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Questions / Re: Where does MusicBee distinguish between Cover.jpg and Folder.jpg for Album Art?
« on: May 19, 2022, 07:06:44 PM »
Solved - nothing to do with MusicBee!
The issue is actually down to certain hidden image files not being displayed by Windows Explorer despite the "Hidden Items" checkbox being ticked. I compared a troublesome folder on my Synology NAS drive with the folder on Windows 10 where I'd copied it from. I was surprised to see that the Synology NAS folder showed the following extra files in addition to Cover.jpg:
AlbumArt_(B5020207-....}_Large.jpg
AlbumArt_(B5020207-....}_Small.jpg
AlbumArtSmall.jpg
Folder.jpg
These same files do in fact exist in the Windows 10 folder but are not visible even with "Hidden Files" checked in Windows Explorer.
Ref: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/image-files-not-showing-up-in-windows-explorer/ec39d00a-a0a4-4a09-8595-99e1b6494fe0
They can, however, be displayed from a Windows Command Prompt using the /A:H parameter of the DIR command to display files with the "Hidden files" attribute.
It would appear that MinimServer 2 prefers Folder.jpg to Cover.jpg, so once Folder.jpg is deleted and MinimServer 2 restarted, then the desired Cover.jpg is selected by MinimServer and passed to Hi-Fi Cast.
The issue is actually down to certain hidden image files not being displayed by Windows Explorer despite the "Hidden Items" checkbox being ticked. I compared a troublesome folder on my Synology NAS drive with the folder on Windows 10 where I'd copied it from. I was surprised to see that the Synology NAS folder showed the following extra files in addition to Cover.jpg:
AlbumArt_(B5020207-....}_Large.jpg
AlbumArt_(B5020207-....}_Small.jpg
AlbumArtSmall.jpg
Folder.jpg
These same files do in fact exist in the Windows 10 folder but are not visible even with "Hidden Files" checked in Windows Explorer.
Ref: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/image-files-not-showing-up-in-windows-explorer/ec39d00a-a0a4-4a09-8595-99e1b6494fe0
They can, however, be displayed from a Windows Command Prompt using the /A:H parameter of the DIR command to display files with the "Hidden files" attribute.
It would appear that MinimServer 2 prefers Folder.jpg to Cover.jpg, so once Folder.jpg is deleted and MinimServer 2 restarted, then the desired Cover.jpg is selected by MinimServer and passed to Hi-Fi Cast.