Details and Artwork
Where TinePlayer reads video details and artwork from.
When you open a video, TinePlayer attempts to find and display any information and artwork that is available either through sidecar files or by Jellyfin.
Sources
For a video on your disk, the details come from searching for an nfo file then by falling back to reading tags inside the video or parsing the filename.
For a video cast from Jellyfin, all details are provided by its library data.
| Shown | From a sidecar (.nfo) | From Jellyfin |
|---|---|---|
| Title | <title> | The name it was cast under |
| Summary | <plot>, or <outline> | The overview |
| Year | <year>, or the first four digits of <premiered> | The production year |
| Date first aired | <aired> | The premiere date |
| Certificate | <mpaa> | The official rating |
| Rating | <rating> | The community score |
| Genres | <genre> | As the library lists them |
| Series, season and episode | <showtitle>, <season> and <episode>, plus tvshow.nfo for the series | As the library lists them |
| Running time | <runtime>, in minutes | The library's own runtime |
| Poster | poster.jpg, folder.jpg, cover.jpg, or the path in <art> | The library's own image |
| Backdrop | fanart.jpg, backdrop.jpg, background.jpg, or the path in <art> | The library's own image |
Resolution, codec, frame rate, size, and tracks are always read from the video file itself.
Artwork
If a folder holds more than one video, the same names above prefixed with the video's name are used instead - Video (2019)-poster.jpg, Video (2019)-fanart.jpg and so on.
For a television episode, a -thumb.jpg beside the episode is used, and the series poster comes from the parent folder.
Settings
To stop TinePlayer from searching for sidecar files, set Settings › General › Read Metadata Beside Files to off. To disable just the backdrop artwork turn off Show Backdrop Artwork.
Videos cast from Jellyfin will still show details provided by its library.