Album Artwork Display Problem

[trane_bwc]

hi
i have an ipod video 30gb 5g, and i installed rockbox in it, but when i install a theme capable of displaying the album artwork, it doesnt show the album artwork, i attached 2 fotos of the screen of my ipod usim the theme flamebox.


ill apreciate any help possible.

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[hhannah]

I couldn't see your images very clearly, but it seems that the theme is not even loading properly on your rockbox build. Which build are you using? The theme Flamebox requires a patch not included in the official build (BMP resize).
Also, once that specific theme is working on your rockbox build (patched), you need to follow the album art guidelines for it to be displayed properly: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/AlbumArt (just bear in mind that the BMP resize patch adds the resizing feature, so for example you wouldn't necessarily need to use 100x100 bmp images; however, following all the indicated album art guidelines allows you to use other themes that run under the official build, or themes that simply don't require the resizing patch)
It would probably be better for you to use the official build first and get familiar with it, using, of course, themes that work under the official build, and after that, start thinking about using patches.

[trane_bwc]

hi
i downloaded a daily view i think its r6586, also every theme that supports album artwork looks the same as flamebox.

question, all my ipod songs have the image saved on the id3 tag of the mp3, is rockbox capable of reading them from tthere, also i will change the format from jpg to bmp since all the album artwor its on jpg, does every theme has its own patch or 1 patch works for every theme that supports album artwork.

thank you very much for your help.

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[trane_bwc]

hi
how i install patches, ive been lookin around and i couldnt find a tutorial,.
do you know how to install them.
also if i install a lot of patches, is my ipod going to brick?

wich patch do i need for the flamebox theme?

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[bzavala]

I'm sure you are only trying themes that require patches that are not included in the current build. There are a lot of themes out there that support album art with the current build, so try out those first. And yes, you need to have your album arts in bmp files as specified in the link that hhannah posted.

Installing patches is not an easy task.. you have to get the source code, and compile your own build; if you must, do some search in the wiki; there is a link that shows how to do it.

[trane_bwc]

hi
ive tried every theme that loads artwork but all of them look the same, i guess ill have to conform with the metroid & supermario theme , since those themes  are the onlly one that load fully.


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[trane_bwc]

hi
i found a theme that displays artwork, and it runs flawlessly on my ipod but it doesnt show up the artwork, i save the image in format .bmp, and in 100x99 resolution, but its save on the id3 tags cause i used itunes to put the artwork on it.

any help?
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[hhannah]

You had 2 problems: 1. Trying to load themes that require patches (advice: do that later) 2. Get themes that work under the official build to show the album art... well, if you do not read the documentation we direct you to, it might take a long, long time for it to work

[bzavala]

You really need to read this. Since you are using iTunes, you need to put your artworks in bmp files as described in the link:

/.rockbox/albumart/ artist-albumtitle .bmp

[trane_bwc]

hi
i loaded a theme capable of display album artwork, then i put the image in .bmp format in 100x99 , in the same folder of the songs , example:

the song name:all eyez on me
album name all eyez on me

and i did this : put the image in hte same folder an named the picture all eyez on me

and still doesnt work


i read the links and followed the steps but i couldnt run this file.

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[Strife89]

Putting album art in the same folder as the song makes Rockbox look only at the file names, not the tag information. Since iTunes converts the filenames into random numbers (and files the songs into equally random folders), doing this helps you none.

Make a folder under /.rockbox called albumart. Take all your album art .bmp files and rename them artist name-album name.bmp, then put them in that folder.

Rockbox should identify the song - and it's album art - using the tag information.

(Yes, I know bzavala. Just clearing things up. )

[hhannah]

trane_bwc, using the method you chose for naming the bmp files requires the name of the bmp file to be exactly the same as the name of the file for that song (i.e. for song.mp3, AA file should be song.bmp), but any character that you miss, change, etc can cause AA displaying problems

There are several ways to do this, as others explained. For me, this works perfectly:

if you have your music using a folder for each album, and you use one AA image per album - that is, the same image for all the songs in that folder - you can name your file simply "cover.bmp", and put it in that folder. That is simple and will work. In the end you will have a .bmp file named exactly cover.bmp in each folder, and that image will be used by rockbox to display AA for all the songs in that folder. By the way, the "correct size" for that AA image should be 100x100 (just because many themes use this size as a standard) and not 100x99 as you mentioned.

The Album Art link that you read explains it, as well as other options - the one I suggest you is 3), strife89 mentioned 4), and you were trying to do 1)  :

" from http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/AlbumArt#Where_To_Put_The_Images :

Where To Put The Images
The pictures can be stored in the same directory (.) as the track or in the parent directory (..). There can be a track-specific, album-specific or generic picture.

The order of priority is the following:

1) ./ filename .bmp - same filename as currently playing music file
2) ./ albumtitle .bmp - name of the album, found in metadata of the music file
3) ./cover.bmp
4) /.rockbox/albumart/ artist-albumtitle .bmp
5) ../ albumtitle .bmp
6) ../cover.bmp
"

[trane_bwc]

hi
ok, i rearranged all the songs per folder, now the only thing i have to do is to put the image and name it ''cover'' right?, or do i have to name the image the same as the name of the album?

also can you tell me where i can download pictures in 100x100 resolution, cause the only resolutions i found is 100x99,100x105,100x95.

THANKS
A LOT: HHANNAH, STRIFE89 & BZAVALA


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[hhannah]

Now that you have a folder per album, naming the image files cover.bmp will work fine; try a couple first and see how it works.

A tool I have found very useful for bmp resizing & converting is IrfanView (freeware), you can resize all your images to 100x100 and name them cover.bmp, regardless of the original size.

[trane_bwc]

hi
damn i have another problem, now that i re-arranged all the songs per folder, when i turn on my ipod an want to play the file it says NO FILE!!!, or TRACK ERROR, i dont know why this appears.

soory, but can you help me with this one too?
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