Re: [slim] Embed art vs folder.jpg?

[JJZolx]

flimflam wrote: 
> Possibly a dumb question, but if I embed folder.jpg into each file of,
> for example, a 10 track album (to make life easier outside of
> Squeezebox), does this cause ten times the work for LMS artwork resizing
> and caching (and use up ten times the cache storage)?

I'm not positive, but I believe that it does increase both the work done
by the server when pre-caching resized artwork during a scan, plus the
amount of storage required for the cached images. Like I say, I'm not
100% certain, but it would take some effort to tell if images embedded
in different files are the same, and it would have had to have been done
specifically to decrease the cache size and/or the work done. Does Andy
still read the forums?

I've always preferred to simply use a cover.jpg image in album folders.
It's easy to maintain, easy to see how big the existing artwork is,
requires less space. The only time that I ever _had_ to use embedded
images was when I owned an iPod. Thankfully, I've long since gotten rid
of that thing.


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