Backdrops - What am I doing wrong?

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Hi All,

I’ve uploaded some video files associated with the online game eve-online to the hub…

I’ve amended one of the xml files already on the drive and saved it as the correct name within the videos folder.  When I go the video on the drive, it pulls up the thumbnail of the video and all the actor/plot information… but it just seems to refuse to load the backdrops.  I’ve ensured the backdrops I’ve saved online match the dimensions of others I’ve looked up that various other xml files reference.

Here’s the extract:

  http://cf1.imgobject.com/posters/308/4de4075e7b9aa13455001308/clear-skies-cover.jpg  http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5953029691_198e984c74_b.jpg

Clear Skies 1.wmv

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Aaron

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Try this.  If you are using the latest firmware (2.06.10), and you have to be using this version, save the image you want to use in the same place as were you have your video.

Name it something like “eve-online_backdrop.jpg” (has to be a .jpg), if you have more than one name the next “eve-online1_backdrop.jpg” and so on.

Then open your metadata xml and use this lines:

   eve-online_backdrop.jpg

   eve-online1_backdrop.jpg

   and so on.

You don’t need the lines, just .

Then unplug the power cord on the HUB and plug it back in.  Wait for the HUB to quite compiling, then navigate to your files and the backdrop should show up. 

Here’s an example of the end of a metadata xml, your file name can be different:

   Johnny Whitworth
 
  James Mangold
  Lionsgate

  <backdrop>3-10 TO YUMA_sheet.jpg</backdrop>
 
  3-10 TO YUMA.mkv
  N/A

3

Excellent!!!  Worked a treat… after reading all the various threads on this topic about serving backdrops from the disk, I didn’t think that would work.

Thanks for the help… now going to pick all the hair that I pulled out back off the floor and start sticking it back on :slight_smile:

4

Super Glue works really well for that, just make sure you just put it on the end of each hair, if you put it all over you’ll have that permanent jelled look.:smileyvery-happy:

The old topics on this are now out of date, this wasn’t possible until the recent firmware release.

5

Thanks once again… one thing I did notice was the it’s all case sensitive, or seems to be.  One of the thumbnails I specified wasn’t loading, so I changed the .JPG to .jpg to match what I specified in the XML and hey presto.

Cheers,

Aaron

6

It really works? Can you copy/paste a simply example of an entire .xml to see what i´m doing wrong?

I have no theme in my hub, i use it just the original way.

Thanks.

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Make sure you’re using the GALLERY view.   Backdrops don’t activate in any other view.

Here’s an example.  

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- XML Generated by The XML Fetcher Version Debug Mode -->
<!-- Series ID 76366 -->
<details>
	<title>01- Message from Moonbase Alpha</title>
	<mpaa></mpaa>
	<year>1999-09-13</year>
	<genre>Science-Fiction</genre>
	<runtime>50</runtime>
	<plot>The seven minute clip features only Zienia Merton reprising her role as Sandra Benes delivering a final message to Earth as the only crew member left while a massive exodus to a habitable planet takes place with the rest of the crew. This basically gave the series the finality it never had in its initial run.</plot>
	<overview>The seven minute clip features only Zienia Merton reprising her role as Sandra Benes delivering a final message to Earth as the only crew member left while a massive exodus to a habitable planet takes place with the rest of the crew. This basically gave the series the finality it never had in its initial run.</overview>
	<director>Tim Mallett</director>
	<actor>
		<name>Martin Landau</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Barbara Bain</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Barry Morse</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Catherine Schell</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Tony Anholt</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Nick Tate</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Barbara Kelly</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Prentis Hancock</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Clifton Jones</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Suzanne Roquette</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Anton Phillips</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Zienia Merton</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<actor>
		<name>Zienia Merton</name>
		<role></role>
	</actor>
	<backdrop>76366-5.jpg</backdrop>
	<backdrop>76366-4.jpg</backdrop>
	<backdrop>76366-3.jpg</backdrop>
	<backdrop>76366-1.jpg</backdrop>
	<backdrop>76366-2.jpg</backdrop>
</details>