Actors as Cartoon

[rodainas 191]

Emby is showing some people as animated Cartoon, is there a way to avoid this or is simply automatic depending on the actor.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Sorry no, this would mean the actor was first imported into the library from a TV Show or episode as TVDB only provides Character images.  So you have to manually update them to actual people images.

I guess there could be but TVDB can not be the first provider for TV,

Still think we need provider order for People to return.

[Deathsquirrel 745]

1 hour ago, Happy2Play said:

Sorry no, this would mean the actor was first imported into the library from a TV Show or episode as TVDB only provides Character images.  So you have to manually update them to actual people images.

I guess there could be but TVDB can not be the first provider for TV,

Still think we need provider order for People to return.

I think we'd need a bit more than that.  You'd need to track where the current image is sourced from and then allow the system to override that image with one from a higher priority provider if it existed.  Otherwise you'd still be stuck with the first Anne Hathaway pic downloaded.  If the first time that actor appears in your library is a TV show and you use TVDB as a metadata provider for TV at all, you'll be stuck with a lame picture of Anne Hathaway as a cartoon

I'd love it if it worked that way since TVDB's actor pics are often dreadful, but I have to imagine that's a big increase in complexity for the refresh people task.

[Happy2Play 9780]

11 minutes ago, Deathsquirrel said:

I think we'd need a bit more than that.  You'd need to track where the current image is sourced from and then allow the system to override that image with one from a higher priority provider if it existed.

You will have dueling systems as Actors exist in Movies and TV so the two libraries have different provider orders so who would have the higher priority?

The image above can from The Simpsons.

https://thetvdb.com/people/255156

The issue is TVDB does a Character image per show, looks like movies also now.  So the only current way to avoid this is not having TVDB as the first provider (that I am aware of).

I assume the new api will have a options of media character image or the person image.  But we have no idea if Emby will be using TVDB in the near future with the Subscription route they are going.

Edited October 27, 2020 by Happy2Play

[Deathsquirrel 745]

34 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

You will have dueling systems as Actors exist in Movies and TV so the two libraries have different provider orders so who would have the higher priority?

The image above can from The Simpsons.

https://thetvdb.com/people/255156

The issue is TVDB does a Character image per show, looks like movies also now.  So the only current way to avoid this is not having TVDB as the first provider (that I am aware of).

I assume the new api will have a options of media character image or the person image.  But we have no idea if Emby will be using TVDB in the near future with the Subscription route they are going.

Yup, I'd need a way to set priority for actors that appear in both movies and TV too.  As you say though, if TVDB requires a subscription it won't matter as most of us would likely no longer use it.

[skidmarks 199]

5 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

But we have no idea if Emby will be using TVDB in the near future with the Subscription route they are going.

Hopeful this might open the door for tvmaze...

Edited October 27, 2020 by skidmarks

[Luke 42078]

17 minutes ago, skidmarks said:

Hopeful this might open the door for tvmaze...

It might.