Artwork resize not at your will

[WrongWorld]

I am trying to define the album artwork should be uploaded on my Android phone. Within the <Device> / Settings page there is the resize artwork to: set by default to 200 pixels. I would like to have instead it resized to 500 pixels, and still copied as folder.jpg

MusicBee has different ideas eventually, as no matter what value I put in the text box I always end up with folder.jpg having 200 pixels of resolution. On a related note, I still find the absence of a Save button a minus, not a plus. I know for sure that in the past it was the case of not having the user choice being reflected in the proper app setting, and this may be another case.

Edit: I've forgotten to indicate the affected version. It's 3.6.8902.

[WrongWorld]

Oh, the reason being that even if the new value is show, even if you move from tab to tab, etc. and it is still shown, the app doesn't really knows about and it remains stuck at 200 px. Matter of fact, exit and relaunch the app et voila, the setting is back to 200.

Please, add that Save button, thanks.

[phred]

A "save" button already exists. And it saves the artwork at whatever size I choose. So that begs the question are you doing this in the device settings of the preferences menu?

[hiccup]

I don't think there is a bug here.

You are trying to save a setting for a specific removable device, which may well get a different drive letter or ID the next time you plug it in.
I can imagine the case is that settings can't be saved for a volatile device.

You can set and save generic settings though if you use Preferences > Devices, and don't select a specific removable device.
You then should see a Save button after selecting 'Settings'.
These saved settings will then be used for any removable device that you plug in.
Scratch that, I was probably wrong about this.

edit
I see Phred beat me to it.
Ah well, I'll leave my typing efforts in place just the same.

[phred]

You can set and save generic settings though if you use Preferences > Devices, and don't select a specific removable device.
You then should see a Save button after selecting 'Settings'.

Once you're in the Devices dialog you can not click 'configure' unless you have a device selected. A device must be selected to be configured, therefore each device can be configured differently. Nevertheless, each device's settings configuration window does indeed have a 'save' button and it works. So if the OP doesn't see that, something else may be going on.

@WrongWorld- please post a screenshot of Preferences > Devices > Settings.

[hiccup]

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It looks like you are right about that phred.
In that case, the problem may be that if you open the devices panel by clicking the device in the navigator panel (usually located in the left side bar), there indeed is no Save button showing?

[phred]

It looks like you are right about that phred.
In that case, the problem may be that if you open the devices panel by clicking the device in the navigator panel (usually located in the left side bar), there indeed is no Save button showing?

Possibly, but I've never opened a device from the navigator. By using the settings under devices (in preferences) a device doesn't need to be connected in order to configure it.

To test I connected my Android phone to the PC via a USB cable but all it does is charge. It used to pop up a window on the phone asking if I wanted to charge it or do file transfer. But it's not offering me the file transfer option. I'll try again later as I have things to do now.

[WrongWorld]

A "save" button already exists. And it saves the artwork at whatever size I choose. So that begs the question are you doing this in the device settings of the preferences menu?

Nope.

I am in <Device> / Settings, and there is no Save button there. However, thanks for pointing me to the preferences dialog, I completely forgotten about it. And yes, once having selected the device, I get the device settings with the Save button.

So, it seems that the button has been forgotten on the other device settings panel, or is it the skin's fault? (Dark-Fine Tuned / Mahogany)

Ans while I am at it, I have THREE instances of the same device in the preferences dialog, I can't understand why, and I can't understand where MB gets its name, as it's not the one also shown in the Windows Explorer tree.

[hiccup]

I'll try again later as I have things to do now.

contempt of court

[hiccup]

So, it seems that the button has been forgotten on the other device settings panel, or is it the skin's fault? (Dark-Fine Tuned / Mahogany)

Ans while I am at it, I have THREE instances of the same device in the preferences dialog, I can't understand why, and I can't understand where MB gets its name, as it's not the one also shown in the Windows Explorer tree.

Skins shouldn't be able to affect this.
(if in doubt, just switch to MusicBee's default skin to verify things)
 
As phred suggested earlier, some concise screenshots of what you are looking at might be helpful.

[WrongWorld]

Here you are.

In Preferences:



In <Device> / Settings:



No Save button here. Without remembering about the equivalent function in the Preferences dialog, I had to patch the .ini file to get the resize size I wanted.

As I've written, most other Windows applications (including Windows Explorer) show the name I've assigned to my mobile phone. MB unfortunately doesn't get it, and it sticks to the model number also for the name.

[hiccup]

Thanks for the screenshots, which confirms that a 'Save' button is not available when opening the device settings panel from the navigator panel.
You could create a wishlist post for that. It is not a software bug.

I don't see a screenshot of the multiple entries for a single device?
Could you screenshoot that too?
Do you think there is a software bug there, or maybe something for the wishlist?

The way this forum works, it is usually both helpful and appreciated when issues are clearly defined and isolated, and posted in the appropriate forum boards such as Questions, Bugs, Wishlist etc.
As soon as different sorts of questions or issues are discussed or mixed in one topic, things can get messy and unresolved.

[WrongWorld]

Thanks for the screenshots, which confirms that a 'Save' button is not available when opening the device settings panel from the navigator panel.
You could create a wishlist post for that. It is not a software bug.

First of all, thanks for all the answers. I am afraid that the missing Save button is indeed a bug, as it is impossible to change the artwork resize value. It works without the button for other fields, I still think it's a good practice to put such button (as it is the case for the Preferences panels).

I don't see a screenshot of the multiple entries for a single device?
Could you screenshoot that too?
Do you think there is a software bug there, or maybe something for the wishlist?

I think that it is not software bug as per the Preferences panels management code. It is probably a bug/mismanagement in the Android discover department, which is not the strongest point of MB unfortunately even if it has improved a lot with time. Unfortunately, I have removed the extra entries so I can't show them. I have backups and I should be able to recover the .ini file, 'tho.

My guess is that I have upgraded during the years my phone from Android 12 to Android 14 passing through Android 13, and this is probably the reason why I had three separated entries (and this is probably also the reason I had to reconfigure the naming scheme on the phone... sigh!)

I agree with you that this issue would need a separate thread. If I recover the .ini file I will think about opening another bug/wishlist request.

Thanks again.

[hiccup]

I am afraid that the missing Save button is indeed a bug, as it is impossible to change the artwork resize value. It works without the button for other fields, I still think it's a good practice to put such button (as it is the case for the Preferences panels).

I would probably call it an oversight, and not a bug, but looking at things I agree that there probably should be a save button there too.

[phred]

contempt of court

Lock me up!!