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<blockquote data-quote="coopers" data-source="post: 271810" data-attributes="member: 16116">Hi Locka, if you have a folder.jpg in each folder, then that is what you should see as album art in shares view.They have to be named folder.jpg.My setup is exactly the same directory structure as you. Just doing a &quot;scan of your collection to create album art&quot; seems to do the following:- create art for each album (album level folders) based on art embedded in the mp3 file, or art stored in folder.jpg. I think folder.jpg overrides art in the mp3 file.- create art for each artist (artist level folders) based on folder.jpg for each artist.So if you view by shares, then you see whatever you have specified.You can also use the setting to get MP to create missing artist album art when you scan your collection - it basically makes an image from the underlying albums. I personally don't like the way it looks, but it's a lot better than empty folders.Now, if you're going to use the database to browse your music collection then that is different again. The database art is again created by scanning your directory structure, I am not quite sure of the exact relations to get all art to work - but it is similar to the above.And Locka, if you're looking for things like playlists, etc, MP can import them, or you can sort by some other method (and create your own sorting rules) to play more than just what is in one album. You're only playing one album at a time because that is all that is in the folder that you're in when you tell it to play. Because you're viewing by shares.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="coopers, post: 271810, member: 16116"] Hi Locka, if you have a folder.jpg in each folder, then that is what you should see as album art in shares view. They have to be named folder.jpg. My setup is exactly the same directory structure as you. Just doing a "scan of your collection to create album art" seems to do the following: - create art for each album (album level folders) based on art embedded in the mp3 file, or art stored in folder.jpg. I think folder.jpg overrides art in the mp3 file. - create art for each artist (artist level folders) based on folder.jpg for each artist. So if you view by shares, then you see whatever you have specified. You can also use the setting to get MP to create missing artist album art when you scan your collection - it basically makes an image from the underlying albums. I personally don't like the way it looks, but it's a lot better than empty folders. Now, if you're going to use the database to browse your music collection then that is different again. The database art is again created by scanning your directory structure, I am not quite sure of the exact relations to get all art to work - but it is similar to the above. And Locka, if you're looking for things like playlists, etc, MP can import them, or you can sort by some other method (and create your own sorting rules) to play more than just what is in one album. You're only playing one album at a time because that is all that is in the folder that you're in when you tell it to play. Because you're viewing by shares. [/QUOTE]

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