Movie artwork

Introduction

Artwork contents
	Artwork Main Page Artwork Types; Creating Artwork; Changing Artwork; Album Artwork; Artist Artwork; Live TV Artwork; Movie Artwork; Movie Set Artwork; Music Video Artwork; TV Show Artwork; Season Artwork; Episode Artwork; See also: Artwork Cache; JSON-RPC & Skin Access ; Artwork Dump (v19↑); Artwork Beef (v18↓); Import-export library; Return to: Music Library Portal; Video Library Portal;

This page details information specific to the movie library.

The following artwork types are standard for movies and supported by many skins. For more details see Artwork Types

Commonly Supported Artwork
fanart	poster	banner	clearart	clearlogo	discart	fanartx (extra fanart)	keyart	landscape	posterx (extra poster)

Scraping

The Kodi scrapers can automatically download artwork without any extra effort from the user.

Artwork settings for the video library are adjusted in the Kodi settings pages here... Settings > Media > Videos > Artwork

Local Artwork

Local movie artwork is saved in the same folder where the movie file is saved.

The default file name for movie artwork is <movie file name>-<arttype>.<ext> - see image below. (does not apply to DVD and Bluray folders)

There is also a short name <arttype>.<ext> that can be used. Short artwork names can be used and are scanned only when the following conditions are met...

Movie Folders are used
Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title must be Enabled in the Set Content Screen
No corresponding artwork with long format names are present in that movie folder, as these take priority.

Example of correct use of Movie Folder with artwork, nfo file, trailer and theme.
Take not of file naming and location.

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