Revamp how Zidoo displays TV show episodes

Would like to request how Zidoo devices display TV Show episodes. Currently it uses the episode image as a fanart/background when scrolling through the episodes. Problem with this is many older tv show episode images are NOT in a hi res image type. So this makes the background episode image distorted, pixelated, etc. Why not revamp how Zidoo handles TV shows and make the image smaller to scroll through the episodes. For an example, look at Plex or even the new "version" of Zappiti the R_volution Player One how they handle displaying TV shows.

 

You could load in your own as I have done on a few old series - tedious but doable

 

How do you load your own?
I'm trying to replace some of mine at the moment

 

Find the image on the internet etc and save. Then include it in the same folder as the video. Label the file the same as the video file with the added -fanart or -poster etc. In Preferences make sure 'use local images first' is on.

 

I am not sure what I am doing wrong but zidoo doesn't show my custom background on the individual episode. I also tried loading it from the computer website interface and while it says success, it doesn't change the episode background. Does anyone know if this can't be done on the website interface?

 

Have you tried update Meta data?

 

If you put the image you want in the folder containing the video file, go to change image. Click on + and navigate to the image file.

 

Thanks. I'll try it

 

I'm still running into issues. My episodes are named like the following : Band of Brothers (2005) S01E01. How would you name the cover art and background art jpg files i put in the same folder for this episode ? Do i need to change my episode naming ? Thank you

 

Band of Brothers (2005) S01E01-fanart.jpg
Band of Brothers (2005) S01E01-thumb.jpg
Band of Brothers (2005)-S01E01-trailer.mp4
Etc etc
-poster

 

Thanks again

 

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So it looks like I can now get the episode backgrounds to work using : Band of Brothers S01E01-fanart.jpg. I can't change the episode covers for some reason. What would be the best filename to use for this? Ive tried almost every combination. Thanks

 

Did you try: Band of Brothers S01E01-poster.jpg ?
You can download jpg from "themoviedb.org". They are 5 images available. Just download the one you like, change the name as indicated here above and store it in the movie folder (of course, after deleting the original one).
I do that with tinyMediaManager and it works pretty well.

 

Yes I tried that with no luck. I can't even get the poster to change on the show all screen as the main poster. Not sure what else to do. I must be doing something wrong cause I can't change the cover art at all for episodes, seasons, or for the main series. Whatever I name it will revert to the main scraped picture.