display 2 pictures for the same item

[dgemily]

I posted in the support section but it should be here

Hy everybody,

I would like to know How to display 2 pictures for the same item of a database.

For the first picture: ex: “category>movies>cover”
For the second one, I added an item in my database like “picture” so I did add a new text with “category<movies>picture” and I wrote the same parameter in ID but it doesn’t work, it display the name of the picture.

Is it possible? What I Have to write in ID?
May be, I have to write this thread in “Feature Requests" section…

Thanks for your help...

Later

the original topic: http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1980

[rubbah]

me to!

[gamejester]

I would also like this feature.

What I want to do with a second graphic is use it to show the status of a database item, so I can flag it as watched or not.

I would also need the option of using this second graphic as a side left thumb.

Using this you could easily see which shows you have seen when linked with an event which re-wrote the corresponding xml file on category play.

[rubbah]

and you can bulid a menu, with rollover image and logo, only problem would be that the last db entry you touch with the mouse will remain marked..

[stevenhanna6]

I will be adding this multi images for an item request soon

gamejester, not sure about your request I will try to figure something out.

[dgemily]

Thanks

[gamejester]

Had a bit of a think about this.

If you change the way the import template works for images to allow for the specification of 2 main images and have a third box for all other general images you could have 2 special field names:

coverart
thumbs
and then every other image found in the same dir as the movie imported as:
image3
image4
image5, etc.........

thumbs would be used in layout side left
coverart would be used in layout with thumbs ticked, ie the big image views (this is obviously confusing in the editor so I suggest changing the Thumbs tick box to a thumbs / covart / off toggle)

The new XML format would look something like

<item>
<parameter>D:\data\series\Alias\Alias - 3x03 - Reunion.avi</parameter>
<images>
<coverart>D:\data\series\Alias\AliasSeason3Cast-coverart.jpg</coverart>
<thumbs>D:\data\series\Alias\OK-thumb.jpg</thumbs>
<Image3>D:\data\series\Alias\AliasOther.jpg</Image3>
</images>
<display>Alias</display>
<information>
<name>Alias</name>
<showEP>3x03 </showEP>
<showTitle> Reunion</showTitle>
</information>
</item>

The import template could have 3 boxes and accept parameters taken from current record, for example:

coverart = %showTitle%.jpg, coverart.jpg
thumbs = %name%-thumbs.jpg,%name%-thumbs.gif
otherimages = jpg,jpeg,bmp,gif