Question about non-library video thumbnails

[dibz8765 2]

So I tried using this addon, knowing it would replace the relevant libraries, but it seems that kodi video sources (as in sources.xml) with content type none no longer have the ability to produce thumbnails when browsed into the folders? I don't mean library views and I'm not trying to add them to a library, simply browsing into the sources while using a thumbnail view.

I was just wondering if that was correct behavior, or if it's a bug of some sort.

[quickmic 1664]

The sources.xml are pluginwise only placeholders. Do you use the dynamic nodes?

Can you please upload a screenshot.

[dibz8765 2]

Sure. Apologies for this screenshot being dimmed with a loading screen, I accidentally actually clicked the video and it was about to begin playing when I took the screenshot.

Again, this is not through the actual addon nor any of the library functionality. This is me having a kodi source set up like:

~/.kodi/userdata$ cat sources.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<sources>
    <video>
        <source>
            <name>videos</name>
            <path pathversion="1">nfs://192.168.1.22/home/garret/shares1/videos/</path>
            <path pathversion="1">nfs://192.168.1.22/home/garret/shares2/videos/</path>
            <allowsharing>true</allowsharing>
        </source>
        <source>
            <name>emby-for-kodi-next-gen-addon-video-path-substitution</name>
            <path pathversion="1">/emby_addon_mode/</path>
            <allowsharing>false</allowsharing>
        </source>
        <source>
            <name>emby-for-kodi-next-gen-addon-video</name>
            <path pathversion="1">http://127.0.0.1:57342/</path>
            <allowsharing>false</allowsharing>
        </source>
    </video>
    <files>
        <source>
            <name>kodi.emby.tv</name>
            <path pathversion="1">http://kodi.emby.tv</path>
            <allowsharing>false</allowsharing>
        </source>
    </files>
</sources>

Content type is none on "videos" in the above, as I don't want to use it as a library or anything like that. In default kodi, if you now open the videos section, you'd get an option to view the videos source, which I'm doing in my screenshot, but thumbnails are broken for any source like that (I have others, I just reduced my sources.xml for simplicity). Notice how the two mkv files don't have thumbnails.

I just wasn't sure whether this was expected behavior or a bug of some sort. It does prevent me from actually using this addon (I'm using EmbyCon in the meantime, but I prefer how this addon works) since I have videos that I have no interest in accessing through Emby and not having thumbnails is kind of a deal breaker.

 

 

Edited April 22 by dibz8765
Explained the loading screen, which has nothing to do with the lack of thumbnails

[quickmic 1664]

46 minutes ago, dibz8765 said:

Again, this is not through the actual addon nor any of the library functionality.

Well in this case it's a Kodi standard function and probably post in in the Kodi support forum? I guess you could get better help there.

Or do I miss the point?

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In default kodi, if you now open the videos section

Do you think the plugin causes this issue even you are not using any of its functions?

As a simple test, uninstall/disable the plugin and remove the plugin specific lines from the sources.xml if you think that's the problem.

I doubt, Kodi will react differently as you are not using the plugin anyway.

 

[dibz8765 2]

Yes, it definitely only happens with this plugin active, this is why I asked here.

[quickmic 1664]

Interesting, did you check the the metadata settings of Kodi? Not sure how to design a test case at this point.

[dibz8765 2]

You should be able to just add a *video source in Kodi, either in the UI or by editing sources.xml in the userdata folder, and then add somewhere that has videos. Then in Kodi, browse into it, and use the theme options to a view that displays thumbnails.

In the Kodi UI you'd then go to Videos > Files > (Name of the source you just set up) > Observe the broken thumbnails.

For the record, this seems to effect thumbnail generation specifically. Thumbnails that were already generated/cached when the addon is not enabled work fine. It also seems to be the "main" part of this addon, the plugins for video/pictures don't seem to be related.

*: This is basically the same process you would use when setting up sources in stock Kodi before setting a content type (like TV Shows) for it to add the library. Except in this case, it's left as the default none and just a source you can browse into unrelated to Kodi's library functionality.

Edited April 22 by dibz8765

[quickmic 1664]

Ok, I see the "problem". As mentioned, please check the Kodi settings. Media -> Video -> "Extract thumbnail from video files". This option is disabled by the plugin on each Kodi start unless you disable the plugin.

There is a reason for disabling this option. When the plugin uses path substitution, it disables this option otherwise Kodi would try to extract thumbnail from Emby's content.

I'll modify it, only disable extraction when path substitution is used.

However, you lose the chapter thumbnails from Emby content when path substitution is disabled.

Edited April 23 by quickmic