Leave it to me to like the oldest one. I honestly thought it was newer with the v2 but I guess not. I've attached screenshots so you can see I'm not totally crazy.
All of that being said, I did find the problem. The skin defaults to Vertical View 2. I tested each of the others and my findings are as follows:
Vertical Wheel 1 = shows fanart properly
Vertical Wheel 2 = black screen
Vertical Wheel 3 = black screen
Vertical Wheel 4 = shows fanart properly
Guess I just need to play with the views more or choose a newer skin, though I don't really care for any others personally.
Thanks!
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