braslau;622907 Wrote:
> My flac collection has cover.jpg in each album directory. This has
> worked flawlessly with all of the (linux) applications that I have
> used, including the squeezebox server and the Touch's mini server.
There's no doubt that SBS will find the artwork in the first place,
I use both approaches embedding the the same pic as I save as
folder.jpg.
*This always works, same pic regardless of how the current or past
iterations of sbs handles this.
*The file will be self suficient out of the sbs context, I want the
files to have metadata enough themselves to work by in
I use embedded cover art on my mp3 copy of my collection (leaving a
cover.jpg file in each album directory). This has been "rock solid"
until a very recent version of iTunes. I noticed that some albums no
longer show cover art under iTunes, Furthermore, I tried re-embedding
the artwork using iTune
paulster;622626 Wrote:
> It doesn't require a full rescan to spot changes to artwork this way, as
> it will detect the changes to files after a regular scan for new and
> changed, so is definitely the simplest way to manage your artwork.
You can accomplish the same thing by bumping the mtime on
Cool! I use mp3tag all the time and I didn't know it could do that.
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Mp3Tag will do automated embedding of album art from folder jpgs:
http://www.geektonic.com/2008/02/automatically-embed-album-art-to-large.html
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bliss will also embed existing cover.jpg files: 'Embed from cover.jpg'
(http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2010/08/24/embed-album-art-existing-image-files/)
Disclaimer: it's commercial software (although free up to 100 albums),
and I write it.
Just another option for you there.
paulster;622728 Wrote:
> Exactly. That's why I was thinking of a script!
>
> What you need to do is to recurse into each directory down your music
> path and execute the following:
> metaflac --import-picture-from=cover.jpg *.flac
>
> That will import cover.jpg into all the flac files in that d
Exactly. That's why I was thinking of a script!
What you need to do is to recurse into each directory down your music
path and execute the following:
metaflac --import-picture-from=cover.jpg *.flac
That will import cover.jpg into all the flac files in that directory.
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paulster;622724 Wrote:
> ...without relying on SBS 7.6 being a panacea.
I think SBS 7.6 with respect to improved handling of cover art is more
of pipedream than a panacea.
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ralphpnj
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It would actually be reasonably easy to write a script to traverse down
the directories and call metaflac to embed the cover art in each flac
file in directories which have a cover.jpg file.
You could always leave cover.jpg there afterwards for the benefit of
Windows, as SBS will then ignore it.
paulster;622715 Wrote:
> The answer is there is no answer!
>
> When the metadata is written to a FLAC file it can be truncated right
> at the end of the metadata itself, or it can be written with some
> buffer space to allow for updates.
>
> Depending on how a FLAC file was created and what las
ralphpnj;622695 Wrote:
> With respect to embedded cover art and its impact on file size I'm
> fairly sure that the metadata in flac files is stored at the beginning
> the file and that a certain of space is allocated for this information.
> Therefore how large (in kilobytes) can embedded cover ar
paulster;622626 Wrote:
> I find that embedding the artwork is rock solid, at the expense of more
> disk space used.
>
> It doesn't require a full rescan to spot changes to artwork this way,
> as it will detect the changes to files after a regular scan for new and
> changed, so is definitely the
JJZolx;622615 Wrote:
> I don't think one is more foolproof than the other. Squeezebox Server
> has always struggled to find and display artwork. But SBS 7.6 (in beta
> testing) is much better than previous versions.
I'm glad to hear that. I'm mainly on older devices that don't use
artwork, but t
You can also use both.:)
Although embedded is rock-solid, I also like to see the cover-art.jpg
if I look with a pc in the album-directory.
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I find that embedding the artwork is rock solid, at the expense of more
disk space used.
It doesn't require a full rescan to spot changes to artwork this way,
as it will detect the changes to files after a regular scan for new and
changed, so is definitely the simplest way to manage your artwork.
I don't think one is more foolproof than the other. Squeezebox Server
has always struggled to find and display artwork. But SBS 7.6 (in beta
testing) is much better than previous versions.
I prefer to use cover.jpg files in the album directory, as I think
they're a lot easier to manage than embed
Sometimes I have problems with finding the cover-art (SBT and Synology
NAS)
SO I would like to know what is the best way to store the cover-art: as
a jpg in the same folder as the music or embedding it into each file?
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