There are some pictures missing on the Cast.

[Oomek 3]

I've been also having this issue for years.
Random cast and crew photos are missing after Scan Library Files.
The only solution is to manually go into each actor, then the photo is updated, then go back to the movie screen and press F5.
Or you can manually refresh the metadata for each added movie, but both solutions are annoying and require extra labour.
When will it be fixed?

[Luke 42870]

@Oomek

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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Thanks !

 

[Oomek 3]

I will provide the logs, but since you've moved my question to a new thread could you please move it to Server because this issue is presents on all player platforms and on web admin page as well.

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[Oomek 3]

Here are screenshots of what is happening.
1. I add a movie to the library
2. I open the movie page
3. Inside there are always some random photos missing 
4. When I click on actor's page then go back and press F5 the photo shows up.
 

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[Luke 42870]

OK try refreshing the metadata on the movie and see if  that helps.

[Oomek 3]

Yes, manually refreshing metadata works.

[Luke 42870]

6 minutes ago, Oomek said:

Yes, manually refreshing metadata works.

refreshing metadata on what exactly?

[Oomek 3]

 

[Luke 42870]

OK so it's hard to say why those people didn't have an image. Maybe from the time you first added the show or movie, new people images got uploaded to tmdb or tvdb.

The next time you add a new movie or series, if you think someone should have gotten an image that didn't, then please provide the log from when the movie or series was first imported.

But before doing that, check whether or not your enabled metadata fetchers in library settings even have an image for that person. So if you have Tmdb enabled, then check the Tmdb website, same for tvdb, etc.

[Oomek 3]

It's not an isolated incident, every movie or show I add has random photos missing.

[Luke 42870]

Just now, Oomek said:

It's not an isolated incident, every movie or show I add has random photos missing.

Nonetheless, the process of learning why is the same. What I mentioned above is the most likely answer:

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Maybe from the time you first added the show or movie, new people images got uploaded to tmdb or tvdb.

But there could be other reasons as well.

[Oomek 3]

 

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Maybe from the time you first added the show or movie, new people images got uploaded to tmdb or tvdb.

1. Often very famous actors' photos are missing

2. When I scan for metadata immediately after uploading the movie the missing photos are showing up
 

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[Luke 42870]

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2. When I scan for metadata immediately after uploading the movie the missing photos are showing up

This is when cast member photo urls are obtained, so this is when it should happen.

But for existing ones that are missing, all of this happened in the past, so there's no way to know why. You can refresh metadata as I suggested and then if it happens with a new movie we can look closer at it.