[Triage] Poster images and folder images not downloading, only banner.jpg

[Jmanko16]

Describe the bug
Images for YouTube channels not all download (only downloading wide format banner.jpg, posters not downloading).

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Profile used:
Raw Attributes
id: 2
name: TV Shows
inserted_at: 2024-08-14T01:27:16Z
updated_at: 2024-08-14T01:41:20Z
output_path_template: /shows/{{ source_custom_name }}/Season {{ season_from_date }}/{{ season_episode_from_date }} - {{ title }}.{{ ext }}
preferred_resolution: 1080p
sponsorblock_categories: sponsor, intro, outro, selfpromo, preview, filler, interaction, music_offtopic
sponsorblock_behaviour: remove
download_thumbnail: true
embed_thumbnail: true
download_auto_subs: false
download_subs: true
embed_subs: true
sub_langs: en
download_metadata: true
embed_metadata: true
download_nfo: true
download_source_images: true
livestream_behaviour: exclude
marked_for_deletion_at:
redownload_delay_days: 1
shorts_behaviour: exclude

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Screenshots
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Diagnostic info

• App Version: 2024.8.6
• yt-dlp Version: 2024.08.06
• Apprise Version: v1.8.1
• System Architecture: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
• Timezone: America/New_York

Additional context
pinchflat-logs-2024-08-18.txt

Add any other context about the problem here.

[kieraneglin]

Hey there! Thanks for making this issue (:

I'll have some time to look into this today! This is very strange because I haven't gotten any other reports of this happening, but clearly something's off. I'll let you know what I find!

[Jmanko16]

Thanks.  I love the app.  It's otherwise great and so much more lightweight than other down loaders.  I wish I could program to help out but that's over my head.On Aug 20, 2024, at 11:40 AM, Kieran ***@***.***> wrote: Hey there! Thanks for making this issue (: I'll have some time to look into this today! This is very strange because I haven't gotten any other reports of this happening, but clearly something's off. I'll let you know what I find! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[kieraneglin]

Hmm, it looks like the log file doesn't have the data I needed from it. This is sometimes expected since the logfiles overwrite themselves after they grow to a certain size.

No rush at all, but when you have a sec could you open the app, view a source that's showing this issue, click Actions > Refresh Metadata, wait ~1 minute, then re-download the logs and attach them to a comment here?

[kieraneglin]

I think the last release may have fixed this, but even if not I've added some improved logging to help with triage of issues like this!

I'll close this for now but please let me know if you see this issue again 🤙

[Jmanko16]

I am still getting the issue, but have included updated logs.

pinchflat-logs-2024-09-02.txt

[Jmanko16]

Sorry, realized I hadn't updated. I updated to newest version, and inlcluded logs. Same issue, I am getting the "banner" image which is the wide format, but no "poster" so plex just has a blank front image and season image, everything else pulls up ok.

pinchflat-logs-2024-09-02-2.txt

[costaht]

I just installed pinchflat and I'm facing a similar issue. Looking into the db I noticed that poster.jpg, fanart.jpg, and banner.jpg are being saved in /config instead of the source's parent folder.
I didn't understand the goal of that (what client is able to read that).

Here's an example of how my sources folder look like when using ytdl-sub:

letsdig18
├── fanart.jpg
├── poster.jpg
└── Season 2024
    ├── s2024.e092801 - I Got Stuck Dredging The Next Cove： ９ Acre Pond Rehab.info.json
    ├── s2024.e092801 - I Got Stuck Dredging The Next Cove： ９ Acre Pond Rehab.mp4
    ├── s2024.e092801 - I Got Stuck Dredging The Next Cove： ９ Acre Pond Rehab-thumb.jpg

and how it looks like when using pinchflat (poster and fanart missing):

letsdig18/
└── Season 2024
    ├── s2024e101199 - Pouring Concrete For The Overflow And Smashing Huge Beaver Dam.info.json
    ├── s2024e101199 - Pouring Concrete For The Overflow And Smashing Huge Beaver Dam.mp4
    └── s2024e101199 - Pouring Concrete For The Overflow And Smashing Huge Beaver Dam-thumb.jpg

Maybe OP is having this same problem. How can I change that behavior?

[kieraneglin]

Hey there! Thanks for the report (:

This seems to be an intermittent issue for some users that I suspect is caused by YouTube running experiments for some users that yt-dlp isn't equipped to handle (see #416). I'll be looking into this and please let me know in #416 if you start seeing this issue again!

[kieraneglin]

re:

Looking into the db I noticed that poster.jpg, fanart.jpg, and banner.jpg are being saved in /config instead of the source's parent folder. I didn't understand the goal of that (what client is able to read that)

That's for internal use and those files should be left alone - they're downloaded using a different mechanism but I'm looking into why those seem to download and others images don't