No thumbnails in library mode
#1
Hello world!
I'm trying XBMC these days and i've got no thumbnail in library mode for a lot of my movies.

They (about 1200 .mkv files) are organized each one in its own directory with:
moviefilename.mkv
moviefilename.nfo
moviefilename-thumbnail.jpg
moviefilename-fanart.jpg

For some of them the thumbnail is shown correctly for some others it down't appear.
An example is:
no thumbnail: Alien.Directors.Cut-thumbnail.jpg (420*605)
thumbnail ok: Alien vs. Predator-thumbnail.jpg (420*622)

Any clue?
Thanks in advance!
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#2
Only one clue, please provide more detailed info about what you are using, it's hard to guess...

Since when does that happen etc...
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#3
I'm using the latest stable release of XBMC and the confluence skin by default.
It happens every time i start the programConfusedome movies have their own thumbnail some other no.
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#4
folder.jpg ...... file mode
moviename.tbn ...... library.

Edit:
And the ones that did appear were scraped from internet.
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#5
Thanks for the replay. How can i convert all my jpg covers into tbn format? I tried a simple change in the extension of the file but XBMC doesn't see the difference.
Many thanks!
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#6
boombastic Wrote:Thanks for the replay. How can i convert all my jpg covers into tbn format? I tried a simple change in the extension of the file but XBMC doesn't see the difference.
Many thanks!

2 ways I know of;
1/ using XBMC itself, attach your jpg to the movie through scraping and then it will generate a tbn file in XBMC's (user folder) media library, and then you can do an export to multi-files
2/ the easiest IMHO use EmberMM which will do that for you (just have to play a few minutes with the options)

good luck Wink

PS; I can see on XBMC's wiki http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Thu...Wide_Icons that;

Quote:The .tbn file can be either a .JPG or a .PNG file (with transparency) and you simply have to rename the extension from .jpg/.png to .tbn.
The size of the picture can be anything from 64x64 to 256x256 in pixel-size (you may want to use a larger pixel-size if you use XBMC in 720p/1080i HDTV resolution to get a sharper image).

PS2; Perhaps you did not rescrape the source after renaming the tbn file and that would be why you see no difference??
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#7
Rename or copy all your moviefilename-thumbnail.jpg files to movie.tbn (Exact, movie is not placeholder in this case).
That should do the trick.
Then refresh the affected movies.
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