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Taking too long to download info and poster
rick.ca:
What plugin are you referring to? All the ones I use stop and ask me to choose based on thumbnails. I'd actually prefer to be able to specify a maximum number and size, and let it download those automatically. I don't care how long it takes if there's no reason for me to wait.
waltdisneypixar:
i use amazon for posters
i choose a film and it has to download 6 or more poster before showing me and then i have to choose
the wait is longer because it has to check all the posters in amazon.com
rick.ca:
How would you choose if there were no thumbnails? ???
I think it's fine the way it is for downloading posters one-at-a-time. For downloading in batch mode, the behaviour of Silent Mode could be improved, as mentioned here.
waltdisneypixar:
in movie collecor there are links, so you double click the link and if you like the poster, don't need to look for more
rick.ca:
I can understand how that would work, but it's inconsistent with the approach taken in PVD. So, for example, there's no place within the current structure to record an image URL. If there were, I'd still want it to download thumbnails so it could display those instead of URL's. The time it takes to download thumbnails is a tiny price to pay for the basis it provides for choosing an image. But I still think the alternate approach I suggested—downloading a small number of full-size posters—is the most efficient one in terms of user interaction. It's impossible to determine the quality of a poster from a thumbnail. It's much faster to examine full size posters and delete the ones not wanted than to download one-at-a-time until something acceptable is found—and then still not be sure that's the best one.
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