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Support => Questions => Topic started by: ben. on May 11, 2014, 04:01:31 PM

Title: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: ben. on May 11, 2014, 04:01:31 PM
hello guys, wanted to ask you, if its possible to tell musicbee how to search for an album cover in the mp3 folder. atm its looking for: 1. Cover.*, 2. Artwork.* 3. Front.* etc etc. i am able to change the order... whats about adding the ability to define a rulesets with own wildcards.. like "*-cover.jpeg" "*.jpeg" etc. what do you guys think about that?

okay and my other question is, how to setup musicbee to retrieve the album cover from a currently playing track and storing that album cover in the musicbee librarydb.. that way it wont "alter/change/touch" my original mp3 file.

greets, ben.
Title: Re: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: psychoadept on May 11, 2014, 04:39:42 PM
To keep the art from being added to you files, just uncheck "embed picture in the music file".  You'll need to select another storage option, of course, but then you can safely check "auto-retrieve missing artwork" and "save without prompt" and your files won't be bothered.  There's no way to store the artwork just in the database, you have to save it somewhere.

For any artwork that doesn't fit the other options, you can include the *.* retrieval filter.
Title: Re: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: ben. on May 11, 2014, 04:47:18 PM
okay, so what setting should i take to store my album covers in "C:\Users\Username\Music\MusicBee\Album Covers"?
i think the user should get his own options/filters to search for an album cover in a music directory. "*.*" doesnt make sense for me, as there are hundrets of naming types in musicdirectories.
Title: Re: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: ben. on May 13, 2014, 12:09:34 PM
so theres no way to set a standard path for storing all album covers? would about getting that feature added in preferences?
Title: Re: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: psychoadept on May 13, 2014, 12:51:39 PM
You can use the "link to the original image" option if artwork is not in the album folder, but there's no way to have MB automatically find artwork outside the folder.  You'd need to make a wishlist request for this.
Title: Re: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: Bee-liever on May 13, 2014, 01:26:54 PM
Quote from: ben. on May 11, 2014, 04:47:18 PM
okay, so what setting should i take to store my album covers in "C:\Users\Username\Music\MusicBee\Album Covers"?

Put your path and naming template in the box under
'copy to the same folder as the music file and name as:' and tick that option

(http://i.cubeupload.com/UGxaCC.jpg)

the full path in mine is
Code
S:\My Music\Cover Art\+Linked\$Group($Sort(<Album Artist>),1)\$Sort(<Album Artist>)\$Sort(<Album>)\$If($Or(<Release Type>="Single [45]",<Release Type>="Single [78rpm]"),<Album><Track#>_Cover.jpg,<Album>_Cover.jpg)

when you click 'Apply' the set path will become an option in Retrieval Filter.

If your existing covers match the naming template, when you 'Rescan Artwork', MB will link them to the tracks

You will still have to manually link back covers and other images for artwork rotation for each track.
Automation of that, is something I already have in the 'Wish List'.
Title: Re: album cover: finding in directory / storing album art in mb library
Post by: ben. on May 13, 2014, 05:40:34 PM
bee-liever, i think thats exactly what i was asking for :) simply awesome :)