Author Topic: Automatically download covers?  (Read 4707 times)

Biff

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How can I MusicBee make to automatically download covers, information, images, etc. to the albums folders or to the library folder (so that the original folders, files won't be touched)?
Last Edit: May 20, 2015, 08:21:22 PM by Biff
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There are options under
Preferences> Tags (1)
for where Artwork can be stored when not being embedded into the file.
There is also an option to store ratings in the database only, but all other tags will be written to the file.
The only other option available is not to update the file modification time when new tags are written.

Auto-save options for Artwork and Lyrics are under
Preferences> Tags (2)
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Biff

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Many thanks.

<<<There are options under
Preferences> Tags (1)
What does this mean: "link to the original picture"? The picture is stored somewhere else than in the album folder?

And I cannot find these retrieval settings: http://i.imgur.com/dUnQLHZ.png. I guess, these one are meant: http://i.imgur.com/n3VsWIo.png. When I press "Rescan Artwork" all of my music files / folders will be scanned again and (missing) artwork will be downloaded?

Very complicated for me. Is there a manual? I just could find some few explanations.

I found here: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Tags_Preferences#Artwork_Storage

<<<copy picture to folder.jpg: The picture is saved to the same folder as the music file and named folder.jpg (which is a windows standard). Keep in mind however that the picture can be overridden when using other applications (eg. Windows Media Player).

<<<copy to the same folder as the music file and name as: (Default: Cover.jpg) The picture is copied and named using the naming template. If you move the music file using MusicBee, the picture will also be moved to the new location.

Are already existing images overwritten?

<<<link to the original picture: A logical association between the music file and the picture is maintained within MusicBee. Note that if you move the picture outside of MusicBee, the picture will no longer be displayed in MusicBee.

Are the images stored at the location defined here: http://i.imgur.com/Q62C1vi.png?

Last Edit: May 21, 2015, 09:06:06 AM by Biff
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