MediaPortal Version: 1.0.10.0
MediaPortal Skin: Indigo
Windows Version: WIn7
HI there - I give up....need help! I've been struggling to get what I want out of the MP thumbnails in the music browser.
I suspect the problem is my file structure, but here's the issue:
My music is stored in 7 folders within the 'my music' directory of Windows. Each folder is a genre, and inside are the music files. No artist folders, no albm folders. All files (mostly MP3) are correctly tagged (ID3v2.3) with title and artist. MOST are tagged with album, however I tend not to tag the album on singles or one-offs.
I have the views set up as I want; pretty much just one for genre->artist->album->track and another for artist->album->track. I do not care about a thumbnail at the genre level (but understand how to do one via the programdata/teammediaportal/thumbnails/music folder) but I AM expecting MP to correctly detect and use the embedded tag thumbnails for albums when I view an artists albums.
By default MP doesn't seem to use embedded images, it only uses ones it has generated from folder.jpg or sourced online, is that correct?. Because of my file structure folder.jpg isn't practical.
Also, if I choose "create artist preview thumbs" in the config the thumbs generated seem to be completely random - they certainly don't match the correct album and artist.
Hopefully this is clear. AM I completely stuffed by my flat file structure? Or can anybody offer some insight into how to drive MP thumbnails?
Thanks
MediaPortal Skin: Indigo
Windows Version: WIn7
HI there - I give up....need help! I've been struggling to get what I want out of the MP thumbnails in the music browser.
I suspect the problem is my file structure, but here's the issue:
My music is stored in 7 folders within the 'my music' directory of Windows. Each folder is a genre, and inside are the music files. No artist folders, no albm folders. All files (mostly MP3) are correctly tagged (ID3v2.3) with title and artist. MOST are tagged with album, however I tend not to tag the album on singles or one-offs.
I have the views set up as I want; pretty much just one for genre->artist->album->track and another for artist->album->track. I do not care about a thumbnail at the genre level (but understand how to do one via the programdata/teammediaportal/thumbnails/music folder) but I AM expecting MP to correctly detect and use the embedded tag thumbnails for albums when I view an artists albums.
By default MP doesn't seem to use embedded images, it only uses ones it has generated from folder.jpg or sourced online, is that correct?. Because of my file structure folder.jpg isn't practical.
Also, if I choose "create artist preview thumbs" in the config the thumbs generated seem to be completely random - they certainly don't match the correct album and artist.
Hopefully this is clear. AM I completely stuffed by my flat file structure? Or can anybody offer some insight into how to drive MP thumbnails?
Thanks