2024-01-28, 10:36
They started changing things in Kodi relating to images around Leia 18, I don't normally use that widget so I didn't notice.
But for whatever reason, the smart playlist showing episodes doesn't have the image "poster" available to the skin when using that list.
Someone in the dev team just decided that poster would be empty in the listitem variables available. It sounds like it used to return poster and others, now it doesn't do poster. I can tell you that it does have fanart available though from when I was testing.
It's more likely that instead of removing anything they just clarified that it would be accessible from tvshow.poster instead of just poster.
It's also possible that the original widget relied on a internal node that they just changed (in that it's now mixed media and not hiding watched). I don't use the widget, so I didn't notice when.
But like I said it's been so long that now the default is likely viewed as thumbnail.
It can be added back to be the way it once was, it will just require a change, and my concern is that more people will feel the opposite and ask for the thumbnail.
I'm down to make it a setting (so all camps would be happy), but I don't write this skin alone or in a vacuum (that's a good thing, I have no art skills whatsoever), so it will have to be a consensus that the extra code needed for the option is warranted.
I checked Estuary, it shows the thumbnail for the Smart Playlist too.
We rely on the users to let us know when the parts they use that we may not don't work right, then we can know to fix them, or at least try.
But for whatever reason, the smart playlist showing episodes doesn't have the image "poster" available to the skin when using that list.
Someone in the dev team just decided that poster would be empty in the listitem variables available. It sounds like it used to return poster and others, now it doesn't do poster. I can tell you that it does have fanart available though from when I was testing.
It's more likely that instead of removing anything they just clarified that it would be accessible from tvshow.poster instead of just poster.
It's also possible that the original widget relied on a internal node that they just changed (in that it's now mixed media and not hiding watched). I don't use the widget, so I didn't notice when.
But like I said it's been so long that now the default is likely viewed as thumbnail.
It can be added back to be the way it once was, it will just require a change, and my concern is that more people will feel the opposite and ask for the thumbnail.
I'm down to make it a setting (so all camps would be happy), but I don't write this skin alone or in a vacuum (that's a good thing, I have no art skills whatsoever), so it will have to be a consensus that the extra code needed for the option is warranted.
I checked Estuary, it shows the thumbnail for the Smart Playlist too.
We rely on the users to let us know when the parts they use that we may not don't work right, then we can know to fix them, or at least try.
