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Title: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on October 27, 2009, 08:07:24 pm
Where is the best place for the cover art folder containing my DVD covers??

Is it better for MC to have the folder in the same folder as the movies?

Cheers

Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: MrHaugen on October 28, 2009, 05:56:37 am
It all depends how you like to organize. I like to have the cover art with the music albums and movies. I always use directories, and I like that the covers is shown if people use normal windows browsing to access the files. The cover art is also moved if I move or rename a directory in MC.

I guess there are small pro and cons about both methods, but it will not dramatically change anything either way.
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on October 30, 2009, 10:22:49 pm
What other settings should I be using.

I am still trying to find out why my thumbnail art disapears. It will come back if I update library from the tags?

Cheers
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: MrHaugen on October 31, 2009, 05:35:15 am
I'm not sure why it disappears. Mine disappeared as well last night, and I had to rebuild to get it back. Only using screen shots from in video for now.
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on October 31, 2009, 05:59:59 pm
Any idea if anyone is looking at it.
cheers
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: fitbrit on October 31, 2009, 09:19:53 pm
Did you try to do a quick find in the cover art folder to get your art back? I recently discovered that the artwork that goes missing is stiull in the appropriate folder and all I have to do is a 'quickfind' to get the rogue ones back in check.
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on October 31, 2009, 10:39:01 pm
Where do i find quick find.

These things disapear all the time its a pain.

Cheers
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: fitbrit on November 01, 2009, 01:20:25 am
Did you try to right click on a file with missing cover art and examine the possibilities? Clue: It's under cover art.
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on November 01, 2009, 01:45:08 am
Well i already update library from the tags and that works but its a pain having to do it all the time.

Most people here on the forum must not use DVD covers and so I guess to most its not as important as it is to me.

Thanks
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: Daydream on November 01, 2009, 02:18:40 am
Most people here on the forum must not use DVD covers and so I guess to most its not as important as it is to me.

Actually it remains a mystery what most of the people on this forum do with their collections...! :)

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Well i already update library from the tags and that works but its a pain having to do it all the time.

So what does this _exactly_ mean? Do you have the thumbs/cover/etc., you close your MC, you open it again and they're gone? That's a messed up database, install or worse. It happened once to me after heavily tempering with MC's storage system, but otherwise it shouldn't happen. If you create a new library with only a few DVDs, etc, do the covers stick after closing / reopening MC or not?

Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on November 01, 2009, 02:41:17 am
Hi and thank you for replying.

Not all of the covers disappear but they vanish at random like 50 series all with the same cover art 4 will disappear.

I have asked many times maybe I have my settings wrong, but I have tried lots of different settings with no success.

They come back mostly on update library from the tags but every day gets to wear a bit thin.

I have not tried to create a new library.

Cheers
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: fitbrit on November 01, 2009, 08:39:12 pm
Hi and thank you for replying.

Not all of the covers disappear but they vanish at random like 50 series all with the same cover art 4 will disappear.

I have asked many times maybe I have my settings wrong, but I have tried lots of different settings with no success.

They come back mostly on update library from the tags but every day gets to wear a bit thin.

I have not tried to create a new library.

Cheers

I can vouch that you're not crazy and imagining this. I see it frequently. I've doubted my sanity on many occasions. Maybe we're both nuts? It does seem to be happening less frequently recently.
Title: Re: Cover Art Folder
Post by: maid on November 01, 2009, 08:47:05 pm
Any idea why no one else seems to bother.

Is it because they dont use this program for video and just music??