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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 21 for Mac => Topic started by: blgentry on March 06, 2016, 09:38:55 am
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This one has me pretty confused. I have numerous videos that are not TV shows or Movies. For these videos, MC generates thumbnails that it captures from inside the video at a specific spot (specified in Options). This works!
Once an appropriate thumbnail is displayed, I like to save it, as a JPEG next to the video file. I've been doing this for quite a while and it usually works. Cover Art > Save Cover art to external location...
But suddenly this function no longer works. No error messages or anything. It just fails to save the file.
I recently had to restore my User Settings.ini file from an OS backup. I only mention this in case it's related somehow.
As a test, I built a brand new library and imported a few dozen files. All files that had JPG files on disk already, built thumbnails on import. The rest did not. But they would individually build thumbnails when I selected "rebuild thumbnail". None of them would save to external though.
Any guidance on what to try?
Thanks,
Brian.
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I've tried this out and had no problems with it. The only thing I can think of is that you might not have permission to write to that folder. If you create a folder on the desktop, place a video file there, will it save the cover art in that folder?
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I thought of permissions too, but I was able to move files around, so I thought I had that covered. But I did a test for you anyway.
I created a new folder in my home directory: Video Test Folder . Then I moved an existing file there, via Rename, Move, and Copy. I tried saving cover art and it didn't work. So I moved the file back, leaving the new folder empty.
Next I downloaded an H264 test file from the Internet and put it into Video Test Folder. It imported and did not build a thumbnail. I did rebuild thumbnail and it generated one. Next I tried to save cover art and it did not save it. So, I went and looked on disk and saw just the video file. I wondered where the sidecar file was. So I did Update Tags (from library). This worked and the XML sidecar file appeared beside the video file.
As a last ditch, I looked at permissions and found that I had Read and Write, but others had Read only. So I changed "everyone" to read and write and Staff to read and write. I tried saving cover art again and it would not save.
I've also noticed something different now: Previously, when I would do "remove cover art" and answer yes to the dialog, the art would be removed *and* the thumbnail would disappear, and then be rebuilt from the video. Now remove cover art seemingly does nothing. The thumbnail stays the same and is not rebuilt.
I have a funny feeling I have something wonky with one of my INI files on disk. I'm reluctant to delete them and go back to normal because I'm not sure what myriad settings I might lose. I know I'll lose my View > Load/Save Views > Load . I think I'll lose font related stuff (pretty much nothing). I'm not sure what else.
Maybe I could make a copy of my INI files do a test and restore if I wanted? I'm not very educated on the effects of the INI files. Or I might be barking up the wrong tree entirely.
Any suggestions Brad? Or anyone else. :)
Thanks,
Brian.
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Ok, I've fixed it. Not entirely sure what the issue was, except that it was definitely related to settings stored in the User Settings.ini file.
I renamed that file and then started MC, which then built a new User Settings file. I was immediately able to save cover art as I should be able to. But I was missing a ton of settings including zones, DSP, etc. So I restored a backup (Library > Restore Library) from yesterday. I restored settings only. After restarting MC, saving cover art was broken again!
I played around some then, "reset" again by removing the User Settings file. Then I restored a backup from about a month ago, before this problem started. Again, restoring settings only. Success! Now Save Cover Art to External Location works again. :)
Clearly something was wonky with the settings, but I have no idea what. I've lost a few minor things like a Handheld definition, but no big deal: I can rebuild these easily.
Brian.