Hi, I've read the past posts, and played with the various cover art options.
As I understand it, there are 3 options for dealing with cover art in MC:
- Copy the image as binary file (e.g. jpg) into folder as file.jpg
- Copy the image as binary file (e.g. jpg) into folder as Artist-Album.jpg
- Embed the binary file into each binary audio file (e.g. mp3)
I understand these are not mutually exclusive. For example, one can choose to embed the image into an mp3 and also copy the file into the dir as file.jpg.
I had ticked the box to embed the image into the music file for a number of months now. Now, I've changed my mind. This copies the image into every single audio binary, greatly increasing the amount of disk space. When one has ~50k files, this adds up. Also tagging images via Cover Art -> Paste Image from Clipboard is horribly slow when this method is used.
So, now I am removing all cover-art from my complete collection, and I want to start from scratch and use the option:
Tools -> Options -> File Location -> Cover Art -> In the same folder as the file (as [Artist] - [Album].jpg)
Here is my conundrum. I've found that if I do Library Tools -> Rename Files from Properties, MC does not also copy the [Artist] - [Album].jpg into the new folder.
For example, if the date is incorrect on some album, and I fix it with the tag feature, then re-name files from properties, the .jpg file I had previously tagged the files with doesn't get moved into the new folder hierarchy.
The cover art still actually works in MC -- somehow it still references the jpg in the old folder, but I wish it was smart enough to copy this file along with the audio binaries.
Is there a way around this -- or can I request this as a feature?