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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: SMatson on May 22, 2006, 03:59:07 pm

Title: Cover Art
Post by: SMatson on May 22, 2006, 03:59:07 pm
How do I move my cover art from "specific folder" to in the album folder?

Also, what are the advantages/disadvantages between folder.jpg vs artist-album.jpg rules?

Thanks,

Scott
Title: Re: Cover Art
Post by: Alex B on May 22, 2006, 04:22:46 pm
Topic: Cover Art Primer...
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=26058.0

and

Topic: Where is the preferred place to store my cover art jpgs
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=32323.0
Title: Re: Cover Art
Post by: SMatson on May 22, 2006, 05:04:38 pm
There are a lot of difficult workarounds for dealing with cover art.  Perhaps future versions could include stronger cover art control/options.

Scott
Title: Re: Cover Art
Post by: Alex B on May 22, 2006, 06:10:11 pm
MC11.1 has no problems in placing new cover art files according to the selected option.

The problem is with mass changing old cover links. MC has excellent tools for moving library files, but traditionally the cover art files are not part of the media library. Inside the database a cover art file exists only as a link in one of the library fields.

Basically the idea I explained in this post (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=32323.msg221984#msg221984) is to import the images and use standard MC tools for moving them just like MC users are accustomed to move their other media files.

At first sight those six steps may look complex, but there is nothing that many MC users don't usually do. After the old files are moved the problem does not exist anymore. Though, in case your music files are not in the Artist\Album folder structure the instructions need to be adjusted and the process may not be as straightforward.

Alternatively, you can move the files outside MC with a suitable file handling utility. MC can find the cover art files automatically from the file folders (do first "Image > Remove Cover Art", then "Image > Quick Find In File / Cover Art Directory").
Title: Re: Cover Art
Post by: KingSparta on May 22, 2006, 06:27:55 pm
Quote from: SMatson on May 22, 2006, 03:59:07 pm
How do I move my cover art from "specific folder" to in the album folder?

Also, what are the advantages/disadvantages between folder.jpg vs artist-album.jpg rules?

Thanks,

Scott

acually my cover art finder should do that for you if you select local, it will try to find the file in 2 places and two formats folder.jpg, and artist - album.jpg then it will move the file to the place that you have media center set for.