Overview

Recorded TV thumbs are now created by the TV Server. Therefore the settings for creating TV thumbs have moved from the MediaPortal Configuration to the TV Server Configuration.

Description of Change

There is a new Thumbs tab page in the Recording section of the TV Server Configuration.

TV Thumbs

• Autocreate thumbs
  If this option is enabled, MediaPortal creates small preview images (thumbs) of your TV recordings. When browsing through your TV recordings, you can see these preview images. If there is no preview image, the channel icon will be displayed instead.
• Clear TV thumbs
  You can delete all the recorded TV thumbs by clicking the clear TV thumbs button - required if you change the preview appearance.
• Leave a thumb in recording folder
  Select this option to save an additional preview image in the recording folder(s). This preview image will be named like your recording (i.e. "Lie To Me.jpg" or "Philadelphia - Pro Sieben - 23.12.2005.jpg") and has a fixed size independent of the quality settings.
  Note:  Preview images in the recording folder(s) will not be deleted when you Clear TV thumbs, you must remove the existing ones manually - only then new thumbs will be regenerated.

Quality Settings

• Quality - Default: 4 (Resolution 500)
  Select the quality of the TV thumbs that are generated. The recommendation on the left gives a general idea what the setting can be used for: LCD televisions ("flat screens") generally need higher quality thumbnails than CRT (classic) televisions because they generally produce a sharper image.

Tip:  Many Skins now  use larger images, and HD resolutions. You may wish to increase your thumbs resolution to the highest quality to get best results with these skins.

• Preview Appearance

• Number of columns - Default = 1
• Number of rows - Default = 1

The preview image (thumb) may consist of multiple subsequent screenshots taken from the recorded TV. These are then arranged in tiles with the given number of rows and columns.

Note: Changed quality settings only have an effect on newly generated thumbs. You must clear the existing thumbs to re-create them with the new quality settings.

Folders

The two tab pages Recording Folders and Disk Quota have been combined to one tab page - Folders. The functionality remains the same.

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