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Option to make fanart #4

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
How do I imagine this? Like, when a movie is playing, I press pause then I 
press (i) on RC and I select this option from context menu: Use this still as 
fanart.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zavulon...@gmail.com on 29 Jun 2011 at 10:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Not a bad idea - but most users won't be happy with the image quality I guess.
However, I was thinking about something similar for covers already - especially 
for collections with a lot of "non movies" - like documentaries or private 
videos.

Original comment by Mikeplan...@web.de on 10 Jul 2011 at 8:49

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Original comment by Mikeplan...@web.de on 10 Jul 2011 at 9:04

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by Mikeplan...@web.de on 10 Jul 2011 at 9:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is it not possible to use the 'Take Screenshot' feature of MediaPortal to do 
this?  F11 on keyboard and can be mapped to any remote key. It is what I use 
constantly to create screenshots for Wiki. 

You do not even need to pause the video (thus avoiding OSD or pause display) if 
you don't want to.

The screenshots/image files are automatically added to a MediaPortal folder in 
your Windows Pictures folder, with subfolders by date.

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2011 at 4:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Fanart grabber actually grabs lots of movie stills. In some rare cases, when 
there's no any fanart, stills are more than enough.

MePo may has this screenshot feature, but it won't help now. Maybe if plugin 
would have this option: "Use your latest screenshot as fanart"?

Original comment by zavulon...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2011 at 7:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
We're talking about an advanced plugin - so my opinion is:
IF we want to add such a feature, it should offer good quality too.
This from my point of view, such a fanart has to be created e.g. by the MTN 
utility - because that is automatically making sure, a proper position without 
too much movement will be taken.
However, the question is how the user interface could be for that - I will have 
to check, if it is possible to give movie position as a parameter (or calculate 
necedssary things) - so it could be offered in the context menu.
This would imho be a nice solution - although the better solution would be, 
that users would update TMDB, so all users could benefit from it...

Original comment by Mikeplan...@web.de on 11 Jul 2011 at 7:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I uploaded over 250 fanarts to htbackdrops (for fanarthandler). In a couple of 
months, 40% of them are gone. Although I understand why, I've done doing like 
that for good.

Original comment by zavulon...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2011 at 8:19

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I think there's no need to overcomplicate this. Choosing latest screenshot 
would be enough. When that screenshot is crap, user make an other one, and 
plugin just replaces the old one by the new one. And so on... :)

Original comment by zavulon...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2011 at 8:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Added fanartcreator by using MTN utility to allow shots and multiimages.

Original comment by Mikeplan...@web.de on 18 Aug 2011 at 1:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Works great here!  Love this feature.

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 15 Sep 2011 at 3:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
See Create Fanart Section on 
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/3_Plugins/My_Film
s/3_Using_My_Films/Fanart_and_Covers

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2011 at 3:38