garym wrote: > yes, but to clarify one minor point, dbpa *can* automatically do both, > or it can do one or the other depending on one's settings (embeds only > if "album art" is ticked in the metadata list). My personal process > (using dpba to rip) is to create only a single file in the album > subdirectory (named "cover.jpg" with an attempted size of 1000x1000). I > do not setup dbpa to embed the artwork in each FLAC file. Then later, I > use dbpa converter to create lossy mp3 versions of my files for portable > use. In this conversion process, I have dbpa embed the artwork (at a > smaller, 500x500 size) in each mp3file and NOT create a cover.jog file > in the album subdirectory. This all works perfectly for me using > squeezeboxes, vortexbox and windows LMS servers, ipods/iphones/ipads, > foobar2000 windows player. > > Note: I use "cover.jpg" rather than "folder.jpg" so that windows > programs can't automatically (or behind the scenes) > modify/change/replace my artwork. Windows can do this with folder.jpg > files (as that is the windows standard), but I don't think it messes > with "cover.jpg". WMP can be particularly nasty with regard to doing > things to one's art that was not expected.
Interesting. I use the multi-rip so I get both FLAC and MP3 with one action. I find that the file size and the cover art size have not been of enough consequence given price of hard drives to change them, so I go for best quality I can so that they are future proof. (Just think how your pictures will look on that 200,000,000 resolution 4" screen in 2020!) However I like the idea of the cover vs folder. Is that supported everywhere then? I don't even open windows media players, as they will always do something odd, like try to reorganise files. Another reason I avoid any jpg files at all in my MP3s, is that various players pick them up as files. So my media TV streamer might pick them up. I remember having every movie's cover art appearing in an and amongst my family pictures when doing slideshows... "Here we are at the beach, Here we are at the hotel, here's the Terminator...." etc... You can usually link folders and media type, but not always. 2 x Booms, 2 x Players, 2 x Touch, 1 x Joggler, LMS running on Synology D217+ Love it - Bring it back Logitech! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wcndave's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100906 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
