/// <summary>
/// Load the thumb from tvdb
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool LoadThumb(bool _replaceOld)
{
bool wasLoaded = m_thumbLoaded;//is the banner already loaded at this point
lock (m_thumbLoadingLock)
{//if another thread is already loading THIS banner, the lock will block this thread until the other thread
//has finished loading
if (!wasLoaded && !_replaceOld && m_thumbLoaded)
{////the banner has already been loaded from a different thread and we don't want to replace it
return(false);
}
m_thumbLoading = true;
try
{
Image img = LoadImage(TvdbLinks.CreateBannerLink(m_thumbPath));
if (img != null)
{
m_bannerThumb = img;
m_thumbLoaded = true;
m_thumbLoading = false;
return(true);
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Log.Error("Couldn't load banner thumb" + m_thumbPath, ex);
}
m_thumbLoaded = false;
m_thumbLoading = false;
return(false);
}
}
