album art - embedding directly into the mp3?

kennethlee · 8th January 2011, 08:31

Some UI indication would be nice, but not necessary to have before implementing it. I can't imagine a scenario where this would be critical. If you have a standard organizational method, you probably know how your album art is, so I'm assuming you mean if you are going through lots of files you got from someone else.

If in doubt, you can use winamp to check very quickly. In the media library view, right click and choose "explore item folder" for the file in question. Is there a .jpg in there? If not, and the album is displaying, the image is embedded. If you see a .jpg in there and you wonder if it may still be embedded, try moving the .jpg and see if the image still displays.

You can also open your folder via windows and check by looking at the icon.

Winamp could implement the feature without the UI indication and make many users happy, even without the UI indication. But yes, it would be nice, and an obvious complementary feature. But I disagree it would need to be done first.

I also recommend never putting any music directly into your database until you have checked the album art method, if you are particular about it. It can save you a lot of headache to do it on a "as you receive the song" basis.

Still waiting to see if anyone can shed light on why this feature is seemingly ignored.

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8th January 2011, 08:31	#21
kennethlee Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	Some UI indication would be nice, but not necessary to have before implementing it. I can't imagine a scenario where this would be critical. If you have a standard organizational method, you probably know how your album art is, so I'm assuming you mean if you are going through lots of files you got from someone else. If in doubt, you can use winamp to check very quickly. In the media library view, right click and choose "explore item folder" for the file in question. Is there a .jpg in there? If not, and the album is displaying, the image is embedded. If you see a .jpg in there and you wonder if it may still be embedded, try moving the .jpg and see if the image still displays. You can also open your folder via windows and check by looking at the icon. Winamp could implement the feature without the UI indication and make many users happy, even without the UI indication. But yes, it would be nice, and an obvious complementary feature. But I disagree it would need to be done first. I also recommend never putting any music directly into your database until you have checked the album art method, if you are particular about it. It can save you a lot of headache to do it on a "as you receive the song" basis. Still waiting to see if anyone can shed light on why this feature is seemingly ignored.