ImagesByName

[Chuck 17]

Hi ... Just set-up MB3, and so far so good.

 

However, it seems that I'm not pulling people images, genre images, studio images, etc.

 

I've copied the original ImagesByName folder from the earlier MB version to the MB3 Client folder in ProgramData.

 

I see that I can manually update the images from within the web browser client, but there an awful lot of people images, etc., to have to update them one by one.

 

How can I either 1) refresh the image cash for these images automatically, or 2) put the images in the right location so that the server will recognize the folder structure and images?

 

Thanks in adance!

[Luke 42077]

where did you copy them to?

[yardameus 221]

Unless you told MB server to look in a different spot, the default spot for the images by name is actually here:  C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\ImagesByName

[Chuck 17]

I copied the ImagesByName folder from

 

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser\ImagesByName

 

to

 

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName

 

Then, in the Default Media Library Settings, selected Use Custom ImageByName path, and set the path to C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName

 

Sub folders are structured from original Media Browser ...

 

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName\People

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName\Genre

[Chuck 17]

PS ...  When I took a look at the ImagesByName folder under C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\ImagesByName ... It looks like the various people are there ... but there are no images

 

Could this be a download setting somewhere that needs to download the people images?

 

Setting the Genre images manually is no big deal.

[Luke 42077]

if you have a predefined IBN structure, which you do, and you change the configuration to point to that location, it should work. can someone give it a test and verify?

[Xzener 729]

Chuck,

 

Have you ran the "Refresh People" scheduled task?? (Although its late, it may have ran by the time you read this)

[Chuck 17]

Just hit the button ... it was to run in about two hours ... but it looks like this might be working.  I suppose the first run is a bit lengthy.

[ebr 16169]

I copied the ImagesByName folder from

 

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser\ImagesByName

 

to

 

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName

 

Then, in the Default Media Library Settings, selected Use Custom ImageByName path, and set the path to C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName

 

Sub folders are structured from original Media Browser ...

 

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName\People

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser-Classic\ImagesByName\Genre

 

The IBN is a feature of the server now.  MBC is just a client.  So, you need to copy your structure to the server location or point the server to wherever your structure is.

[Chuck 17]

Thanks ... the challenge was to simply run the scheduled task.  Rookie mistake