thanks for directions raym and matt. sorry matt i wasnt thinking... heard bad news today bout family member.
ok erased them all and then restarted media center. then rebuilt them all. 23,000 files
no go. still thumbnails missing.
here in this pic you see in media center the lords of acid album lust, all files in same spot. e\music\rock\lords of acid\lust\then the songs for that album.
but in media center its not showing the thumbs for all songs in that folder
when i right click image without thumbnail and choose quick find file in cover art directory. it does nothing. i have to choose add file. then browse to e\ music\rock\lords of acid\the lust album then you see the thumb and preview. I select it. and then it will fill in the thumbnail. but once i choose play in media center it will delete thumbnail again.
also am i maybe posting this in wrong spot?? and describing this wrong? i call the coverart for albums thumbnails. maybe i'm having a cover art issue?
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=34566.0 i've read there... but cant seem to get this worked out! in my c drive where media center is installed under docs setting application data\ jriver there is a cover art folder. with only 439 files\thumbnails. do all my cover arts need to be in there instead of in the folders where the music is?? if so is there a quick fix or just start opening folders and copying? maybe for years i have done this wrong\and why i'm having headaches? under file location you guys talk about Location Rule and Path: Select where you want Cover Art stored on your computer.
· Save the Cover Art in a specific folder (set the path in the next field).
· Save it next to the file, wherever that file resides, and name it folder.jpg
· Save it next to the file, wherever that file resides, and name it according to the [Artist] – [Album] rule
by me having the cover art in the music folders with the songs and the thumbnail\coverart named the album title. lords of acid lust.jpeg. isn't enough? pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by name it folder.jpg? all my coverarts should be named folder.jpg?
this next pic is how all my music is... genre then folder in it, then artists, then folders in the artists for there albums, then in there albums are the songs and a jpeg coverart. but they are all named after that artists album name.