Better Covers

BetterCovers is a script to automaticaly generate covers and backdrops with embeded ratings, mediainfo, language, certifications, age ratings, source, production companies, etc!

Examples

The script is made to be fully customizable, all properties can be disabled and custom cover templates can be selected based on a large number of filters!
After executing the script you have to refresh the library on Emby/Plex/Jellyfin for this to take effect! (Or configure the agent in the config file to automaticaly update the library!)

Downloading

Docker

The easiest option for running is using docker.

docker run -i --rm \
  -v /path/to/media:/media \
  -v /path/to/config:/config \
  -e parameters="-w 50" `#OPTIONAL` \
  -e fileMask="*" `#OPTIONAL` \
  ilarramendi/bettercovers

Python

Clone the project: git clone https://github.com/ilarramendi/BetterCovers
Install python requirments: pip3 install requests jellyfish exif
Install program requirments: sudo apt install -y chromium-browser ffmpeg
Run: python3 BetterCovers.py '/path/to/media/*'

Folder structure

Each movie needs to be inside a unique folder.
Each TV show season must be inside a unique folder.
For better identification folders names can have imdb and/or tmdb ids like: [tmdbid=123456] or [imdbid=123456]

Planned features (Please suggest more)

• Option to save images on Agent metadata folder to improve menu loading time (media images on HDD load a bit slow on emby) (linx file to another drive with linux?)
• Different themes (suggestions are apreciate)
• Use existing cover
• Add aditional mediainfo properties (dolby, ATMOS, audio channels)
• Add connection with Sonarr and Radarr api (or script on import)
• Add connection to plex api
• Add original downloaded image cache for faster cover creation (wkhtmltopdf cache not working)
• Make docker container lighter and faster
• Web Ui (WIP: ilarramendi/BetterCovers-Frontend)

Config.json

config.md

Parameters

-o Ovewrite any cover found (images are automaticaly overwriten if info changes)
-wd /path/to/wd Change the default working directory (where config files, images and covers are stored)
-w number Number of workers to use, default 20 (using too many workers can result in images not loading correctly or hitting api limits)
--log-level number Verbose level from 0 to 5, default 2.
--dry Performs a dry run, only getting metadata, not generating any image.
--json Save metadata to metadata.json (usefull for debugin and getting data out for other programs).
--no-colors Remove colors from output (Usefull for docker).