[jangkrik]

windows 8.1 + kodi 16.1 + skin ace + as 1.7.0 ---> image slideshow work

windows 7 + kodi 16.1 + skin ace + as 1.7.0 / 2.1.4 / 2.1.5 ---> image slideshow not work aka black. no images are downloaded in the folders. blank folders

You need to upgrade to a current Kodi version.  Kodi 19 is current and what I support.

i like skin ace. that is why i use kodi 16.1 that can use it

why this works and that not?

does artist slideshow need other addon to be installed?

what are they?

[pkscout]

windows 8.1 + kodi 16.1 + skin ace + as 1.7.0 ---> image slideshow work

windows 7 + kodi 16.1 + skin ace + as 1.7.0 / 2.1.4 / 2.1.5 ---> image slideshow not work aka black. no images are downloaded in the folders. blank folders

You need to upgrade to a current Kodi version.  Kodi 19 is current and what I support.

i like skin ace. that is why i use kodi 16.1 that can use it

why this works and that not?

does artist slideshow need other addon to be installed?

what are they?

Using a very, very, very old version of Kodi is your prerogative.  Not supporting it is mine, and that includes answering questions about it.  There might be others reading this thread that are willing to help you though.

[jdeacon]

Hi all, Im using Coreelec matrix with Arctic Zephyr reloaded with the view options marked with artist slideshow but I don't have any artist background. Is for sure that Im making any mistake in the settings of artist slideshow but I don't know how to solve it. 
I try to upload a screenshot with my settings for any help. Thanks!!

[pkscout]

Hi all, Im using Coreelec matrix with Arctic Zephyr reloaded with the view options marked with artist slideshow but I don't have any artist background. Is for sure that Im making any mistake in the settings of artist slideshow but I don't know how to solve it. 

I'm not familiar with that skin. Two things:
 

1. You might see about contacting the skin author or see if there is a support thread for the skin and ask there about how to make sure AS is getting called properly
   
2. If you enable debug logging and then play some music and activate the screen you think should have the artist background images, I can at least see if AS is being activated and if there's something else going on that isn't skin related.
   

[jdeacon]

I have test, Im using the files music from my google drive account, not scraped and not showing background; but if I send any file music scraped to my hard disk and play it works with background. I understand that the problem was playing from my google drive without scrape.

It will be amazing that we can play from our google drive file music and have the background without have to do a scrape from GB of files music.

Thanks for the answer.

[pkscout]

I have test, Im using the files music from my google drive account, not scraped and not showing background; but if I send any file music scraped to my hard disk and play it works with background. I understand that the problem was playing from my google drive without scrape.

It will be amazing that we can play from our google drive file music and have the background without have to do a scrape from GB of files music.

Thanks for the answer.

Artist Slideshow depends on data from Kodi about the artist to show the actual artist.  If you play a file without scraping it, none of that information is available.  Trying to extract that information from the file metadata or filename would be like recreating all the scraping code inside AS.  That's not a project I'm willing to consider.

[Shredder_guitar]

Hello, I seem to be having trouble getting the fallback image setting to work. In the add on settings, I have a path set to a folder that has both png and jpg files in it and when i select a album that i know does not have background artwork in the "Artist Information" folder all i get is a black background screen where i would expect the fallback artwork to show up. Any artwork that does exist in a folder inside the Artist Information folder does show up and cycle as expected. Is there something I am doing wrong or another setting i need to check? I have been at this a while to try to get it to work and it seems like it should be a simple thing to set a path and the artwork would display if no background art is found in the Artist information folder, but that does not seem to be the case for me. Please Help. 
not sure if this will help but i get a TON of these in the logs, but in this case i have debugging enabled for the artist slideshow plugin 

Code:


