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Tension113
2009-02-28, 22:10
I've been reorganizing my comics lately and editing Horizonz a bit to browse through them nicely, using showcase..
Does anyone happen to know a way to have Xbmc use the first image in the CBR archive? Instead of the 4 random pics that it also uses for picture folder thumbs?
Not sure if something can be added within the skin to make this happen, but personally, I think Cbr and Cbz files would be better displayed this way..
Has anyone else come up with a decent way to browse comics? I know there are only a handful of us out there that read them on xbmc..
Tension113
2009-03-01, 19:22
Maybe this will help show what I'm looking to do a little better.. Since I'm not sure I made any sense in the last post.. or maybe I'm just posting this in the wrong section..
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u38/Tension213/XBMC/Comicview.jpg
Is there something skin side I can do that will only show the first image in the archive as the thumb? or is this part of xbmc's inner workings... The 2x2 thumbs work nice for picture folders, but in the case of cbr/cbz files, the cover to the comic would work better..
or.. I could just create 2000+ filename.tbn's..
Anyone?
Maybe this will help show what I'm looking to do a little better.. Since I'm not sure I made any sense in the last post.. or maybe I'm just posting this in the wrong section..
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u38/Tension213/XBMC/Comicview.jpg
Is there something skin side I can do that will only show the first image in the archive as the thumb? or is this part of xbmc's inner workings... The 2x2 thumbs work nice for picture folders, but in the case of cbr/cbz files, the cover to the comic would work better..
or.. I could just create 2000+ filename.tbn's..
Anyone?
I had to do this by hand. so that part sucks. but i unzipped the cbr and copied the cover and made a thumbnail for each issue. I don't remember if it wa sjust filename.tbn or not. good luck.
if in general the first entry in a cbr is the cover i will gladly change it to use that instead
if in general the first entry in a cbr is the cover i will gladly change it to use that instead
u are awsome! I am not sure how many people use this feature but I do. I believe in general, the first image is the cover.
we will have to wait for t3ch to release a build incorporating the change, unless it is easy to replace a file in the current build. Does this change require a new build Spiff?
Tension113
2009-03-11, 01:15
if in general the first entry in a cbr is the cover i will gladly change it to use that instead
That would be great.. Thanks.. Would save some time and hard drive space.. :)
and I think it would just be the preferred way to do it..
Once in awhile Cbr's have a 'scanned by' image as the first, but the majority are done correctly.. Some programs, like ComicRack, let you rearrange the order.. So, us nerds, who are into our ecomics, usually do that anyway..
Hopefully you won't need this now Jarod, but I used this ComicRack script to make the filename.tbn's..
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=293208#post293208
If you need to change the order just rename the cbr file as a rar, open it with winrar and delete the scanned by jpg.
oh man i forgot about this. ticket please or i will surely forget again
I'm a bit of a XBMC noob but I would like to add my support for this. I have a load of old Transformers comics with each issue a cbr file. It would be much better if a thumb for just the first (cover) page was shown instead of the 4 random thumbs...since I'm a noob how in the hell do I do this "ticket" thing? :)
Wow, reading through this had me pumped before I noticed that the vigor seems to have dissipated.
Thought I'd pop in and keep it alive if possible. I'm new to the boards, mediocre with code and have over 10k comics. The very thought of the space needed and time alone brings me to my knees.
If it hasn't happened already let's get this sucker ticketed!
Anyone care to point the newb in the right direction? ;)
hikaricore
2009-09-12, 07:30
I'm a bit of a XBMC noob but I would like to add my support for this. I have a load of old Transformers comics with each issue a cbr file. It would be much better if a thumb for just the first (cover) page was shown instead of the 4 random thumbs...since I'm a noob how in the hell do I do this "ticket" thing? :)
Wow, reading through this had me pumped before I noticed that the vigor seems to have dissipated.
Thought I'd pop in and keep it alive if possible. I'm new to the boards, mediocre with code and have over 10k comics. The very thought of the space needed and time alone brings me to my knees.
If it hasn't happened already let's get this sucker ticketed!
Anyone care to point the newb in the right direction? ;)
It's already been posted here http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/6117.
Now we'll just have to see if spiff ever gets around to it. :p *nugde* hehe
Or possibly my ticket as well where I suggested dual page reading for comics: http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/6381
But that's just a dream for now.
greatant1337
2009-09-12, 18:40
Please, Mr. spiff, please.
Tension113
2009-09-28, 05:23
I've held off on doing anything with comics on Xbmc lately.. It was easy enough to use scripts to make cover tbn's for my entire collection, but now keeping up with that as new comics are added has become tedious.. Glad to see I'm not the only one looking forward to this though..
Glad to see I'm not the only one looking forward to this though..
Add me to that list of people looking forward to this :laugh:
attached a diff to the ticket. please test it for me
greatant1337
2009-10-03, 04:15
attached a diff to the ticket. please test it for me
Thanks, spiff.
Tension113
2009-10-05, 10:03
I just noticed this has been committed.. Thanks for looking into it spiff..
Just checked it out, but nothing has seemed to change for me.. Added some new cbr's to the library, but it's still the random 4 images.. Using rev. 23416
Did anyone get a chance to test this?
it worked perfectly for me in the one test i could be arsed to do.
Tension113
2009-10-11, 21:05
Well I was hoping some of the other guys that claimed to be looking forward to this would chime in, but I guess not.. For the hell of it I tested this out with a number of cbr's on two different systems.. (Vista x64 and Xp x86) and same results.. You didn't test this out with a cbr file that only contained one picture, did you? :p
okay, got around to testing this again. no issues - cbr / cbz - multiple of them (with multiple files yes). i'm on linux though but it shouldn't be platform dependent at all.
Tension113
2009-10-27, 21:50
Thanks for testing again spiff..
Ok I just messed with this further.. Most of my stuff are scene releases, which give me varried results.. Some display 4 random pics, some display one random pic, none display the first image in the archive..
I made two cbr files myself.. Each one has 10 jpg's.. Used winrar..
Cbr #1 displays the 6th image in the archive as the cover..
Cbr #2 displays the 3rd as the cover.
I don't get it..
Here's a small one I made out of cellphone wallpapers..
The cbr contains 6 images..
On my system the 4th one is used for the cover..
http://www.mediafire.com/?nyw5ymudvjf
and if you just don't care anymore.. I understand.. :laugh:
hegemon13
2009-10-27, 22:10
I will test within the week. I have a substantial cbr/cbz collection, which I occasionally read on the tv, and this would make browsing them much easier.
I need to update to a newer build, and I also need to replace the clicking hard drive in my xbox. I have the drive, just need a couple free hours to get it done. So, as soon as I get that done, I'll test and post results.
your file worked fine for me. it's the first image in unsorted order.
i assume you want them sorted alphabetically. changed in svn
Tension113
2009-10-28, 23:56
Yay! Thank you.. That fixed about half of my collection.. All the cbr's that were displaying a single random picture, now display the cover..
The cbr's that were displaying 4 pics, I realized some groups Rar up a folder of pics instead of just the pics.. So the cbr contains a folder, the folder, contains the pics.. Opening it in XBMC brings it right to the first pic though.. So those are still showing 4 random pics..
Is changing that a possibility?