craigf;285510 Wrote: > Actually, I may have found a workaround for times when you add artwork > for just a few albums (using the "add 'cover.jpg' artwork file in the > album directory" method). >
Here's how I do this: I came to the conlusion that SC, when scanning for "new and changed music", adds new artwork only if the file date of "cover.jpg" is equal or newer than the newest audio file AND/OR the folder it's in. This might explain the problems some people have when adding new albums with covers sometimes not showing up. On the other hand, a "rescan everything" adds all artwork, independent from file dates. The other interesting fact is that once SC has an album with a recognised "cover.jpg", you can replace that file with another image, and SC will show that new image automatically, with merely a browser refresh. (Note: only works with bullet 3. below.) So, based on these two characteristics, you can update artwork without a "rescan everything" by preparing your folders like this: 1. Put all artwork you have as "cover.jpg" in their respective folders (surely you've done that already). 2. For those folders you don't have artwork, put a template (dummy) "cover.jpg" in the folder. It can be any image; I use the original SC image as found in "HTML/Default/html/images/cover.png", but necessarily converted to JPEG. 3. In "Settings > Performance", set "Do not pre-cache artwork". 4. Do a "rescan everything", one last time ;-) . >From now on, if you add new music, include a template "cover.jpg" if you don't have the real cover image at the moment. If you have it, make sure its file date is as explained above. If you scan or download covers for albums already in SC, just replace the corresponding template "cover.jpg", and you're done. 5. Performance recommendations: 5a. In "Settings > Performance", set "Resize artwork". 5b. Resize all your covers and the template to the same size as defined in "Settings > Interface > Thumbnail Size"; keep the original image with another file name around, just in case. (Disadvantage: no extra large cover display in SC anymore.) 5c. Instead of copying the template "cover.jpg" into every folder it is needed, create links to a single instance of that file (symbolic link under Linux). This reduces disk access. Last note: as a long time Linux user, I am typically lazy and created a simple bash script to maintain my cover links. I keep all resized covers in a single folder, each having the same name as the corresponding album folder. The script links "cover.jpg" inside the album folders to the real image if it exists, or to the template if not. Regards, Arnd -- instaud ------------------------------------------------------------------------ instaud's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
