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sch phase:
Why, well I am running mc on 2 pc's, mine has all the media attached, my sons pc is the client.
At the moment I have all my cover art in a separate folder, and everything is OK.with my thumbnails
However, as mc will not allow the transfer of files to a mp3 player from the client, I have made my sons machine stand alone and have networked the drives with my media on them.
Which means I have to rebuild the cover art for the 5000 odd tracks I have in my library on mc running on his machine.
Is it better to put the cover art in the specific album folders along with the audio media, or still leave it separate in one big cover art folder.
Your recommendations appreciated.

GHammer:
If the covers were stored as folder.jpg in the respective album folders then all machines would find them.

ferent:
I have all my covers in other location...
There is a way to force MC to store all covers in folder.jpg?
I tried rebuilt with no results.

Alex B:
MC has two options for storing the cover art in the file folders (Tools > Options > File Location > Track Images Location):

Next to file ([Artist] - [Album].jpg)  and  Next to file (Folder.jpg)

I prefer the "Artist - Album" naming system because I don't like the idea of having thousands of identically named files on my HDs.

Both systems work fine. If you change the option MC will place new cover art files accordingly.


MC cannot automatically move the old cover art files all at once, but there is workaround.

If you have the music files in the Artist\Album folder structure and have used the old MJ/MC standard (Artist - Album.jpg) for naming the cover art files you can move most of your cover art files by taking the following steps. (You may need to manually move a few files afterwards.)

1. Make a new empty library with the Library manager

2. Import the cover art files from the current cover art folder into this new library.

3. Use the Fill Properties From Filename tool with this rule in the filename dialog: [Artist] - [Album]. Untick the Directories checkbox.

4. Use the Rename files From Properties tool for moving the cover art files.

Directories - Base Path: The base path of your music files
Directories - Rule: [Artist]\[Album]
- If you use a different rule for your music files you may be able to edit this. Be aware of multiple disc and multiple artists albums or other special cases.
- You can also use [Album Artist] instead of [Artist] in steps 3 and 4.

Filename Rule:
Untick the checkbox (this keeps the old filenames and can be the safest option)
or
Folder.jpg  (write the exact filename in the dialog box. This renames all cover art files as "Folder.jpg".

5. After moving the files check the "Filename (path)" field for any errors and move manually the files that need special treatment.

6. At this stage you can change back to your regular library and do the following steps:
- select all audio files (or the files you like to include)
- right-click > Image > Remove Cover Art (don't let MC delete the disk files)
- right-click > Image > Quick Find In File / Cover Art Directory.

Remember to backup your MC library and the cover art folder before starting the process.

sch phase:
Thank you all, I will go away and see if I can suceed in moving my cover art

Nick

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