PVR artwork module

This module is a helper module for scraping PVR related content from Kodi database, file system or from TMDB. Generated content is cached for 90, 180 or 360 days. The search process is as follows:

• Previously cached content is read out. The title, year of release and media type (film/series) of a series or film serve as criteria.
• the series/movies available in the databases are checked for hits with the title to be searched and the information (artwork, meta data) is provided.
• previously defined folders are checked for hits with the titles to be searched and the artwork available in these folders is provided. This process cannot provide textual metadata (genre, release date, etc.).
• the final step involves searching for a series/movie on TMDB.org. This requires a valid API key in addition to an online connection. Artwork available at TMDB as well as metadata will be provided.

The functions of the module is called periodically from an integrated service (main.py) when the following PVR windows are displayed

• MyPVRChannels.xml
• MyPVRGuide.xml
• MyPVRRecordings.xml
• MyPVRTimers.xml
• MyPVRSearch.xml

or videoplayer (Video OSD) is present.

All labels and artwork will be set as Properties in Home window, e.g. Window(10000).Property('PVR.Artwork.ListItem.director') or Window(10000).Property('PVR.Artwork.clearart')

Unless information provided by ListItems changes, metadata and artwork do not need to be updated. If none of the above windows are displayed, all Properties of PVR Artwork Module in Home window will be cleared.

Labels

PVR.Artwork.ListItem.director, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.writer, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.genre, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.country, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.studio, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.studiologo, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.premiered, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.mpaa, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.status, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.rating,PVR.Artwork.ListItem.ratings, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.ratings.imdb, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.ratings.tmdb, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.ratings.themoviedb, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.castandrole, PVR.Artwork.ListItem.description

Artwork

Artwork depends on the presence of artwork files in file system (cache), database or online (TMDB):

PVR.Artwork.fanart, PVR.Artwork.poster, PVR.Artwork.poster1 ... PVR.Artwork.poster5, PVR.Artwork.fanart1 ... PVR.Artwork.fanart5

additional Artwork:

PVR.Artwork.thumb (folder.jpg), PVR.Artwork.discart (discart.jpg), PVR.Artwork.banner (banner.jpg), PVR.Artwork.logo (logo.png), PVR.Artwork.clearlogo (clearlogo.png), PVR.Artwork.clearart (clearart.png), PVR.Artwork.characterart (characterart.png), PVR.Artwork.landscape (landscape.jpg)

Others

The PVR Artwork Module has a label PVR.Artwork.Lookup. If this label contains the value busy the module is processing a PVR item at this moment. This can be used to show a "Busy"-Spinner or something else to signaling a work in progress.