added IncludeIndexContainer

MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs

@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
 
         [ApiMember(Name = "IsHD", Description = "Optional filter by items that are HD or not.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "bool", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
         public bool? IsHD { get; set; }
+
+        public bool IncludeIndexContainers { get; set; }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -285,20 +287,37 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
             var item = string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.ParentId) ? user.RootFolder : _dtoService.GetItemByDtoId(request.ParentId, user.Id);
 
             // Default list type = children
+            IEnumerable<BaseItem> items;
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Ids))
             {
                 var idList = request.Ids.Split(',').ToList();
 
-                return idList.Select(i => _dtoService.GetItemByDtoId(i, user.Id));
+                items = idList.Select(i => _dtoService.GetItemByDtoId(i, user.Id));
+            }
+
+            else if (request.Recursive)
+            {
+                items = ((Folder) item).GetRecursiveChildren(user);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                items = ((Folder)item).GetChildren(user, true, request.IndexBy);
             }
 
-            if (request.Recursive)
+            if (request.IncludeIndexContainers)
             {
-                return ((Folder)item).GetRecursiveChildren(user);
+                var list = items.ToList();
+
+                var containers = list.Select(i => i.IndexContainer)
+                    .Where(i => i != null);
+
+                list.AddRange(containers);
+
+                return list.Distinct();
             }
 
-            return ((Folder)item).GetChildren(user, true, request.IndexBy);
+            return items;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -648,7 +667,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
 
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(personTypes))
                 {
-                    items = items.Where(item => item.People != null && item.People.Any(p => string.Equals(p.Name, request.Person, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+                    items = items.Where(item => item.People.Any(p => string.Equals(p.Name, request.Person, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
                 }
                 else
                 {

MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseMetadataProvider.cs

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers
             return sb.ToString().GetMD5();
         }
 
-        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> FoldersToMonitor = new[] { "extrafanart" }
+        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> FoldersToMonitor = new[] { "extrafanart", "extrathumbs" }
             .ToDictionary(i => i, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
         /// <summary>

MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemQuery.cs

@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Querying
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The album artist starts with or greater.</value>
         public string AlbumArtistStartsWithOrGreater { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether [include index containers].
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value><c>true</c> if [include index containers]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
+        public bool IncludeIndexContainers { get; set; }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ItemQuery" /> class.