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[Raptor Ramjet <1405132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

A large part of my video collection is home made stuff so it doesn't
have cover art, IMDB entries etc. etc.  All such videos therefore
display in the mythtv video screens with an associated image of a large
"?" which I'm sorry to say looks pretty crap.   i.e. it definitely *does
not* pass the girlfriend test :)

I would therefore like to have the facility where I could put an image
file in the same directory as the video file, named exactly as the video
file but with an image extension (".jpg" or ".png" etc.) and have myth
pick up this image.

e.g. If the video is called "Home Made Video 01.mpg" then if I also
place a file called ""Home Made Video 01.png" in the same directory the
front end will pick up this image and use it as a thumbnail (overriding
any image set in the database)

Maybe this could be combined with a script, which could be run
periodically or incorporated into the "scan for changes" menu item,
which will scan the video directories for such files and update the
database ?

This simply feature would massively improve mythtv for me as although I
have investigated various scripts to update the database etc. it would
be much simpler, easier and user friendly to be able to simply place
appropriately named files.

As an extension to this idea maybe the video summary could also be
palced in a ".txt" or ".info" file ?

e.g. from my example above "Home Made Video 01.info" could be used to
place a short text summary ?

Cheers.

** Affects: mythbuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Feature Request: Use files in videos directory to generate thumbnails

Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV:
  New

Bug description:
  A large part of my video collection is home made stuff so it doesn't
  have cover art, IMDB entries etc. etc.  All such videos therefore
  display in the mythtv video screens with an associated image of a
  large "?" which I'm sorry to say looks pretty crap.   i.e. it
  definitely *does not* pass the girlfriend test :)

  I would therefore like to have the facility where I could put an image
  file in the same directory as the video file, named exactly as the
  video file but with an image extension (".jpg" or ".png" etc.) and
  have myth pick up this image.

  e.g. If the video is called "Home Made Video 01.mpg" then if I also
  place a file called ""Home Made Video 01.png" in the same directory
  the front end will pick up this image and use it as a thumbnail
  (overriding any image set in the database)

  Maybe this could be combined with a script, which could be run
  periodically or incorporated into the "scan for changes" menu item,
  which will scan the video directories for such files and update the
  database ?

  This simply feature would massively improve mythtv for me as although
  I have investigated various scripts to update the database etc. it
  would be much simpler, easier and user friendly to be able to simply
  place appropriately named files.

  As an extension to this idea maybe the video summary could also be
  palced in a ".txt" or ".info" file ?

  e.g. from my example above "Home Made Video 01.info" could be used to
  place a short text summary ?

  Cheers.

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