Covertart WMV movies shown as Bluray

[ronvp 92]

Noticed that for WMV files, the coverart treatment is always as Bluray even if the Display settings in the metadata are set to "Movie"

 

Also, a collection will get a default treatment as what looks like the last movie in the collection. can we not allow that treatment to say "Collection"

Edited December 1, 2014 by ronvp

[Happy2Play 8252]

Also, a collection will get a default treatment as what looks like the last movie in the collection. can we not allow that treatment to say "Collection"

They have to be mapped. see here 

[ebr 14905]

Have a read of the usage guide and see if it helps you out.

[ronvp 92]

Have a read of the usage guide and see if it helps you out.

I got the box sets working based on mapping, but you will have to admit that mapping a Boxset to a Boxset to get the Boxset label to show up is not very intuitive.

 

On the WMV label I tried to do the same thing, but the WMV files do not get the correct label

[ebr 14905]

I got the box sets working based on mapping, but you will have to admit that mapping a Boxset to a Boxset to get the Boxset label to show up is not very intuitive.

 

I'll grant you it is confusing but the default behavior is more in-line with the way the rest of the program works.  A boxset of Blu-Rays has a BD cover while a set of DVDs has the DVD one.  Therefore, if you want something other than the default, then you need to tell it to use a different cover.

 

On the other issue I'm not sure what "not the correct label" is so will need to see a log where one of these is processed.  Do a manual refresh with "replace all images" selected and then post that server log.

[ronvp 92]

I'll grant you it is confusing but the default behavior is more in-line with the way the rest of the program works.  A boxset of Blu-Rays has a BD cover while a set of DVDs has the DVD one.  Therefore, if you want something other than the default, then you need to tell it to use a different cover.

 

On the other issue I'm not sure what "not the correct label" is so will need to see a log where one of these is processed.  Do a manual refresh with "replace all images" selected and then post that server log.

I will post a log. but what I mean is that al WMV files get the Blu-ray" label, no matter what mapping I use..

 

I noticed another thing, the label actually defaults to the Video stream type and not the container type. i.e: I have a MP4, with a h.264 video stream, it will be labeled as a h.264.  When I have a mp4 with a MPEG video stream, it will be labeled a MPEG. Both files are MP4. Right now, I can map the h.264 to use MP4, but when the h.264 is inside a MKV that would not work correctly, because the MKV would get mapped t a MP4..

 

May be we need another option similar to mapping all files to HD/SD. I..e:  have either the video stream in the label or the container type.

[ebr 14905]

The container is basically irrelevant.  The actual video codec is more precise so that is what CA uses (when it can determine it).

[ronvp 92]

The container is basically irrelevant.  The actual video codec is more precise so that is what CA uses (when it can determine it).

I am not sure if I agree, we already have the option to show the Video type as a overlay, Maybe we need an option to show Container type as a overlay?

 

When the video type can not be determined, is it not better to default to the container type rather than all Bluray?

 

Here is the log https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45427411/server-63552988800.txt

[ronvp 92]

I just did a check and if I switch on the Video icons overlays, the Video stream is correctly show as VC-1, but the Cover shows Bluray where it is a WMV. Should the Cover label not then say VC-1?

 

Here is a image of a WMV

[ebr 14905]

It doesn't default to BluRay.  It defaults to the container if the video codec can't be determined.  However, all of that can be overridden in a few ways.

 

There were no calls to CA in your log, however, due to another error in there, I see you are using old xml files.  If you open this item in the metadata editor and scroll down to "Display Settings" and expand it - is there something, say, maybe "Blu-Ray" in the "Treat image as" field...?

[ronvp 92]

It doesn't default to BluRay.  It defaults to the container if the video codec can't be determined.  However, all of that can be overridden in a few ways.

 

There were no calls to CA in your log, however, due to another error in there, I see you are using old xml files.  If you open this item in the metadata editor and scroll down to "Display Settings" and expand it - is there something, say, maybe "Blu-Ray" in the "Treat image as" field...?

I had checked that previously. the Display settings/Treat image as states "Movie".

I just tried deleting "Movie" and just leave it blank and that does not change anything either..

Edited December 1, 2014 by ronvp

[ebr 14905]

Okay, then I'm still going to need a log when the image is actually processed.  Do the refresh again or change the treatment style or something in CA and then bring up a client so the cover will display.  Then post the server log.

