Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

andyg;440845 Wrote: Or you can embed the artwork into each FLAC file, which would use more space but avoid 'polluting' your directory. Well that would be even worse because it would mess up the FLAC files which are my lossless backup of my CDs. The 'poluuting' bit is just because if I do file

Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

MadMan;441013 Wrote: Well that would be even worse because it would mess up the FLAC files which are my lossless backup of my CDs. The 'poluuting' bit is just because if I do file copies and whatnot I find it easier to have one type of file only, otherwise I have to use robocopy which isn't

Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

My library consists of over 2000 stinking, foul, polluted directories containing not only pristine FLAC files, but cue sheets, ripping logs and assorted album art scans. It really is a cesspool. Do your flac files contain tags such as the artist and album name? Embedded artwork is just another

Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

MadMan;441013 Wrote: Well that would be even worse because it would mess up the FLAC files which are my lossless backup of my CDs. The 'poluuting' bit is just because if I do file copies and whatnot I find it easier to have one type of file only, otherwise I have to use robocopy which isn't

[slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

Ok, so I have my music as .flac files organized as \\server\music\flac\%genre\%artist\%album\%title.flac and playing music works great. The last week I've been getting album art to display in both Squeezecenter and my Duet controller. I don't want to 'pollute' the FLAC music file directories (for

Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

I'm afraid the only options available are the ones you mentioned: rename the cover art files to %artist-%album and dumping them in one huge folder, or rename the cver art files to folder.jpg and dump them in each folder. -- BastiaanR It's not a problem, it's a challenge.

Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

Or you can embed the artwork into each FLAC file, which would use more space but avoid 'polluting' your directory. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Cover Art from 'mirrored' directory tree - possible?

Or, if your server is running linux you could get crazy and try something like UnionFS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS -- radish http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric radish's Profile: