videos app not showing artwork for tv shows on iOS8

Hi,


I just updated to iOS8 and have a bunch of TVshows on my iPad. On iOS8, they are not showing any artwork at all, just grey placeholders... Artwork for movies works fine...


Anyone else having this issue?


Thanks!

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 2:26 PM

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Sep 18, 2014 9:15 AM in response to Pedro1701

I can get cover artwork to show ONLY if it's 1024x768 artwork (or similar aspect ratio) - this only shows on grouped items


It will NOT show on the line item per video - it's still shows no artwork - wondering if there is some funny specific aspect ratio or res for those


Just using GIMP or Seashore (on Mac) or any image editor on windows; centering the existing widescreen artwork I have on a blank image and leaving white bars on top and bottom shows fine on the video thumbnails

Sep 19, 2014 1:30 PM in response to Pedro1701

It seems like the Video app in IO8 now mirrors how the iTunes store displays TV shows. It needs a square artwork file for the Season grouping then a rectangle artwork for the actual Episode. Applying square artwork (like using iFlicks v2) will make the season artwork show up in iOS but like you said, there are still grey rectangles for in-line artwork. I don't know how to apply a different in-line artwork within iTunes while still keeping a square season artwork. The pic below is from the iTunes store, this is the setup that iOS8 seems to need to display season and episode artwork correctly.


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Sep 20, 2014 7:49 AM in response to Pedro1701

DP0350 - not sure what you mean. how do you add a square cover for the series? I've tried adding both square and not square to the episode and nothing works. Do you actually have a file that you didn't purchase from iTunes where you've added cover art and it shows up in IOS8? If so, could you post exactly what you did, and even post the non-square cover art you used?

Sep 20, 2014 5:46 PM in response to DanHiAZ

I Selected a season of a TV show (list view) then edited and pasted the square season cover to the batch. So all episodes of that season now have the same square cover art. In IOS8 this cover art shows up as the "season artwork". However in IOS8 the inline "episode artwork" is still grayed out, this is the problem. IOS8 wants square season art and rectangular episode art. This is how TV shows purchased on iTunes display (see the pic in my post above). However I can't figure out how to mimic this with non-purchased shows. To answer your question, yes I have multiple shows of non-purchased music that are displaying the art for the season. But again no inline episode artwork. All my artwork came from here: http://squaredtvart.tumblr.com

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