2022-10-15 17:21:15.470 T:21340   ERROR <general>: CImageLoader:oWork - Direct texture file loading failed for resource://resource.images.mediaicons.coloured/recordlabel/
2022-10-15 17:21:15.472 T:4472    ERROR <general>: Failed to open(//Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/extrafanart/) opendir call failed with "NFS: Lookup of /Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/extrafanart failed with NFS3ERR_NOENT(-2)"
2022-10-15 17:21:15.472 T:4472    ERROR <general>: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting nfs://nas/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/extrafanart/
2022-10-15 17:21:16.193 T:29900   ERROR <general>: NFS: Failed to create(//) mkdir call failed with "NFS: MKDIR of // failed with NFS3ERR_ACCES(-13)"
2022-10-15 17:21:16.193 T:29900   ERROR <general>: XFILE::CDirectory::Create - Error creating nfs://NAS/Multimedia
2022-10-15 17:21:17.297 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/theaudiodbcachetime.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:17.548 T:29308 WARNING <general>: Skin Helper Service --> Exception details: Type: KeyError Value: 'art' Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "D:\Kodi\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.skin.helper.service\resources\lib\kodi_monitor.py", line 52, in onNotification
                                                       self.process_db_update(mediatype, dbid, transaction)
                                                     File "D:\Kodi\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.skin.helper.service\resources\lib\kodi_monitor.py", line 109, in process_db_update
                                                       self.metadatautils.get_music_artwork(
                                                     File "D:\Kodi\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.metadatautils\lib\metadatautils.py", line 57, in get_music_artwork
                                                       return self.musicart.get_music_artwork(
                                                     File "D:\Kodi\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.metadatautils\lib\helpers\musicartwork.py", line 49, in get_music_artwork
                                                       artist_details = self.get_artists_metadata(artists, album, track,
                                                     File "D:\Kodi\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.metadatautils\lib\helpers\musicartwork.py", line 100, in get_artists_metadata
                                                       artist_details = self.get_artist_metadata(
                                                     File "D:\Kodi\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.metadatautils\lib\helpers\musicartwork.py", line 227, in get_artist_metadata
                                                       if details["art"].get("thumb"):
                                                   KeyError: 'art'
                                                   
2022-10-15 17:21:17.548 T:29308   ERROR <general>: Skin Helper Service --> Exception in resources.lib.kodi_monitor ! --> 'art'
2022-10-15 17:21:17.982 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/theaudiodbartistbio.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:18.153 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/lastfmcachetime.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:18.529 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/lastfmartistbio.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:18.704 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/theaudiodbalbumcachetime.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:19.033 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/theaudiodbartistsalbums.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:19.201 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/lastfmcachetime.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:19.688 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/lastfmartistalbums.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:19.761 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/lastfmcachetime.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:20.212 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/lastfmartistsimilar.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:20.963 T:29900 WARNING <general>: FileNFS::OpenForWrite() called with overwriting enabled! - //Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/fanarttvcachetime.nfo
2022-10-15 17:21:21.930 T:29900   ERROR <general>: XFILE::CNFSFile:elete - Error( unlink call failed with "NFS: REMOVE of /Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/.DS_Store failed with NFS3ERR_NOENT(-2)" )
2022-10-15 17:21:21.945 T:29900   ERROR <general>: XFILE::CNFSDirectory::Remove - Error( rmdir call failed with "NFS: RMDIR of /Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata failed with NFS3ERR_NOTEMPTY(-41)" )
2022-10-15 17:21:21.945 T:29900   ERROR <general>: XFILE::CDirectory::Remove - Error removing nfs://NAS/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/
2022-10-15 17:21:22.133 T:29900   ERROR <general>: XFILE::CNFSFile:elete - Error( unlink call failed with "NFS: REMOVE of /Kodi Data/Artist Information/Kenta Nagata/information/.DS_Store failed with NFS3ERR_NOENT(-2)" )



[pkscout]

I see a Skin Helper error and a bunch of NFS errors, but there's nothing in that log snippet that has anything to do with Artist Slideshow.  The only way I can help is if you turn on debug logging both in Kodi and Artist Slideshow, duplicate the issue, and then post a link to the complete log file.  You can post the log to something like pastebin.

