[tehruttiger_]

I have backgrounds for movies and TV set to random fanart respectively. The problem is that if I just sit on Movies or TV Shows, the images will recycle through the same 10 to 15 movies or TV shows in the same order. They will repeat the same cycle in the same order until I move to another main menu entry and then come back. It will then start a new repeating cycle with a new set of 10 to 15 images. Does this happen for everyone? I have fanart for every show and movie in my library, so it's not for lack of images.

[-locha-]

Yes, I know the problem, I've noticed it too. But it was like this before and probably has nothing to do with the new updates.

[mikeSiLVO]

The built-in way is hardcoded to 25 for performance reasons.

I suggest installing script.grab.fanart to enable alternate options that would cycle through all fanart in the library.

[HomerJau]

Hi @mikeSiLVO,

can you please point me to the code that limits the random selection to 25. I have quad core Intel NUCs with NVME drive and 2.5GBE Ethernet so no performance issues here. (maybe a new setting in a future Skin release? Random Art Limit: 25 default).

Also, I’d like to see how the ‘randomness’ is coded as my system repeats same ‘Kodi Random Fanart’ every time I start Kodi. It’s not random, it’s a repeated algorithm

THX

[mikeSiLVO]

Hi @mikeSiLVO,

can you please point me to the code that limits the random selection to 25. I have quad core Intel NUCs with NVME drive and 2.5GBE Ethernet so no performance issues here. (maybe a new setting in a future Skin release? Random Art Limit: 25 default).

Also, I’d like to see how the ‘randomness’ is coded as my system repeats same ‘Kodi Random Fanart’ every time I start Kodi. It’s not random, it’s a repeated algorithm

THX

No need to add a setting since the grab.fanart script makes it unnecessary. If you don't want to install that and would prefer to mod the skin then it is the HomeFanartLists include in Includes_Backgrounds.xml.

[HomerJau]

Thanks Mike.

[HomerJau]

No need to add a setting since the grab.fanart script makes it unnecessary. If you don't want to install that and would prefer to mod the skin then it is the HomeFanartLists include in Includes_Backgrounds.xml.

Hi Mike.

after quite a struggle with Kodi 21 (LibreElec 12) on my three Intel NUCs crashing Kodi with no crash logs I discovered grab.fanart script is not compatible with Python used in Kodi 21 and causes memory leaks. Removing that addon has fixed Kodi crash issues. Since grab.fanart runs in the background it actually causes crashes everywhere: playing music, movies and even scanning media to your library.

Reading the developers Github issue report, it can’t be fixed by the developer. It needs an upstream fix.

I suspect this memory leak may cause issues in all Kodi flavours (Win, Android etc, not just LE). You may need to remove that optional addon from Aeon Nox Silvo?

Garry

[migueldd]

Hi Mike,

I have the same problem but with a specific folder. I have a folder with about 500 movie background and I have this folder set as background of all menu options and I always see the same posters.

Is there a solution for real random on folder?

Greetings from Spain!