archived series, a static 'folder.jpg' or similar is fine; I can set it up once and forget about it. But there's another use case:
The situation I'm thinking of is a folder containing current episodes (of, say, Consolevania, Nerd TV, various Revision3 productions). I'll download a new episode to that folder, watch it some time later through XBMC, then delete it. With such turnover, it's an inconvenience to create properly-named thumbnails for each episode. I might have "Consolevania 101.avi", "Consolevania 102.avi" etc, and would love to have (say) "Consolevania~.tbn" to match them all. If I deleted those video files and added "Consolevania 103.avi", I wouldn't have to touch the thumbnails at all.
I've suggested the tilde ( ~ ) as a wildcard character as it's a valid, but probably little-used, character. The carat ( ^ ) might be even better.
Another twist to this idea that I'd quite like to see is the use of a thumbnails sub-folder (either automagically with a special name, or nominated in sources.xml). Then in my "now playing" folder I'd have the (invisible) sub-folder ".thumbnails" (say), containing "Consolevania~.tbn" etc. The reason for this suggestion is that I manage the contents of this folder through my PC (I've made the share read-only for now to prevent accidental deletion!) and it would simplify such management. This idea is supplementary; the wildcard idea is the strongest one for my usage.
I see that there's a Windows-based development environment available so I'd like to take a look at implementing this, but I don't know yet when I'll have the time so I won't promise anything!
The situation I'm thinking of is a folder containing current episodes (of, say, Consolevania, Nerd TV, various Revision3 productions). I'll download a new episode to that folder, watch it some time later through XBMC, then delete it. With such turnover, it's an inconvenience to create properly-named thumbnails for each episode. I might have "Consolevania 101.avi", "Consolevania 102.avi" etc, and would love to have (say) "Consolevania~.tbn" to match them all. If I deleted those video files and added "Consolevania 103.avi", I wouldn't have to touch the thumbnails at all.
I've suggested the tilde ( ~ ) as a wildcard character as it's a valid, but probably little-used, character. The carat ( ^ ) might be even better.
Another twist to this idea that I'd quite like to see is the use of a thumbnails sub-folder (either automagically with a special name, or nominated in sources.xml). Then in my "now playing" folder I'd have the (invisible) sub-folder ".thumbnails" (say), containing "Consolevania~.tbn" etc. The reason for this suggestion is that I manage the contents of this folder through my PC (I've made the share read-only for now to prevent accidental deletion!) and it would simplify such management. This idea is supplementary; the wildcard idea is the strongest one for my usage.
I see that there's a Windows-based development environment available so I'd like to take a look at implementing this, but I don't know yet when I'll have the time so I won't promise anything!