[Shredder_guitar]

@pkscout  The log was 2 MB and to big for paste bin so I uploaded to my onedrive instead, Anyone with this link can read it. I've turned on debugging for both kodi and artist slideshow and played one album that i know does not have artwork and should instead fallback to the default artwork folder but instead only displays a black screen

and yes, I would LOVE to be able to get rid of those NFS and skin helper errors in the logs as well. The snippet in my previous post was the last thing produced after playing an album so i thought it was related to this issue. I have posted on multiple forums and read the wiki doc looking for suggestions to fix the NFS errors along with troubleshooting of my own to no avail. If those are not related to this issue then i apologize. 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlEiY4v9CB-3gaxan3Ja...Q?e=6vYXL1

[pkscout]

I see that Artist Slideshow does load all those images into an image group starting at line 10587:

Code:


2022-10-16 10:03:49.952 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] no images found for any currently playing artists
2022-10-16 10:03:49.952 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] using fallback slideshow
2022-10-16 10:03:49.952 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] fallbackdir = nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/
2022-10-16 10:03:49.952 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] checking nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/ for artist images
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart6.png
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart5.png
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart4.jpg
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart3.jpg
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart2.jpg
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart1.png
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:33860   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] Added to image display group: nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart7.jpg
2022-10-16 10:03:49.985 T:34688   DEBUG <general>: [Artist Slideshow] ArtistSlideshow.Image set to nfs://192.168.1.7/Multimedia/Kodi Data/Wallpaper/Default Music Background/extrafanart/Fanart3.jpg


The last line is where the actual image to display is set for the skin.  Artist Slideshow doesn't actually display the image, it just sets a property so that skins that support Artist Slideshow can display the images.  If you're not seeing the images, there is either an issue with Kodi reading the image or your skin is doing something unexpected.  If you aren't using the default Estuary skin, you should try that.  It will at least tell you if it's a skin problem or something else.

[Shredder_guitar]

I didn't even think of using the Esturay skin to test!  Yes it does work using the estuary skin....so that means it's a skin issue then... I'm using the Aeon MQ8 skin, I'll hop back over to that thread. What would i need to ask for to be changed on the skin to display the fallback images?

[pkscout]

I didn't even think of using the Esturay skin to test!  Yes it does work using the estuary skin....so that means it's a skin issue then... I'm using the Aeon MQ8 skin, I'll hop back over to that thread. What would i need to ask for to be changed on the skin to display the fallback images?

I honestly don't know.  It should work, as the skin should just be showing the image that is set in that skin variable.  If you're getting other artwork displayed but just not the fallback, I'm not sure what they might be doing that would cause that.  You probably just need to explain what you're seeing and mention that it works fine in Estuary.

[Shredder_guitar]

Cool, thanks for taking a look @pkscout

[Jeffers24]

My .kodi file was far larger than I thought it should be.
I had a look into what was adding space to my .kodi file and nearly a gigabyte in userdata was the artist slideshow folders.
I set maximum cache to 256MB thinking that this will restrict the size of the script.artistslideshow and artistinformation folders, but it doesn't seem to have worked, see screenshot.
How can I limit the size of the script.artistslideshow and artistinformation folders automatically?

[pkscout]

My .kodi file was far larger than I thought it should be.
I had a look into what was adding space to my .kodi file and nearly a gigabyte in userdata was the artist slideshow folders.
I set maximum cache to 256MB thinking that this will restrict the size of the script.artistslideshow and artistinformation folders, but it doesn't seem to have worked, see screenshot.
How can I limit the size of the script.artistslideshow and artistinformation folders automatically?

the caching removal logic is a little non-intuitive.  The size you set in the settings applies only to the ArtistSlideshow folder (that's where the images are stored).  When AS deletes a folder of images there, it also deletes a single text file from the ArtistInformation folder for the artist whose images you deleted that is related to the image download history.  AS never checks the size of the ArtistInformation folder independently.  I'd be curious to know what's going on with your ArtistInformation folder.  That should have only text files in it and will never be more than about 500K per artist (and that'a high estimate).  I'm guessing you listen to a streaming radio station and have ended up listening to over 1200 different artists.

You can just delete the ArtistInformation folder.  All the data there will be redownloaded as needed, but that will mean all the images are going to get redownloaded too (they won't be stored if the file already exists though).  I'll have to look at the AS cache trim code to delete all the cached info files too.