[mythtv-users] mythmusic/albumart visualization question

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Aug 5 20:38:02 EDT 2004


Mark H wrote:

>  I am trying to get albumart visualization to work.
>This is what I have done so far.   I changed the name
>of my .jpg file to match the name of my .mp3 file.  
>(I did this for testing and to get it to work with
>xmms w/ cdcover plugin.)  This made it work with xmms
>cdcover plugin. 
> I did this with 3 mp3 files for testing.   I copied
>these 3 .mp3 files and the 3 .jpg files to
>/myth/music. (Again .jpg file has same name
>corresponding to it's .mp3 file).
> When I create my playlist it is just using any
>albumart picture.  It doesn't seem to be linking the
>correct .jpg with the correct .mp3 (even though they
>are even same name). 
> If I press F4 to change visualization it scrolls
>through the 3 different jpgs.   
>  How do i get this to work correclty exactly?
>

The AlbumArt visualization was written to provide visuals for 
albums--collections of songs.  It allows the user to place multiple 
images in the directory and (randomly) chooses one of the images for 
display.  Therefore, to get a different image for each "track," you 
would have to a) keep each track in a separate directory with it's 
associated image or b) write a TrackArt visualization.  :)

Mike




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