[mythtv-users] Fan art problem

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Greg <greg12866 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> On 03/21/2011 12:12 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Greg<greg12866 at nycap.rr.com>  wrote:
>>> On 03/20/2011 05:15 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Greg<greg12866 at nycap.rr.com>    wrote:
>>>>>    I am in the process of putting a frontend in a bed room..I would like
>>>>> it to mirror my backend..The way I have the backend now is, when I
>>>>> select Watch Videos I am presented with a menu with all my videos in
>>>>> categories, Drama,Comedy,TV-Series,etc....I have it set-up the same way
>>>>> on my frontend,but It won't retrieve the cover art and such... I can do
>>>>> a manual retrieve of meta data,but as soon as I leave that menu I loose
>>>>> the data... I know I am missing something simple here,but I can't put my
>>>>> finger on it...The strange thing is, if I use the file browse it
>>>>> works,but not Gallery...
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas???
>>>> on the bedroom machine you probably have browse mode turned on. This
>>>> mode does a scan of the video directory at launch, but only does so on
>>>> a transient basis, because it is a scanner and things might bne
>>>> different next time.
>>>>
>>>> Switch off browse mode ('m' then follow your nose)
>>> Thanks for that..I've tried all the modes and still no joy... I'll  give
>>> it another go tomorrow..
>>> I thought it would just mirror the backend, seeing it uses the same
>>> database and settings...
>>>
>>> Thanks again..
>> It does - but are you using storage groups or not?
> Yes, I am using storage groups...I even tried to copy the fan art to the
> frontend. That didn't seem to work either..I can usually figure this
> stuff out on my own,but this I will have to admit has me stumped...
>
> Thanks again..

make sure you don't have any 'legacy'  settings in your setup.