As many members have already noticed, i experiment a lot with modding skinning .xml in skins. My main focus on my projects is creating possibilities to show more artwork/images in kodi. Maybe you could also be interested in this:
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if you want high quality actor/actress PNG art where the costume and mask is not affiliated to specific movie/franchise character then check out my other offer
-> [ARTWORK ADDON] Actresses PNG's resource addon 2838388 (post)
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if you want Character Art also for movies (like characterart for TvShows in fanart.tv) where the costume and mask affiliated to specific movie/franchise character then check out my other offer
-> [ARTWORK PACK] Characterart PNG's for Movies/Moviesets 2839283 (post)
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Introduction:
What is it about?
Only exclusive for movies there is a own container for directors available in Kodi.
In most skins (also the Kodi standard skin) there is a place to show a director thumb in the views intended. But it will either display nothing or a simple fallback image.
With this addon and the addition of one single line of code in a .xml of your skin, you can make visible directors thumbnails in your skin.
There are currently 1100+ director thumbs included, please help me to extend/complete -> see post #3
Showcase on Aeon MQ7 (Kodi skin i use most)
Showcase on Estuary (Kodi standard skin)
I am a bit surprised that in all the kodi years nothing has been implemented in such a native way. I searched a lot in the forum, some members who are familiar with coding wrote down some thoughts in some threads to implement it, but never ever heard anything about it, and also never such a thing was released in that way.
However, i have to mention there is sure another way to implement director thumbs. But it needs SkinHelper and runs via webservice, which means that internet connection is always necessary and also slower.
Look here https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...ctor+thumb and here https://github.com/kodi-community-addons...Webservice
Thanks @Angelinas who making me aware of this alternative possible integrating solution.
Pros of the SkinHelper webservice implementation:
Cons of the SkinHelper webservice implementation:
Pros of my Recource Addon implementation:
Cons of my Resource Addon implemention:
¹Some members using my addons reporting that they can install it once from zip, but on updating from zip there is a error like "addon has wrong format", restart kodi and afterwards try it again, if that doesn't help, manualy paste copy the downloaded addon over the addon directory. Members report my addon.xml syntax/format seems to be correct, i have asked polite the professionals here on forum to take a quick at it but so far no feedback.
²On post #2 there are implementation tutorials and also a ready usable paste/copy solution for the Kodi standard skin Estuary, please also ask the skin maintainer how to find the right .xml file and .xml code section. Also ask them politely if they could implement it. It's just a single line of code and would not have any negative impact. If you have successfully implemented the addon into your skin, please let me know, i will add it in the second post.
³If you fill the director thumb gaps then please share your expansion to me on cloud, i will update it into the addon, help me to expand, please look some guidelines on post #3
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DOWNLOAD LINK TO THE ADDON:
resource.images.moviedirectorthumbs.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xmLjnsM...sp=sharing
-> download and install from zip in Kodi
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if you want high quality actor/actress PNG art where the costume and mask is not affiliated to specific movie/franchise character then check out my other offer
-> [ARTWORK ADDON] Actresses PNG's resource addon 2838388 (post)
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if you want Character Art also for movies (like characterart for TvShows in fanart.tv) where the costume and mask affiliated to specific movie/franchise character then check out my other offer
-> [ARTWORK PACK] Characterart PNG's for Movies/Moviesets 2839283 (post)
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Introduction:
What is it about?
Only exclusive for movies there is a own container for directors available in Kodi.
In most skins (also the Kodi standard skin) there is a place to show a director thumb in the views intended. But it will either display nothing or a simple fallback image.
With this addon and the addition of one single line of code in a .xml of your skin, you can make visible directors thumbnails in your skin.
There are currently 1100+ director thumbs included, please help me to extend/complete -> see post #3
Showcase on Aeon MQ7 (Kodi skin i use most)
Showcase on Estuary (Kodi standard skin)
I am a bit surprised that in all the kodi years nothing has been implemented in such a native way. I searched a lot in the forum, some members who are familiar with coding wrote down some thoughts in some threads to implement it, but never ever heard anything about it, and also never such a thing was released in that way.
However, i have to mention there is sure another way to implement director thumbs. But it needs SkinHelper and runs via webservice, which means that internet connection is always necessary and also slower.
Look here https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...ctor+thumb and here https://github.com/kodi-community-addons...Webservice
Thanks @Angelinas who making me aware of this alternative possible integrating solution.
Pros of the SkinHelper webservice implementation:
- Just add the one line of code and it runs, nothing to care more about it
Cons of the SkinHelper webservice implementation:
- Needs SkinHelperService
- SkinHelperService runs it over webservice, web connection is needed
- Cause it runs over webservice it's slow, maybe not so terrible on list views, but on wall views it's a nogo.
- No caching or storaging local, slow
- Random selection of the thumbs you get. I don't care the resolution, but you also get all kind of aspect ratio. This is nogo because many skins have set a stretch in the views.
Pros of my Recource Addon implementation:
- Very fast cause it's running from local
- All images in resource in same aspect ratio (2:3 aka 10:15), it's the same view result when you also use actor thumbs only from TMDB in in actor container, no ugly stretched thumbs.
Cons of my Resource Addon implemention:
- You have to install my addon¹
- You have to edit one skin .xml file and put (in most cases) one code line in it²
- There are currently 1100+ thumbs included, but to fill your empty thumb gaps and complete your library you have some work to download/(cut/rezise)/paste/copy it into the resource addon³
- It will take a bit of storage space, but nothing in comparison how the thumbnails folder can increase
¹Some members using my addons reporting that they can install it once from zip, but on updating from zip there is a error like "addon has wrong format", restart kodi and afterwards try it again, if that doesn't help, manualy paste copy the downloaded addon over the addon directory. Members report my addon.xml syntax/format seems to be correct, i have asked polite the professionals here on forum to take a quick at it but so far no feedback.
²On post #2 there are implementation tutorials and also a ready usable paste/copy solution for the Kodi standard skin Estuary, please also ask the skin maintainer how to find the right .xml file and .xml code section. Also ask them politely if they could implement it. It's just a single line of code and would not have any negative impact. If you have successfully implemented the addon into your skin, please let me know, i will add it in the second post.
³If you fill the director thumb gaps then please share your expansion to me on cloud, i will update it into the addon, help me to expand, please look some guidelines on post #3
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DOWNLOAD LINK TO THE ADDON:
resource.images.moviedirectorthumbs.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xmLjnsM...sp=sharing
-> download and install from zip in Kodi