Cover art display in version 2.07

[Shreekant Somany]

Hi guys,
I have noticed that in the version 2.07 coverart display is a problem. In all previous versions all coverart attached to an album got displayed.
Could anyone suggest a solution.
 More explicitly, Earlier when the L button was pressed album coverart was visible and whe an album was played on could see the cover art in the left window.
In the 2.07 version its erratic, some are displayed but most don't. This is for all album folder which have a coverart attached.

[PeterSt]

Hi Shreekant,

"a problem" doesn't tell anyone anything. Do you have a clear description please ? Don't hesitate to be the most excessive.

Peter

[PeterSt]

... I think you changed your post afterwards. One should never do that because now other posts may make no sense any more (like mine ). Anyway, thanks of course for clarifying.

Peter

[PeterSt]

Can you do this :

Look in your Settings and wrote down 100% literally what you see in the "Data Location" fields. I ask this because ...

Can you briefly boot into 10586 (BASE) and look what happens there regarding this ?
Of course I assume that you did not upgrade XXHighEnd in there (and please don't for now). Let me know the XXHighEnd version in there.

If all there still works, then fill mentioned Data Location Fields exactly the same as you had them in 14393.0.
Still works (or fields were the same to begin with) then it must be something with 2.07. Does not work ? then it must be something at your side.

More combinations are possible (for what you observe prior and after making the Data Location fields equal), so I ask you to look at it with some brains and whether you can draw conclusions yourself.

Additionally, maybe you can look for the filenames and extensions of the Coverart file names, for those which work and those which don't (for example front.jpg, cover.jpeg). I ask this, because I reverted a change regarding the "interpretation" of these which went wrong in an earlier version (2.03 or so). Maybe this now bugs you, although it shounldn't. But something did *thus* change indeed ...

[Shreekant Somany]

Thanks Peter will try sometime in leasure and let you know.

[PeterSt]

Shreekant, Any results ?

Peter

[toddn]

Hi Peter,

I'm having the same issue with 2.07, with no pattern to the albums that stopped showing cover art.(Not that many by the way) They have the same file extension as ones the work fine.

When I booted into 10586 with the same field in data(it was already the same) the cover art shows fine on those albums that were missing it in 2.07 under 14393.

Todd

[PeterSt]

Hi Todd,

It looks like I can use an example;
Can you zip such an album as it is in its main folder (album name) and filemail/wetransfer that to me ? With that, maybe make a screenshot of the complete path where it sits. See exampler from Explorer, after clicking once in the URL area.
Now I can obtain the structure exactly as you have and can analyze the situation.

Thank you !
Peter

[Shreekant Somany]

Hi Peter,
I checked the data location in 10586 which is still xxh2.06, and compared it with 14393 /2.07 it's the same, however in 10586 cover art is displayed but in 2.07 14393 it's erratic.
I have checked different file names e.g. Folder.jpg, jpeg.jpeg, imageries.jpg but the result is the same.
I wonder if this helps.

[Shreekant Somany]

Hi Peter,
When 'L' is clicked then all the music root is displayed in the left pane & when one folder is chosen then it asks " Music Root Here & Cover art Here"
On choosing option 1 all music root  is displayed in the middle pane. Some have cover art and some don't even though it is in the folder.
I opened one with the cover art & the tracks were in the middle pane & the cover art was on the left pane.
Then another album i opened and the cover art was on the right pane and not on the left.
I checked the description of the cover art, it was " Kaushiki Folder.jpg" so
I changed the description on other albums but it did no get displayed.
" Kaushiki is the artist"
I hope this tell you some thing.
shreekant
     

[PeterSt]

Dear Shreekant,

I really don't know what you are doing to prove one or the other, but it seems some kind of a detour to me.

1. If you click your mentioned L, all is shown in the middle pane (assumed your Music Root has been set properly in Settings).

That's it.

However ... by now I can start wondering where you actually lack the coverart. There's 3 main places :

1. In the middle pane;
2. In the left pane for a properly activated (!) track (say the one which is playing);
3. As Wallpaper (when set to show in Settings).

You now seem to refer to #3 and in a for me vague / strange way because I don't see the relation with your multi sentence outlay.
One thing I sure know : what shows in the left pane very much depends on what you did in the Playlist Area (thus with the tracks being shown in the middle pane). There is NO logic in what shows in the left pane (that is, I would not be able to explain it to you), apart from what plays should show in the left pane. And then still ... if you start clicking around in the middle plane (playback goin on) I think it still can change.

Do notice that this is not related whatsoever to not showing coverart as such. Other coverart than you expect, yes.

Let me put it like this : what shows for Coverart in the middle pane, should also show in the left pane for the "properly activated" track. This is NOT always the case and of course not intended. But this has been so always. Mind you, what you talk about is that most coverart since 2.07 does not show. I interpret this as "can't be found but is there anyway". However, not found = Black screen with X(X) logo in the middle pane. This again is somewhat different from the left pane not showing anything (also not black with X(X)). Thus, when the left pane shows nothing it means either (or all) :
a. No coverart could be found by the program (can be a bug);
b. You did not properly activate the track concerned (and this can be difficult at times).

One thing should be leading for you foremost : when the middle pane does not show the Coverart from an album, it always shows the black X(X) and it always means the program can not find it (per bug or per really not being there). So if you don't trust the left pane, look in the middle pane (but find the album in there of course).

Lastly one thing : when you click albums in the Embedded Explorer in the left pane (which your story is about) and you click only one album while the tree is expanded (hard to explain) and only one album would be the result of that click, then in the middle pane only the Text under the Album shows and not the Coverart. This is a bug in the internals of Windows which I can not solve (as it seems). But this is like that for 10 years ...



And so the main question : WHERE does it not show since 2.07 ?? (#1, #2 or #3) with differentiation between black with X(X) or just nothing at all.

I think it is a good idea if you read back what you write so you automatically check whether what you write is correct. Example :

When 'L' is clicked then all the music root is displayed in the left pane & when one folder is chosen then it asks " Music Root Here & Cover art Here"
On choosing option 1 all music root  is displayed in the middle pane.

"clicked" must be "rightclicked" and no matter what you choose, the middle pane remains unchanged. Try it.

Best regards,
Peter

[Shreekant Somany]

Hi Peter,
1. Yes the Music root is set correctly in  the settings. its a bit difficult to clarify so maybe I will take screen sots of each step and send you tomorrow.
2. When there is no cover art display the xx high end logo is displayed on the left pane.
3. However a little while ago I noticed that the description of the cover art is perhaps read by the program if it has the album name or artist name followed by folder.jpg. I'am going to try renaming some album cover art and see. I hope this works. will inform you.
shreekant     

[Shreekant Somany]

"Shujaat Khan Celebrtating Music LiveFolder.jpg"

Dear Peter,
I have now renamed a few cove art as per the sample above and the display comes  in the left pane like before.
I guess this solves the problem.
The pain is that I will have to rename all the cover art description.
QED,
shreekant

[PeterSt]

Dear Shreekant,

The pain is that I will have to rename all the cover art description.

Of course you are NOT going to do that !

Instead you should give me a hint ...

"Shujaat Khan Celebrtating Music LiveFolder.jpg"

how that *was*. IOW, what works and what does not work. OK ?

Best regards,
Peter

[PeterSt]

Shreekant, the answer can't be that difficult !

Thanks,
Peter