Radarr: Name Backdrop -fanart and not banner

[euphoria360]

Description:

This issue is a followup of Issue #167 (Merged Pullup #2506 ).
The problem is that downloaded artworks by Kodi (XBMC) / Emby Metadata Downloader are not named correctly based on default Kodi naming scheme

Currently, the downloaded artworks are named like this in each movie's folder:
NFO File: <NameOfVideoFile>.nfo
Poster: <NameOfVideoFile>-poster.jpg
Fanart: <NameOfVideoFile>-banner.jpg (wrong)

But, based on Kodi Wiki and by assuming single movie in each directory, the naming should be like this:
NFO File: <NameOfVideoFile>.nfo
Poster: <NameOfVideoFile>-poster.jpg
Fanart: <NameOfVideoFile>-fanart.jpg
Actor Image: .actors/<FirstName>_<LastName>.jpg

Radarr Version:
0.2.0.954

Mono Version:
4.8.1 (Stable 4.8.1.0/22a39d7 Tue May 2 23:55:41 UTC 2017)

Debug Logs:
Not needed

[galli-leo]

But the banner file isn't fanart, it's a banner? Also we don't have actor's images, so not sure why you included that.

[euphoria360]

The file downloaded as <NameOfVideoFile>-banner.jpg is actually a fanart file and should be named <NameOfVideoFile>-fanart.jpg. and despite these 2 pictures, no other artwork file is being downloaded.

[euphoria360]

The reason I added them is that the 3 types of artwork mentioned above are part of basic movie artwork of kodi. But I guess including actor images are another matter, probably better discussed in #2557 .

[galli-leo]

Problem is, we don't know that from our metadata provider. TMDB just says backdrop.

[euphoria360]

Well, Backdrop is another name for fanart a 16:9 image preferably 1920x1080.
Banners are totally different matter, a ribbon like image with 1:0185 aspect ratio and preferably 1000x185.

These 2 artworks are created for totally different views, fanart or backdrop is a landscape file always paired with poster.
Banners are used more in tv show listing views, where you can see each tv show like a ribbon.

It would be nice to take a closer look to Kodi Wiki link I provided and look at the screenshots provided.

[AnthraxLeprosyPi]

Hey guys,

is this going to be fixed or further discussed in hte referenced issue?
It would be nice to have the TMDB backdrop named -fanart and not -banner as I'll bet this will get confusing for others as well real fast ;-)

keep up your marvelous work.

best regards
Anthrax

[euphoria360]

Unfortunately @galli-leo closed this issue. I don't know if we should continue to discuss it here or create a new one.

[galli-leo]

Problem is, it doesn't really fit in any category. Backdrops aren't fanart by definition. They can be, but we don't know that.

[euphoria360]

@galli-leo There is no such thing as <NameOfVideoFile>-backdrop.jpg/png in Kodi's Artwork Naming and since the plugin supposed to be based on what Kodi needs, naming them like that would brake kodi.

[AnthraxLeprosyPi]

Maybe I'm blind, but what is the big deal with just naming them -fanart and be done with it?
Imho backdrop is synonymous with fanart?

I bet there are bigger fish to fry ;-)

just my two cents,
Anthrax

[galli-leo]

Honestly, don’t know why I renamed the issue that way 😅 My brain must have shut off. Since I am on my phone only for a few days I cannot rename the issue.
It’s not synonymous though, a backdrop can be provided eg by the studio

[AnthraxLeprosyPi]

I'm not sure if I can follow? What do you mean studio?
In the context of a specific movie the backdrops are always fanrt or am I mistaken?

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/284053-thor-ragnarok/images/backdrops

regards
Anthrax

[galli-leo]

Well in your example a lot of the backdrops are stills from the movie, so not fanart. Also for some backdrops, it seems more like official images than fanart, but it’s kinda hard to know.

[hikaricore]

None the less, these have always been considered to fall under the fanart category. TheMovieDB's preferred labelling shouldn't take precedence over the name of files that media applications actually use should it? As it stands one would have to run a post-processing script in addition to the metadata function to correct the names of these files, as nothing is going to be able to utilize them for their intended purpose with either the fully incorrect -banner or semantically incorrect -backdrop filename. ^_^

[AnthraxLeprosyPi]

To be honest I feel like we're overthinking this...

I really don't differentiate (or really care tbh) between fan provied artwort, studio provided wallpaper like artwork, movie stills, etc. What I like though is to have a nice 'backdrop' that is remotely related to the movie I'm browsing in Kodi - call me simple ;-)

high fives all around
Anthrax

[euphoria360]

Agreed.

[galli-leo]

I think you guys misunderstood my statement. I (or someone else) am gonna rename it to -fanart. I just thought maybe Kodi should also add -backdrop to the allowed endings, since it makes IMO more sense. Fanart isn't just backdrops, it could also be a poster, banner, etc.

[bobsaggetrfd]

Will this be fixed soon? Fanart is not being scanned into Kodi correctly because it's still named ~-banner.jpg

[galli-leo]

@bobsaggetrfd No idea. It took over a year to port this over from sonarr, so waiting a few weeks wont be too bad.

[jeremylee7]

Any update/eta on when the update with this fix will be, and will radarr scan files and fix the ones it named as -backdrop?

[galli-leo]

@jeremylee7 No certain eta yet, since an other pr needs to be merged first. Don't know about that, but they should be @Qstick

[Qstick]

@galli-leo, this doesn’t fix already created files as it doesn’t know which ones radarr created and which were actually user content. It will create new correct fanart versions though.

[morpheus65535]

Am I the only one how doesn't get backdrop anymore since this change?

@galli-leo Maybe you should try to load fanart.jpg first and if it fail, try banner.jpg?

[morpheus65535]

@galli-leo Oh and BTW, the API still return fanart.jpg...