[Viper_Bravo]

Hey all, I am using wide icons for some of my TV shows, but i need to re cache the icons cause some of them were the wrong ones for the wrong seasons. I now have all the proper art work as .tbn file were they need to be, but XBMC wont re cache the new artwork. how do i get XBMC to re cache the new art? And Yes I am new to the XBMC!

[joebrady]

I believe you got to your XBMC folder, for me it's E:/Apps/ XBMC, don't know about you. Go to UserData - Thumbnails folder, i think there is a folder called TV. Delete that. You may also have to got to UserData - Database and delete the videosdb. Rescan you TV shows, making sure they are named correctly first. You will also have to re-scan your movies though. I don't have my system in front of me, just going by memory, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, try XBMC Media Companion to save all your info locally.

[Viper_Bravo]

The only XBMC folder i can see any were is in the programs folder.

[joebrady]

Oh, crap, I didn't notice I was in the xbmc for windows section. I was referring to xbox. Check that folder tho. I'm not sure if the file structure is the same way or not. But I would think it is.

[kraqh3d]

@Viper_Bravo,
you can manually delete the cached icons, and xbmc should pick up the new .tbn files. they are typically in userdata/thumbnails/video/[0-9a-f] folders. admittedly, its a pain in the butt. of you can use "info" from the context menu, "choose thumb" and then you should see your local thumb and select it. this also could be a pain in the butt if you have a lot that you want to change. perhaps the easiest, is to temporarily move the tvshow folders you want to update elsewhere, "update library", move them back, "update library" again.

@joebrady,
be careful. the order of the forums were moved around.

[Viper_Bravo]

kraqh3d-

Ill try to remove, update then, re move them back

[Viper_Bravo]

kraqh3d_ The only userdata file i find is in the programs/xbmc folder. Ans that folder has no thumbnails sub folder, so i nee to know were rto find the proper userdata/thumbnails/video folder.

[WiSo]

The default installer starts XBMC in platform mode: http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=XBMC_for...tories_.3F

[kraqh3d]

yeah, i should've mentioned that. the installer runs in platform mode which puts the folders in a user specific directory.

what do you mean by "Ill try to remove, update then, re move them back" ?

maybe i wasnt clear. there's three options:
1) remove the offending shows from the database using "remove" from context menu, then update library.
2) remove the cached icons from the video thumbnail folder. this is a pain in the butt. there are 16 folders you need to look through, and all the filenames are hex crc's.
3) move the tvshow folder outside of your "source", update, move the tvshow folder back to your "source" and update again. the first update will remove the items as they are no longer accessible. and the second update will restore them. its like #1, but easier to do if you have alot of shows that need to be updated.

but i really recommend the move, update, move, update procedure. it is the easiest.

[Viper_Bravo]

"You can start XBMC with -p to force it to use the directory Documents and Settings\[user]\AppData\XBMC on WinXp" what and how do i use -p?

[kraqh3d]

simple. "xbmc.exe -p". but that's the default if you used the installer.

[rwparris2]

what and how do i use -p?

right click the xbmc shortcut, click properties, then put -p in the target