People Backdrops

[tmb4016 92]

Hi,

Is it possible to get Emby to display backdrops for People ? It works fine for Music artists but for actors the backdrop remains the same as the film if the link was followed from a Film or if from search results the actor has no backdrop.

Ideally it would only replace the current display if a backdrop exists for the person ?

 

[Luke 40082]

Hi, yes it's a good idea for the future. thanks for the feedback.

[mgworek 125]

On 6/15/2020 at 10:28 AM, Luke said:

Hi, yes it's a good idea for the future. thanks for the feedback.

Or the past! What's old is new again...............

[pünktchen 1350]

Or the past! What's old is new again...............

Yeah, we had this already until version 3.5.

[mgworek 125]

39 minutes ago, pünktchen said:

3 hours ago, mgworek said:

Or the past! What's old is new again...............

Yeah, we had this already until version 3.5.

And many of us were not happy when it went away.

[tmb4016 92]

Just noticed by accident ... so not sure if it is recent.

If a movie does not have any backdrops then opening the Person page from the movie details page does show the actor backdrop. If a movie has backdrops which is most common then the movie backdrop is shown.

To me this logic should be reversed and if a person has a backdrop it should show their backdrop not the movie backdrop. Only show the movie backdrop if the person does not have their own backdrop.

Any chance of getting this changed ?

Edited September 15, 2020 by tmb4016

[Luke 40082]

It's always possible for the future. Thanks.

[Dibbes 458]

On 6/16/2020 at 8:12 PM, mgworek said:

And many of us were not happy when it went away.

many of us are still not happy it went away... 

[Luke 40082]

Have you tried it again?

[Dibbes 458]

16 minutes ago, Luke said:

Have you tried it again?

I had not, but WoooooHooooooooooooooo!!! I'm very happy with this 

Thank you!

[Dibbes 458]

@Luke Can we configure somewhere what to download for actors as well?

[Luke 40082]

From where?

[Dibbes 458]

Server admin dashboard... Like for example logos, backdrops, etc

[Happy2Play 9442]

@Dibbes Actors/People do not have logos, backdrops, ect on any provider site do they?  Where would they come from?  Artists are another story.

Edited September 27, 2020 by Happy2Play

[Dibbes 458]

1 hour ago, Happy2Play said:

@Dibbes Actors/People do not have logos, backdrops, ect on any provider site do they?  Where would they come from?  Artists are another story.

Now that's a very good point! I did a quick search (nothing extensive) and didn't find any site with proper backdrops for actors. The thing is that I have no clue where mine come from then. I do not remember adding actor backdrops myself but there are quite a few that I scrolled through to check, with backdrops... 

[Luke 40082]

There's never been an internet source for them, so you would have had to have set them manually.

[tmb4016 92]

Just noticed that these are back...

Thanks for the inclusion..

[Luke 40082]

Thanks for the feedback.

[McMovies 7]

On 25/11/2020 at 16:12, tmb4016 said:

Just noticed that these are back...

Thanks for the inclusion..

back, but emby still look for backdrop from movie backdrop in priority.  

I have saved few actors backdrop (manually edited to add) and it always 30-40 seconds to load. 

 

Is there a way where we can tell emby to look people folder first and not look for movie backdrop.

Edited September 2, 2022 by McMovies

[Luke 40082]

4 hours ago, McMovies said:

back, but emby still look for backdrop from movie backdrop in priority.  

I have saved few actors backdrop (manually edited to add) and it always 30-40 seconds to load. 

 

Is there a way where we can tell emby to look people folder first and not look for movie backdrop.

HI, we'll take a look at it. Thanks.