TV Episode thumb not loading from NFO

[Psychophylaxis 0]

Hi.

I've finally bitten the bullet to try and sort out my Futurama episodes into the correct DVD order.

Easiest solution seemed to be nfo files, which is working except for the episode thumbnails.

These still show the image from the air order episode.

For example, S02E01 from TVDB is "A Flight To Remember", but the DVD order episode is "I Second That Emotion".

With an nfo to override the scraped data, I get the correct title, but the wrong thumb.

 

My nfo in this case is below. Please can you tell me what I need to do to get the correct thumbnail?

 

Thanks.

 

<episodedetails>

    <title>I Second That Emotion</title>

    <season>2</season>

    <episode>1</episode>

    <plot>Professor Farnsworth installs an empathy chip in Bender after the inconsiderate robot flushes Nibbler down the toilet. With his newfound emotions, a concerned Bender ventures into the mutant-infested sewers to rescue Leela's beloved pet.</plot>

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/73871/131187.jpg</thumb>

    <playcount>0</playcount>

    <lastplayed></lastplayed>

    <mpaa>MPAA certification</mpaa>

    <displayseason>2</displayseason>

    <displayepisode>1</displayepisode>

</episodedetails>

    

 

[Happy2Play 9316]

I don't follow, that is the right thumbnail. 

 

http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=73871&seasonid=6589&id=131187&lid=7

 

Or are you saying it is still showing the air date episode 1 thumbnail?

 

[Psychophylaxis 0]

Yes exactly Emby doesn't show the thumb from the NFO. It shows the one you posted which is from the air date first episode. I've tried multiple database refreshes, but it always shows the wrong one.

[Happy2Play 9316]

Are you sure the image isn't cached.  I don't believe image is loaded from url every time.

[Psychophylaxis 0]

I've told the server to rescan multiple times. Does that clear its cache? If not how do I clear the cache?

[Happy2Play 9316]

There is no option to clear the cache via the server.  You have verified there are no images in the season folder?  By change are there embedded images in the media?

[Psychophylaxis 0]

No image files in the season directory:

 

ls -a

.

..

Futurama S02E01 I Second That Emotion.mkv

Futurama S02E01 I Second That Emotion.nfo

Futurama S02E02 Brannigan, Begin Again.mkv

Futurama S02E03 A Head in the Polls.mkv

Futurama S02E04 Xmas Story.mkv

Futurama S02E05 Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love_.mkv

Futurama S02E06 The Lesser of Two Evils.mkv

Futurama S02E07 Put Your Head on My Shoulders.mkv

Futurama S02E08 Raging Bender.mkv

Futurama S02E09 A Bicyclops Built for Two.mkv

Futurama S02E10 A Clone of My Own.mkv

Futurama S02E11 How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back.mkv

Futurama S02E12 The Deep South.mkv

Futurama S02E13 Bender Gets Made.mkv

Futurama S02E14 Mother's Day.mkv

Futurama S02E15 The Problem with Popplers.mkv

Futurama S02E16 Anthology of Interest I.mkv

Futurama S02E17 War Is the H-Word.mkv

Futurama S02E18 The Honking.mkv

Futurama S02E19 The Cryonic Woman.mkv

 

 

And nothing I can see in the mkv:

 

 

 

mkvinfo Futurama\ S02E01\ I\ Second\ That\ Emotion.mkv + EBML head

|+ EBML version: 1

|+ EBML read version: 1

|+ EBML maximum ID length: 4

|+ EBML maximum size length: 8

|+ Doc type: matroska

|+ Doc type version: 2

|+ Doc type read version: 2

+ Segment, size 158422400

|+ Seek head (subentries will be skipped)

|+ EbmlVoid (size: 130)

|+ Segment information

| + Timecode scale: 1000000

| + Muxing application: Lavf56.1.0

| + Writing application: HandBrake rev0 2014102499

| + Segment UID: 0x81 0x2d 0xc1 0xce 0x68 0x02 0x52 0xe5 0x05 0x44 0x28 0x54 0x15 0x09 0x1c 0x9e

| + Duration: 1299.024s (00:21:39.024)

|+ Segment tracks

| + A track

|  + Track number: 1 (track ID for mkvmerge & mkvextract: 0)

|  + Track UID: 1

|  + Lacing flag: 0

|  + Language: und

|  + Codec ID: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

|  + Track type: video

|  + Video track

|   + Pixel width: 702

|   + Pixel height: 576

|   + Display unit: 3 (aspect ratio)

|   + Display width: 748

|   + Display height: 576

|  + CodecPrivate, length 48 (h.264 profile: Main @L4.0)

| + A track

|  + Track number: 2 (track ID for mkvmerge & mkvextract: 1)

|  + Track UID: 2

|  + Lacing flag: 0

|  + Name: Stereo

|  + Language: eng

|  + Codec ID: A_AC3

|  + Track type: audio

|  + Audio track

|   + Channels: 2

|   + Sampling frequency: 48000

| + A track

|  + Track number: 3 (track ID for mkvmerge & mkvextract: 2)

|  + Track UID: 3

|  + Lacing flag: 0

|  + Language: eng

|  + Default flag: 0

|  + Codec ID: S_VOBSUB

|  + Track type: subtitles

|  + CodecPrivate, length 349

|+ Tags

| + Tag

|  + Targets

|  + Simple

|   + Name: ENCODER

|   + String: Lavf56.1.0

| + Tag

|  + Targets

|   + TrackUID: 2

|  + Simple

|   + Name: LANGUAGE

|   + String: eng

| + Tag

|  + Targets

|   + TrackUID: 3

|  + Simple

|   + Name: LANGUAGE

|   + String: eng

|+ Cluster

[Happy2Play 9316]

Does the nfo file contain the tvdb provider episode id?  Do you have "Save artwork and metadata into media folders" enabled?

 

@@Luke Does Emby read and use the <thumb> url or does it just read the provider ids? 

Edited October 29, 2016 by Happy2Play

[Luke 39418]

We don't currently read that. Images in nfo are write only. We save them for Kodi to read. We don't utilize them at this particular moment in time.

[Psychophylaxis 0]

I don't have "Save artwork and metadata into media folders" enabled. 

 

The NFO is as listed in the top post, what is the tag for episode id? The kodi FAQ doesn't seem to list it.

 

If Emby doesn't obey the thumb tag, what is the procedure to get the correct image for the episode? How do I override it pulling tvdb's S02E01 image?

[Luke 39418]

You'd have to have your own image next to the episode. Reading the thumb tag is possible for the future it's just never come up before. I don't recall anyone ever mentioning it until now so it just hasn't been looked at.

[Psychophylaxis 0]

I assume the image file needs to have the same filename as the mkv?

[Luke 39418]

Correct

[Psychophylaxis 0]

That worked, thanks.

 

Do you have any plans to implement the <thumb> tag?