FanArt Folder Location For Series.

[Nick_W]

Hi,

I've looked and looked, but can't find a definitive answer to this.

I have a load of TV series converted to Xvid/mkv and stored on my NAS. This obviously puts them under Videos/Movies as far as SageTV is concerned (i.e. they are no longer under Recorded TV).

The fan art was working fine until I upgraded to the new version of SageMC today. I've sorted all the standard movies and recorded TV by added the relevant folders, but I just can't get series to work!

FanArt Store Structure:

//server/Movies/24/Backgrounds/24.jpg

Data Store Structure:

//server/TV/24/S07/24 S07 E01.mkv

No fan art is displayed. Please, please let me know what I need to do to get this working!

TIA,

Nick.

[Taddeusz]

I second this. How do we do fan art for TV series that don't have EPG data and are stored in the media library?

[jaminben]

Your missing another folder level.

\\Server\Fanart\Movies\24\Backgrounds\24.jpg

You can then have multiple backgrounds under the \backgrounds folder and SageMC will cycle between them all, which is a cool feature.

The same goes for banners (except they don't cycle):

\\Server\Fanart\Movies\24\Banners\24.jpg

And posters soon as well (currently not implemented in SageMC):

\\Server\Fanart\Movies\24\Posters\24.jpg

Both my imports fully support posters and backgrounds stored in this manner.

And ultimately you will also hopefully get:

\\Server\Fanart\TV\24\Season 4\Posters\24.jpg

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Your missing another folder level.

\\Server\Fanart\24\Backgrounds\24.jpg

You can then have multiple backgrounds under the \backgrounds and SageMC will cycle between them all.

Typo, sorry, I've corrected it.

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Your missing another folder level.

\\Server\Fanart\24\Backgrounds\24.jpg

You can then have multiple backgrounds under the \backgrounds and SageMC will cycle between them all.

The same goes for banners (except they don't cycle):

\\Server\Fanart\24\Banners\24.jpg

And poster soon as well (currently not implemented in SageMC):

\\Server\Fanart\24\Posters\24.jpg

Both my imports fully support posters and backgrounds stored in this manner.

Well, it doesn't work

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by Nick_W

Well, it doesn't work

Sorry, I mis-typed it as well

\\Server\Fanart\Movies\24\Backgrounds\24.jpg

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Sorry, I mis-typed it as well

\\Server\Fanart\Movies\24\Backgrounds\24.jpg

That's what I have in the first post?

[jaminben]

And you've specified the correct file path within SageMC options? And also enabled fanart options?

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by jaminben

And you've specified the correct file path within SageMC options?

Yes, it works fine for movies and recorded tv, it's just series (which are technically movies in this instance).

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by Nick_W

Data Store Structure:

//server/TV/24/S07/24 S07 E01.mkv

I think this maybe your issue, have you tried changing one show to just 24.mkv. As a test.

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by Nick_W

Yes, it works fine for movies and recorded tv, it's just series.

Just to clarify. Say I have the following:

Dead Like Me-S01E01-Pilot.mkv
Dead Like Me-S01E02-Dead Girl Walking.mkv

Under the current system, AFAIK, I need different fanart for each episode stored in my media library. This is ludicrous and a waste of space.

[Nick_W]

That worked for just that one file!

//server/TV/24/S07/24.mkv

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

I need different fanart for each episode stored in my media library. This is ludicrous and a waste of space.

I hope you are wrong. If you are correct then that is ridiculous!

[MeInMaui]

Actually, under the current system (as of the release last night) you would use the following folder structure:

[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Backgrounds
[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Banners
[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Posters

Aloha,
Mike

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Actually, under the current system (as of the release last night) you would use the following folder structure:

[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Backgrounds
[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Banners
[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Posters

Aloha,
Mike

Yes, I read that in the release notes, but that doesn't work for series that are not recorded tv, i.e. converted to mkv and under movies.

[Taddeusz]

But without EPG data how is SageMC supposed to be able to connect an imported episode from DVD to a TV series?

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by Nick_W

I hope you are wrong. If you are correct then that is ridiculous!

At least it worked

What you need to do is use one of the scrapers to re-import your show into TV recordings. I prefer EP's scraper only because I've not spent much time with Stuckless's. However doing this will proberly cause the poster (coverart) not to work so you maybe better off using Stuckless's BMT which will place poster in the new fanart folder as well as the old way of doing posters.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Actually, under the current system (as of the release last night) you would use the following folder structure:

[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Backgrounds
[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Banners
[CentralFanartFolder]\TV\[SeriesTitle]\Posters

Aloha,
Mike

Not for imported media which hasn't been scraped and added back into the DB. It would appear to Sage as an imported movie.

[Nick_W]

Originally Posted by jaminben

At least it worked

What you need to do is use one of the scrapers to re-import your show into TV recordings. I prefer EP's scraper only because I've not spent much time with Stuckless's.

I don't want to do that. So are you saying I have to have a jpg with the same file name as EVERYONE of my shows? If that is the case then I'll just stop using fanart for imported series.

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by Nick_W

Yes, I read that in the release notes, but that doesn't work for series that are not recorded tv, i.e. converted to mkv and under movies.

Generate a log file and post it here. That should help us see what is going on.

Aloha,
Mike