No thumbnails in Offline Mode

[Mayank-9018]

Describe the bug No thumbnails of downloaded content.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Download any media while being connected.
2. Disconnect from the server.
3. Open Findroid Application.

Expected behavior Thumbnails of downloaded videos should also be available. Text and rating is present but not images.

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Device info (please complete the following information):

• Device: Motorola G32
• Android version: 12
• App version: 0.13.0(21)
• Jellyfin version: 10.8.8

[UriSheinman]

Funny thing, it's really finicky to reproduce because at first it might appear to be ok (explanation below). I've had this issue for as long as I have used findroid, the problem is known and I can sum it up for you (though I don't know any kotlin so I can't really do anything about it) The way findroid saves data is in two ways:

1. It downloads its own file format that contains the actual content (be it a movie or a show or whatever). It is done that way because the download needs to contain possible data such as file description, jellyscrub data and intro skip data (may that plugin rest in peace).
2. It saves images to cache, which in case you don't know is a volatile memory that is used for (essentially) non important stuff. Most phones clear the cache either every night, every time its plugged in or at every restart. Unfortunately it does not distinguish that data for downloads, so images are still being saved to cache, even though after some time that data will be flushed. If you cache off that would explain why the images do not appear at all, because if it is on and you immediately switch to offline mode they will appear for some time.

The solution is to have the downloads save all necessary images as well. I have brought it up a while back but I don't think it's currently being worked on.

Hope this helps :)

[Fiercefish1]

+1 Came here looking for this. Love the app, but my main use case is for my kid’s media on the go, and they navigate by pictures. They haven’t ever shown up for me while I’m offline mode.

Fire 8+ tablet Findroid v0.13.1

@developer - Thanks for your efforts on this app though, really appreciate it!