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| Kodi supports automatic downloading or extraction of several types of images for use as thumbnails, movie posters, and more. In addition to automatic downloading or extraction, users can also manually set several images in different parts of the interface.
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| | <section begin="intro" />The use of artwork will transform your mundane media player into a showpiece to be proud of, especially when teamed up with your favourite skin. Kodi will allow you to display Posters, Fanart, Album Covers, Actor and Artist images to name a few. Install the '''''[[Add-on:Picture_Slideshow_Screensaver| Picture Slideshow add-on]]''''', and you will have a constant display of video or music fanart to brighten your entertainment room.<section end="intro" /> |
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| = Audomatic artwork loading =
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| = Manual artwork loading = | | If you prefer not to manually source and save artwork to your local media folders, then scraped artwork can be automatically downloaded and saved into your local folders by installing one of the following add-ons: |
| | * '''[https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=360078 Artwork Dump]'''- for v19 and later |
| | * '''[https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=258886 Artwork Beef]'''- for v18 and earlier |
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| == Naming conventions ==
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| ;For folders (e.g. tvshows, movies in folders, or just folders on the filesystem):
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| * poster.(png/jpg)
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| * banner.(png/jpg)
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| * fanart.(png/jpg)
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| {{note|Movies in folders can also use the options under files below.}}
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| ;Season images reside inside the tvshow folder:
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| * season[XX]-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
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| * season-all-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg}
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| * season-specials-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
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| ;For files (episodes, movies not in folders, video files):
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| * [movie file name]-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
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| * [episode file name]-thumb.(png/jpg)
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| * [filename]-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
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| {{note|For all use scenarios mentioned above (Folders, TV Shows, and Files), [[extra fanart]] and [[Thumbnails#Examples for User-Defined Video Thumbnails|Actor thumbs (click link then scroll down)]] can also be included using the locations defined in [[Thumbnails]].}}
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| | '''v19 Matrix''' introduced new artwork settings. These new {{Kodi}} settings replace the artwork settings in the new python range of scrapers. They also remove the need for the advancedsettings.xml artwork tags which were introduced in v18.<br> |
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| == Folder Thumbnails ==
| | * Music artwork settings are located in {{highlight|[[Settings/Media/Music#Artwork|Settings > Media > Music > Artwork]]}} |
| {| | | * Video artwork settings are located in {{highlight|[[Settings/Media/Videos#Artwork|Settings > Media > Videos > Artwork]]}} |
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| If you store each of your media files in separate subfolders to keep things organized, you can also make the folder have a custom thumbnail image. To do this you either need to save your JPG/PNG thumbnail as folder.jpg and place it inside your movie/album folder, or you can save it as <foldername>deprecated and place it at the same level as the folder in the directory tree.
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| * Remember, XBMC first checks for <foldername>.jpg before checking for folder.jpg.
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| * Some documentation suggests that folder.jpg can be used. In general folder.jpg is superior as it is detected during a scan, i.e. XBMC will correctly use folder.jpg but not folder.jpg.
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| * Note that folder.jpg '''must''' be named .jpg, even if it is a .png format image.
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| '''Examples:'''
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| Movies\path\'''foldername'''\
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| Movies\path\'''foldername.jpg'''
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| Movies\path\moviename\'''folder.jpg'''
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| Music\path\album\'''folder.jpg'''
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| Now your media folder will have a lovely custom thumbnail-image.
| | '''{{red|The {{kodi}} scrapers automatically download artwork with little input required by the user. These pages are for those users that want greater control over their artwork by saving artwork locally or creating their own.}}''' |
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| You can via [[advancedsettings.xml]] change the default filename of the image that XBMC uses for music folders. See the [[advancedsettings.xml#<musicthumbs>|<musicthumbs>]] tag. for more information.
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| == Music Thumbnails ==
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| Music Thumbnails are assigned as part of a multi-tier process. First, the Tag Reader runs and caches any embedded art using the album name and album artist (or song artist, if that is all that is available). If the album name or artist is unavailable, it is cached using the path name of the song. This assumes, of course, that you have tag reading enabled.<br />
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| You can also use "Get Thumb" to download the album thumbnail from [http://www.allmusic.com allmusic.com (AMG)] for a specific album/folder or do a scan of all your music files in all shares.<br />
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| Thumbnails also get downloaded when you rip AudioCD's to your XBMC device (which is described in the [[Ripping CDs]] section).<br />
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| Recommended is that you store each of your music-albums or artists in a separate subfolder to keep things organized. You can also of course make the folder have a custom thumbnail image.<br />
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| :{{Note|Running a scan automatically enables 'tag reading' so everything can be cached. Once a scan is run, all your files and their associated thumbnails are stored in the database.}}
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| :The Album Information dialog (available from the context menu) will allow you to choose between the cover art available for download from [http://www.allmusic.com allmusic.com] and any user-defined thumbnail you may have.
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| :Press the "Get Thumb" button to bring up a choice of the local thumbnails you have, the currently assigned thumbnail and the [http://www.allmusic.com allmusic.com] thumbnail.<br />
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| '''The code which assigns thumbnails to files runs and assigns thumbnails in the following order:'''
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| ;1) Cached Album Thumbnail
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| :This is all the embedded album art read by the tag reader and cached using the album name and album artist.
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| ;2) Cached filename.jpg
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| :This includes an embedded thumbnail cached with the fully qualified name.
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| ;3) Remote filename.jpg
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| :This is a filename.jpg on a remote share/folder which is then cached.
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| ;4) Cached folder.jpg
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| :This is a folder.jpg which is cached based off the folder path.
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| ;5) Remote folder.jpg
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| :This is a folder.jpg on a remote share/folder which is then cached.
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| ;6) Remote foldername.jpg
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| :This is a foldername.jpg on a remote share/folder which is then cached.<br /><br />
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| '''Examples:'''
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| In this example audiofilename.mp3 will use audiofilename.jpg as thumbnail:
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| Music\path\'''audiofilename.mp3'''
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| Music\path\'''audiofilename.jpg'''
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| The same goes for playlists, cue-sheets, SHOUTcast, and [[HOW-TO: Play Internet Streams|internet-stream files]], example:
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| Music\path\'''audioplaylistname.m3u'''
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| Music\path\'''audioplaylistname.jpg'''
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| Music\path\'''cuelistname.cue'''
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| Music\path\'''cuelistname.mp3'''
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| Music\path\'''cuelistname.jpg'''
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| Music\path\'''shoutcastlinkname.pls'''
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| Music\path\'''shoutcastlinkname.jpg'''
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| Music\path\'''audiostreamname.strm'''
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| Music\path\'''audiostreamname.jpg'''
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| ::Music fanart
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| {{see also|FanArt#Music_FanArt_in_XBMC}}
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| == Picture thumbnails ==
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| Kodi will generate thumbnails for pictures and folders in the '''[[pictures]]''' area using the following methods:
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| :EXIF thumbnail in JPEG images are then read. If no EXIF thumbnail is available, XBMC will load the image and generate a thumbnail from the image. These are then cached.
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| :<MyHolidayPictures>\folder.jpg is checked first. If that file doesn't exist, XBMC will generate a thumbnail from up to 4 random images inside that folder.
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| == Thumbnails for file sources ==
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| You can change the thumbnail displayed for a file source by bringing up the context menu ({{button|menu}} or {{keypress|C}}) and selecting '''"Choose thumbnail"'''.
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