 

Also, if you could post your CoverArt config file (also on the server) that would probably help.

[ronvp 92]

I restarted the server and  also removed all my old movie.xml files and started a new log..here it is.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45427411/server-63553046645.txt

 

here is the Coverart config

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45427411/modifiedCoverArt.xml

[ebr 14905]

You are going to need to do something to cause CA to create a treatment for one of these items or I won't have any information in the log.

 

 

Okay, then I'm still going to need a log when the image is actually processed.  Do the refresh again or change the treatment style or something in CA and then bring up a client so the cover will display.  Then post the server log.

[ronvp 92]

You are going to need to do something to cause CA to create a treatment for one of these items or I won't have any information in the log.

I have followed all you instructions and changed treatment type. Is there any other thing I can do? Do I need to enable debug logs?

[ronvp 92]

After switching on the debug logging, I found this in the lo. Just let me know if you need the whole log

 

2014-12-01 18:26:52.7172 Debug - HttpServer: HTTP GET http://localhost:8096/mediabrowser/Items/af18bd6360558b64c58f3f7fa35f71a7/Images/Primary?height=400&width=267&tag=fab18acdd80ab0d654f53bd576e290e3&quality=90
 Ip: [::1]:61210. Headers: Connection=Keep-Alive,Accept=image/png, image/svg+xml, image/*;q=0.8, */*;q=0.5,Accept-Encoding=gzip, deflate,Accept-Language=en-US,Host=localhost:8096,If-None-Match=8785d963a20332c197fd7b483afb53cb,User-Agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
2014-12-01 18:26:52.7172 Debug - CoverArt: Codec for Arachnophobia is vc1
2014-12-01 18:26:52.7172 Debug - CoverArt: CoverArt will treat \\my serverFiles\Movies\Arachnophobia (1990)\poster.jpg
2014-12-01 18:26:52.7172 Debug - CoverArt: CoverArt using profile default for Arachnophobia
2014-12-01 18:26:52.7172 Debug - CoverArt: CoverArt using frame type BD from image set Case for Arachnophobia
2014-12-01 18:26:52.7332 Debug - HttpServer: HTTP Response 304 to ::1. Response time: 8.0001 ms.
 Url: http://localhost:8096/mediabrowser/Items/6d383fc46e6a999b0355cab99d2e5835/Images/Primary?height=400&width=267&tag=4339ec74d9cd5368dd01e4d32f285b18&quality=90

[ebr 14905]

Okay, I'm sorry, I was flaking out a little bit.

 

VC-1 is the codec of Blu-Ray discs and it was requested quite a while ago that those show as BDs. 

[ronvp 92]

EBR, That makes no sense to me. .blu-ray should really only be ISO's. Blu-rays support several audio and video streams/formats

 

The below is from the blue-ray.com website.

 

MPEG-2 - enhanced for HD, also used for playback of DVDs and HDTV recordings.
MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4 standard also known as H.264 (High Profile and Main Profile).
SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) technology.

 

Why are we singling  out VC-1..

 

Any case. If it can not be fixed I will convert my wmv files to mp4..

[ebr 14905]

I agree for the most part on what should be called a BD but most users don't care about the technical distinctions and want to basically show their content as what it came from as opposed to what it really is.

 

In any case, you should be able to make it do what you want with a simple mapping just like the box set.  I think mapping VC-1 to VC-1 will force it to do what you want.

[ronvp 92]

Ebr, VC-1 is not a option on the drop down list..

[ebr 14905]

Sorry, you're right.  None of the treatment sets have a VC-1 specific case.  They all treat that as BD.  Sorry.

[ronvp 92]

Can/will you add it?

[ebr 14905]

Can/will you add it?

 

Doubtful since you are the first to ask about it and creating new image styles is not trivial.  Sorry.

[ebr 14905]

It is probably more likely that I'll end up completely removing the codec-specific cases and just using more generic types or container types to simplify things.  So, that may get you what you want in the end anyway.

[ronvp 92]

It is probably more likely that I'll end up completely removing the codec-specific cases and just using more generic types or container types to simplify things.  So, that may get you what you want in the end anyway.

Excellent. it makes more sense to me and as I remember, the old coverart used to do it that way