Thursday, October 31, 2013

XBMC Thumbnail issue and fix

HAVING ISSUES WITH THUMBNAILS NOT DISPLAYING CORRECTLY? IT’S EASY TO FIX!
Step 1: Navigate to the “File manager” tab under the “SYSTEM” heading within XBMC.
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Step 2: Open the “Profile Directory” on the left side of the screen.
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Step 3: Open the “Database” folder on the left side of the screen.
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Step 4: Highlight the “Textures13.db” or whichever “Textures##.db” has the highest number.
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Step 5: Toggle the Context Menu within XBMC (either by right clicking on your mouse, clicking with two finders on a tablet, holding the “MENU” button on your Apple TV remote) and then click on the “Delete” buttton.
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Step 6: Press “Yes” to confirm that you wish to delete the folder when prompted.
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Step 7: Reboot your device once complete, that’s it!

Courtesy HTG

PS...for some this did not work...if not try another users method:

I ended up having to go to “XBMC\userdata\Database\Textures13.db” and manually deleting the “textures13.db”. Make sure XBMC isn’t running, if so exit app. I ended up having to exit in the task manager.
Once I did this it worked

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