Hello, Steven,
For a long time, I’ve meant to give another look to the Download Tool, and I’m sorry I couldn’t do it earlier. I would have liked to be even more thorough, but at least, I wanted to provide a few suggestions, hoping you’ll find them useful. I’ll describe step by step what I’ve done:
ARTIST PICTURES
1. I deleted the 'Artist images' and 'Soundtrack pictures' folders, as well as SavedSountrackMappings.dat, to make sure I started clean.
2. I allowed MB time to download the artist pictures and load them on the main screen for the first time.
3. I ran the Download Tool to search for artist images.
4. The images were displayed, as usual, in four different categories:
a. No match found.
b. 1 item: this is shown when the image found is exactly the one that MB has already downloaded on the main screen.
c. 2 items: the first image corresponds to the picture already downloaded and the second one, to a different, bigger one.
At this point, my suggestion would be for the Download Tool to display, in the first place, all the artists with 1 item, and right after that, all the artists with 2 (or more) items, as in fact, it is in this second group where the user has to make a decision (this way, he could quickly ignore all the artists with 1 item, where there’s nothing else to do).
d. Image already downloaded: so far, the only picture I can see is the current one (it seems MB can’t download the preview for any of the websites):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17615125/foros/Musicbee/01%20already%20downloaded.png5. After running the Download Tool, I went back to the main screen and I checked that one picture I had personally pasted and another picture with a bigger size that I had selected were, in fact, updated, on the artist list, which was the case.
6. I ran the Download Tool again and the list only displayed my current artist, and not all them, unlike what I had seen in previous versions of MB. Even if I clicked on "All" on the Artist column:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17615125/foros/Musicbee/02%20artist%20all.pngI got, in the Download Tool list, only the current artist:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17615125/foros/Musicbee/03%20only%20current%20artist.pngIt’s not the end of the world, as you just have to press <CTRL> + <A> to select all the artists, but I guess a regular user would expect the Download Tool to automatically display all the artists if he’s already clicked on 'All' on the Artist column of the main screen.
MOVIE BACKDROPS
1. As with the artist images, the first time you run the application, the Download Tool displays the full list, but the second time, it only displays the current album, meaning that you have to press <CTRL> + <ALT> beforehand.
2. This is something I mentioned before and you didn’t agree with me, Steven, but I’m going to try again to my make my point. I’ll put an example: there is a Japanese TV series called 'A cloud on the slope', of which I have two soundtracks: 'A cloud on the slope (Saka No Ue No Kumo) (vol. 2)' and 'A cloud on the slope (Saka No Ue No Kumo) (vol. 3)'. MB can’t match the titles, and if I type in both cases 'A cloud on the slope' or ' Saka No Ue No Kumo', MB can’t find anything either. I personally downloaded several pictures on this series, and if I call them:
A cloud on the slope
A cloud on the slope 01
A cloud on the slope 02
etc.
MB doesn’t display the images because they don’t match the album titles. Would it be possible to implement something, so that, for example, 'A cloud on the slope (Saka No Ue No Kumo) (vol. 3)' could be linked to 'A cloud on the slope' to avoid having to keep two sets of the same exact pictures?
ARTIST BACKDROPS
1. This doesn’t have to do with the Download Tool, but I guess it’s related. I didn’t like the backdrops of Yui Aragaki found by MB and I downloaded some, which I placed in the Artist images folder, under these names:
Yui Aragaki.jpg
Yui Aragaki 01.jpg
Yui Aragaki 02.jpg
Yui Aragaki 03.jpg
Yui Aragaki 04.jpg
To my surprise, MB didn’t start with Yui Aragaki.jpg, but with Yui Aragaki 01.jpg, which means that maybe I should add a number to all my images. However, the main problem is that MB only displays Yui Aragaki 01.jpg and Yui Aragaki.02.jpg, and then it shows images that it finds on the internet, ignoring Yui Aragaki 03.jpg, Yui Aragaki 04.jpg and Yui Aragaki.jpg.
Please let me know if you want me to test something else. I thank you in advance for your time and dedication.
I’d like to say, once more, that the Download Tool is a fantastic tool that greatly enhances the whole experience of enjoying your music. Thanks for that!
