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<blockquote data-quote="emphatic" data-source="post: 680685" data-attributes="member: 24365">Here's a tip I'd like to share if you suffer from the &quot;missing artist thumb syndrome&quot;. I believe this requires that you have the Fanart Handler plugin enabled and set to scrape Music Thumbnails.1. Problem: You try to use the scraper (i.e. pressing F9 then &quot;artist/album info&quot;) but while data on the artist shows up, no thumb is availableSolution:2. Start playback of this artist3. Switch to &quot;Music now playing&quot; screen4. Wait a moment until you see the cover art changing into an artist photo (this is now your new thumb image)5. Press escape (on your keyboard) or back (on your remote) to the artist view and see that you now have an artist thumb6. Repeat for next artist without a thumbnail imageIf you still can't find a thumbnail for some rare artist, or want to add one for your own personally recorded music, drop a suiting .jpg file in your &quot;Thumbs\Music\Artists&quot; location folder and name it exactly as the artist name appears in MediaPortal.Examples:Artist: &quot;Madonna&quot; Jpg name: &quot;Madonna.jpg&quot;Artist: &quot;A Perfect Circle&quot; Jpg name: &quot;A Perfect Circle.jpg&quot;Artist: &quot;Extra / Special : Character&quot; Jpg name: &quot;Extra _ Special _ Character.jpg&quot;The last example shows how to enter a name for an artist with a character that's not allowed in Windows filenames.Emph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emphatic, post: 680685, member: 24365"] Here's a tip I'd like to share if you suffer from the "missing artist thumb syndrome". I believe this requires that you have the Fanart Handler plugin enabled and set to scrape Music Thumbnails. 1. Problem: You try to use the scraper (i.e. pressing F9 then "artist/album info") but while data on the artist shows up, no thumb is available Solution: 2. Start playback of this artist 3. Switch to "Music now playing" screen 4. Wait a moment until you see the cover art changing into an artist photo (this is now your new thumb image) 5. Press escape (on your keyboard) or back (on your remote) to the artist view and see that you now have an artist thumb 6. Repeat for next artist without a thumbnail image If you still can't find a thumbnail for some rare artist, or want to add one for your own personally recorded music, drop a suiting .jpg file in your "Thumbs\Music\Artists" location folder and name it exactly as the artist name appears in MediaPortal. Examples: [B]Artist: [/B]"Madonna" [B]Jpg name:[/B] "Madonna.jpg" [B]Artist: [/B]"A Perfect Circle" [B]Jpg name:[/B] "A Perfect Circle.jpg" [B]Artist: [/B]"Extra / Special : Character" [B]Jpg name:[/B] "Extra _ Special _ Character.jpg" The last example shows how to enter a name for an artist with a character that's not allowed in Windows filenames. Emph [/QUOTE]

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