@@ -233,7 +241,9 @@
     if title_tuple is None:
         raise RuntimeError("Record has no title: " + data)

-    if not force_refresh and rec.has_key("image") and rec.has_key("fanart_image") and rec["image"] is not None and rec["fanart_image"] is not None:
+    # simon edit - the eval of empty strings doesn't work
+    if not force_refresh and rec.has_key("image") and rec.has_key("fanart_image") and rec["image"] is not None and rec["fanart_image"] is not None and len(rec['image']) and len(rec['fanart_image']):
+    # end
         logging.info("We have both image and fanart_image already for %s so nothing to do (%s)", uuid, recjson)
         return