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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: LasseA on November 24, 2007, 09:20:37 am

Title: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: LasseA on November 24, 2007, 09:20:37 am

Please, I am new to MediaCenter, and I can not, even after browsing this forum and looking into Wiki, find out how to display the CD cover while playing the songs after ripping the CD. I have tried "Cover art - Get from Internet" which completes successfully, but still without any CD cover being displayed.

I am using the latest version, 12.0375.

Need help getting over the threshold ...

LasseA

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: Higginz on November 24, 2007, 09:27:28 am

Hi LasseA

Click on "Playing Now" in the left margin.
And by right-clicking anywhere in the Playing Now top window you can select different displays in "Set display" >

I'm sure there are several other ways to display album covers. But I am only at the start of discovering MC ;)

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: Higginz on November 24, 2007, 09:34:50 am

To be sure that the album cover has been downloaded/added correctly, look at the small thumbnail versions of the album cover that appears in fron of the songs:

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/Higginz_photos/smallcovers.jpg)

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: LasseA on November 24, 2007, 09:57:40 am

Hi again,

and thx for quick responses. It seems like the album cover has not been download correctly. I only see
a "note sign" instead of the cover images. As said above, getting it from the Internet seems to work, but leaves no result. What's next?

/LasseA

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: Higginz on November 24, 2007, 01:18:48 pm

Yea that happens if the album is not so common.

What you can do is this:

* Do a google image search (artist - album)
* Right-click on image - copy image
* Select all album files in MC - right-click -> Cover art -> Paste from clip board (Image or URL)

Then it should appear in the file tags.

P.S
I usually look for the 300x300 pixel size images. It fits well in the Playing now window.

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: LasseA on November 25, 2007, 10:57:53 am

Thank you Higginz!

I did what you suggested, and it works. What now remains is my astonishment about
- Robbie Williams and Pavarotti not being big enough to be included in the database used by MC
- MC reporting that the "Get from Internet" was successful, when in fact it wasn't

Any ideas? Anyway - thanks!

LasseA

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: Higginz on November 25, 2007, 11:25:18 am

Yea one would assume that both those artists and albums should be included in the database.
I've experienced this myself on some albums.
I have personally disabled the option of having MC automatically adding the album covers.
I now do it manually. That way I get the covers that I want, and in the right size.

Question: Has any other of your "Get album cover from internet" worked?.
You could test with other artist/albums.

Title: Re: Beginner's problem about Cover art
Post by: modelmaker on November 25, 2007, 01:55:08 pm

Two good sources for album covers: www.walmart.com (http://www.walmart.com) and www.amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com)

Use save picture to save it to the album folder and in MC use Add From File in the cover art menu.