hi, i was trying to figure this out myself, but i'm getting nowhere. i will start by saying it is entirely possible, and perhaps even likely, that i am doing something wrong and dumb. but i'm stuck.
i don't want to rehash what was said in this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25266 but it is kinda related. anyway, i am having trouble getting SS 6.3 to use the file i want it to as the source for the thumbnails when i "browse artwork." apparently, when you "Home -> Browse Artwork" SS grabs the 75x75 file "AlbumArtSmall.jpg" and then [the browser] scales it up to 100x100 (the default) or whatever you have it set to in SS, (in my case, 130). this looks terrible obviously. so, what i want to do is get it to use my larger files for the source image when it looks for the image. that file is called Folder.jpg so, i went to Home -> Server Settings -> Interface and found this option: > Artwork Thumbnail > For Browse By Artwork thumbnails, the server will search the same > default image files as above, and in ID3 Tags. However, if you wish to > use the variable filename feature, or specify your own filename, enter > that here. so i put " Folder.jpg " here. no dice. tried " folder.jpg " and " folder " and so on. no dice. the jpgs still seem to be sourced from the 75x75 AlbumArtSmall.jpg 2k ones. when i right click and do properties on them, i get around 2k, for all of them with one exception i've found so far. patsy clines 12 greatest hits does seem to be the Folder.jpg, as it looks better and is 10k in size. (yes, albumartsmall.jpg is there for it as well) i was messing with that one [Folder.jpg] in windows picture viewer, so i wonder if thats why somehow? very, very strange. that anomaly aside however, it simply isn't working. i even tried quitting and restarting SS and rescaning the library (happens automatically every overnight). so, i looked at this extremely confusing option: > Artwork > Images of album artwork, when available, are displayed when viewing an > album or song information. Artwork images are found in the ID3 tags for > individual songs or can reside in the same folder as song files. By > default, images named "cover.jpg", "albumartsmall.jpg", "folder.jpg", > "album.jpg", or "thumb.jpg" are used. You can specify an additional > file name to use for album art images. You can specify different file > names for thumbnail or full size images. Prefix the option with % and > you can follow it with any string made up of the same elements > available for Title Formats (eq %ARTIST - ALBUM, will look for Artist - > Album.jpg to fit the artist and album information found. so, again, i tried Folder.jpg, folder.jpg, and just folder. i also tried them choices with and without them in the other option for thumbnails. in short, i tried all the options i could think of. no dice. can anyone suggest something for me to do to get this to work? one last other thing i did notice... i am in default skin and i ask my Q's from that skin, however, i switched to other skins, and the ones that put a thumbnail of the album by the music player DID in fact seem to be using the 10k image and having the browser successfully scale it down. again, very strange it works there, (assuming that prior it would have used albumartsmall) and not in "browse artwork." in the next post, i want to parse that that option, to try to make sense of it. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.3 - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25387 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
