[Pitman33]

Hi there. I'm getting black screens in between the fanart background now on the home menu for Music. 

I recently moved Kodi to another computer by installing the same Matrix version, and copying over the Kodi file. The current computer has "user" instead of my name: C:\Users\User

Could that be a problem? I did make sure any references to the old link were updated to the new user location. But perhaps there is a config file in Kodi that needs also to be updated? 

Any ideas, would be most welcome. Thanks in advance.

I should also add, I'm using 19.3 Kodi and Rapier 12.3.5

If I try to update the Rapier skin to 12.3.9 the Music menus disappear completely!

So, something is wonky here. 

I have a log if that helps. It's after I tried using the 12.3.9 Rapier skin.

https://paste.kodi.tv/umujeyotof.kodi

[Klojum]

Could that be a problem?

Not really. What was the previous computer you ran Kodi on? As long as Rapier doesn't use any binary modules, things should be fine. Can you provide a screenshot of what you are experiencing?

But perhaps there is a config file in Kodi that needs also to be updated? 

Kodi config files do not refer to any OS users AFAIK. Only possibly video/audio sources, but skins not so much.

[Gade]

Black screen in the home menu means missing fanart images or wrong/missing database entries for your music library.
Much like we talked about in this thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid3074434

You probably also see black fanart backgrounds in your music artist library for some artists.

Did you copy over your userdata folder as well?

[Pitman33]

Can you provide a screenshot of what you are experiencing?

Klojum, it's just a black screen.

[Pitman33]

Black screen in the home menu means missing fanart images or wrong/missing database entries for your music library.
Much like we talked about in this thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid3074434

You probably also see black fanart backgrounds in your music artist library for some artists.

Did you copy over your userdata folder as well?

Hi Gade. Yes, I already went methodically through every folder and made sure there was fanart for every artist. But since switching to another computer, I now get the black screen between artist images. I used to get the default pic, but it's just a black screen now. And, yea, I copied over the whole Kodi folder, so that would have included the userdata, right?

So if it's a database problem, where do I look?

Edit: I should add, that I also do see that default Kodi pic along with a black screen in between artist fanart on the main menu. I double checked, and all my artist folders have fanart, nothing is missing there.

Also, since moving Kodi to a new computer, the only difference was the name of the user in Windows. Instead of "Pete" the user folder is now named "User" - so I'm wondering if there are some config files in Kodi I need to update because of this? Could this be the problem?

[Pitman33]

So I'm still trying to understand where Kodi is generating the music fanart images from. There is an option for "select music library path for clear logos" which I have set to an "artists folder" which is where I want also the fanart to be generated from, but it doesn't appear that is the case.

Where are the fanart images actually stored and generated from? And can I change the location of that folder?

[Pitman33]

Ahh! So, what I did was choose "multi image" for my background in music and video, and I dumped all the images into a folder and directed Kodi to it. That works perfectly now. The "fanart" selection just wasn't working very well. No more black screens.

[Pitman33]

Another update here. The multi-image option worked for the "Music" menu, but for "Videos" menu, choosing the same option and path for the photos doesn't work. I only get the default image there. 

I can't figure that one out. Makes no sense to me. If anyone has any idea why that would happen. Please let me know.

The "Video" menu item is a customized one because I only wanted music videos to show up under this menu, and the default one I couldn't make that work. So, since I created the custom menu item, is there a way to also select the music fanart for that menu? I only see the default menu items for custom backgrounds.

I hope I am being clear. Sorry for the many entries here, but I'm just trying to figure this out as I go along.

Finally found what I was looking for. The added category, I had to scroll down toward the bottom to find the background option for that category. All is good now.

[Gade]

@Pitman33 
Try to get familiar with how artwork is handled in Kodi.
Most of your questions get answered in the below links and they are not skin related questions: 
https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork
https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork/Artist
https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork/Album
https://kodi.wiki/view/Music_tagging#Fol..._Structure

Also, you should get familiar with the skin settings, which are all described here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Rapier#Skin_Settings

Black screen indicate wrong entries in the music database.
A black screen will always be on top of the default image.

There's is a tool which can help fix these wrong entries and many more things: https://kodi.wiki/view/Texture_Cache_Mai...ce_utility
Careful, as changes can't be reverted - use at your own risk

There is an option for "select music library path for clear logos" which I have set to an "artists folder" which is where I want also the fanart to be generated from, but it doesn't appear that is the case.

This is a skin specific setting telling the skin the path to your library and local clear logo images.

The "Video" menu item is a customized one

You answer your own question.
The custom backgrounds in the backgrounds section are for regular categories - not custom categories.
Which means that multi image paths are for regular categories.

[Pitman33]

Thank you!

[Gade]

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