Another Artwork question

[scJohn]

Not all TV shows will have Logo and/or Banner artwork. Life In Pieces and Super Girl do not have Banner artwork even though TheTVDB shows that they do have banner artwork. Those two shows also do not have Logo artwork but I don't know where the Log artwork comes from. I would guess that only about 85% of the my TV shows have Logo artwork and none have had Banner artwork.

I went into Settings => Artwork => Clear Cached Artwork. All services are enabled and download types are checked.

Could someone explain the rule(s) used by NextPVR for getting the artwork.

Thanks

[sub]

By "banner artwork" are you meaning wide short images like this? https://fanart.tv/api/download.php?type=...&section=1 NextPVR doesn't currently show those anywhere.

If you're using Schedules Direct, and these are things you've recorded using the guide, it'll prefer to get Schedules Direct artwork, since it can be sure of an accurate match. (other sources have to do a name search, and sometimes get incorrect content)

[scJohn]

I have Schedule Direct for EPG. So, in NPVR=>Media=>Shows folder, I will have 3 or 4 JPG files per show:

• showname.fanart.png
  
• showname.jpg
  
• showname.landscape.jpg
  
• showname.logo.jpg
  

But I do not necessarily get a .logo.jpg file for every show. Like for the shows: Life In Pieces and Supergirl. For those two shows, I get the showname.jpg file. I am using: http://localhost:8866/service?method=rec...g_id=17091 to retrieve the artwork.

I tried using &banner=true in place of &logo=true and did not get what I was looking for. It appears that the above API can only retrieve artwork that exists in the show folder. It will not force a download of artwork that does not already exist in the show folder. Correct?

[sub]

It appears that the above API can only retrieve artwork that exists in the show folder. It will not force a download of artwork that does not already exist in the show folder. Correct?

The first time artwork is requested (using this web API, or a couple of others used internally in the app), it check for the *-catalog.xml file in C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows. If this exists, it'll use the existing artwork mentioned in that file. If the file does not exist, it'll do internet search for the artwork, save a new *-catalog.xml file. ie, to force a search, you'd have probably have to delete the -catalog.xml file, and the png/jpg files.

[scJohn]

I see no difference between:
service?method=recording.artwork&logo=true&recording_id=17645
and
service?method=recording.artwork&logo=false&recording_id=17645

Is there suppose to be a difference between using true or false? Or am I missing something about the API .

Thanks

[sub]

There is a difference between these, assuming it has logo artwork available. If not, then you get the poster. (ie, it's current assuming if the "logo" parameters is present, that you want the logo... it's not looking at the 'true' or 'false')

Code:

service?method=recording.artwork&logo=true&recording_id=17645
and
service?method=recording.artwork&recording_id=17645

[scJohn]

Having problems. I am trying to get the landscape art work and it's returning the logo artwork.

I am using:
http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...scape=true


if i try for fanart i get the poster.
http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...anart=true

I am doing something wrong but what.

Thanks.

[mvallevand]

Maybe upload your web.log, I tried here and it works. As sub wrote the true or false are ignored it is anything after the =

Martin

[scJohn]

I have attached the web log file for the following 3 API requests:

http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...g_id=18694 (returnded poster)

http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...anart=true (returned poster)

http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...scape=true (returned logo)

[mvallevand]

I have attached the web log file for the following 3 API requests:

http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...g_id=18694 (returnded poster)

http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...anart=true (returned poster)

http://localhost:8866/services/service?m...scape=true (returned logo)

Your catalog.xml only includes a poster and logo so NextPVR is defaulting back to its recommendation based on the requested type.

Martin