Gothic99 1 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I have set up movies by Genre Folder in MBC on my windows machine as below: But then i navigate forward to "browse the genres" there is no background image: I would love to have a background image for this section and or for each Genre when highlighted. I applied a background using the web UI ("Action" genre higlighted in pic as example) But this has no effect on the browser itself. Leaving the background generic by default. Out of desperation i navigated to IBN/genre folder and IBN/genre/action and dumped images in them but still with no success: Is there a way to add a background to the Movies by Genre section once the user has navigated to it?? Is there a way to associate a background with each genre when highlighted/selected in this area also?? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTLE DONKEY 98 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 A picture named backdrop.jpg should be all u need like u have in ur screen grab. Did u restart the server/mbclassic after u set the backdrop image? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothic99 1 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) I had restarted the server and the client, just did then again also to make sure. Sadly i am still stuck with the same problem. is this the right path to put a backdrop.jpg image..>>>> Edited May 11, 2014 by Gothic99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTLE DONKEY 98 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'm not at my PC right now and its been awhile since I went into the IBN folder but do u have a general folder? Try placing ur genre folder inside the general folder, or create it then place genre inside it. I don't remember 100% if that's how it works, maybe someone can jump in with better advice. It should have worked just by assigning it in the web ui tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 No, the folder structure is correct. Try deleting background.jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothic99 1 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 i have Deleted the background.jpg: The above pic shows what i have in the folder. I have restarted sever and client, but still no luck on getting a background pic to show once i am browsing "genres". This has got me stumped and a little annoyed as its the ony section without a backdrop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothic99 1 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) I'm not at my PC right now and its been awhile since I went into the IBN folder but do u have a general folder? Try placing ur genre folder inside the general folder, or create it then place genre inside it. I don't remember 100% if that's how it works, maybe someone can jump in with better advice. It should have worked just by assigning it in the web ui tho I have created a "General" folder inside imagesbyname with "movies by genre" folder inside it. That allowed me to apply and icon and backdrop to the movie by genre on main navigation page. But it doesnt allow me to do any more. I will try putting folders in the "movies by genre" folder and see how that goes. Edit: here is what i did >> After restarting client and server there is no change. Im really stuck as to what has to be done to remedy this Just tried placing (copying) the "genre" folder into ibn/general and ibn/general/movies by genre folders and no go Edited May 11, 2014 by Gothic99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan 13 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I was wondering if anything came of this? Just asking as I'm seeing a different primary image in the web client to in MBC (the web client is correct, MBC isn't) MBC is showing the 'Documentary image for 'Drama' and also 'Biography' for some reason MBC: As expected in the web client: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 The web client is showing a thumb and MBC a primary which are two different images. Look at the images tab in the metadata editor for that genre. Looks like the primary image is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan 13 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Seems OK.... Weirdly though I just tried on a separate machine and it's fine. Seeing as this is going to be my main machine don't worry about it, unless you are really interested? I do have another query which I was going to start another thread for, but I'll ask here as I think its a quick answer. How to I set an image for the main genres folder, the one that shows up on the EHS when I have 'show genres' checked? Can't see a way in the web client... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Okay, the image issue is an old bug then. If you really want to correct it, delete the MBC image cache on that machine. To provide images for items that only exist in MBC and not the web client, you have to manually create them in the IBN\General folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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