Any programs to automatically download extrafanart?

hikaricore · 2010-10-07 06:53

I know it's not the best thing ever but it will very easily turn a many hours process into a 20 minute process. Wink

Best of luck.

Flomaster · 2010-10-07 07:12

step by step for anyone not in the know

open terminal or putty and type the following

Code:

cd ~/

nano extrafanart.sh

paste the following

Code:

#!/bin/bash

mkdir extrafanart

cd extrafanart

for i in `seq 1 $1`

do

        wget http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/$2-$i.jpg

done

ctrl+x to save and close

chmod it

Code:

chmod x+ extrafanart.sh

now change directory to your tv.show folder. once in the folder run this

~/extrafanart.sh [number of images to download] [TVDB ID NUMBER]

I go to TVDB and get the tv show ID number and look how many fanarts there are then i would type example

Code:

cd ~/Tvshows/dexter/ 

~/extrafanart.sh 36 79349

or if you want to one line it

Code:

cd ~/Tvshows/dexter/ && ~/extrafanart.sh 36 79349

36 = 36 images
79349 = Tv show id number

-=Jason=-

teegee543 · 2010-10-07 09:16

I've released a new scraper script that supports fetching extrafanart for movies:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=82697

Let me know what you guys think!

frieten · 2010-10-08 07:09

wow i didn't actually know we could use extrafanart for movies as well as tvshows lol.

thanks for the tip.

supertom44 · 2010-12-08 15:10

I ended up creating a very very simple python function to download the extrafanart.

I couldn't be bothered with the tvdb api so you have to put in the series id, the number of images and the path you want it to download them to.

I might one day try and create a better version but literally only did this for my own use so I could add them easily.

putneyj · 2011-10-02 17:42

Hi all!

I have written an XBMC script for bulk downloading for all TV Shows and Movies. Currently the script is for XBMC Dharma, but I am working to re-write it to work with the JSON-RPC API for Eden. Please, take a look and let me know if you run into any issues, or if you have any features you would like to see.

http://github.com/putneyj/script.extrafanart-downloader

paddycarey · 2011-10-02 21:23

putneyj Wrote:Hi all!

I have written an XBMC script for bulk downloading for all TV Shows and Movies. Currently the script is for XBMC Dharma, but I am working to re-write it to work with the JSON-RPC API for Eden. Please, take a look and let me know if you run into any issues, or if you have any features you would like to see.

http://github.com/putneyj/script.extrafanart-downloader

Hi putneyj,

I've recently (within the last week) written a script with exactly the same purpose and goals. My version only works on eden and not on dharma. Maybe we could work together to avoid duplication of effort if you're interested?

My script can be found at:

http://www.github.com/paddycarey/script....downloader

or

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=111031

paddycarey · 2011-10-03 19:33

For anyone who's interested, my extrafanart downloader script is now available in the official repo for eden-pre Smile

Dharma's coming soon.

hikaricore Posting Freak Posts: 1,516 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Tuesday	2010-10-07 06:53 Post: #21 I know it's not the best thing ever but it will very easily turn a many hours process into a 20 minute process. Best of luck.
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teegee543 Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-10-07 09:16 Post: #23 I've released a new scraper script that supports fetching extrafanart for movies: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=82697 Let me know what you guys think!
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frieten Senior Member Posts: 256 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 2	2010-10-08 07:09 Post: #24 wow i didn't actually know we could use extrafanart for movies as well as tvshows lol. thanks for the tip.
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supertom44 Senior Member Posts: 282 Joined: Apr 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-12-08 15:10 Post: #25 I ended up creating a very very simple python function to download the extrafanart. I couldn't be bothered with the tvdb api so you have to put in the series id, the number of images and the path you want it to download them to. I might one day try and create a better version but literally only did this for my own use so I could add them easily.
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paddycarey Senior Member Posts: 246 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 8	2011-10-03 19:33 Post: #28 For anyone who's interested, my extrafanart downloader script is now available in the official repo for eden-pre Dharma's coming soon.
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