Overriding images embedded in audio files

[Abesters]

Hi all.
I looked for the solution to this but couldn't find it so I am making a post.

A lot of the audio files I play on my Sansa Clip Zip have embedded images. Sometimes the images that come with the files look really bad.

I am wondering if there is some kind of setting I can change in rockbox so that having an image in the folder that audio files are in will override the embedded art?

Thanks
Abe

[urbanhusky]

As far as I know, there isn't one. You could remove the embedded artwork from the file however (I used foobar 2000 for this)

[Crafty]

It would be nice to fix it.  I have at least two albums that the embedded image is washed out or it looks like the brigthness is turned up on the clipZ.  Both album have dark AA and look good on other players.

[Abesters]

I am using a Mac and absolutely hate iTunes. I don't think there is a lot of easy to use software on the Mac for removing or changing embedded images (other than perhaps iTunes but I *really, really* hate that software)

For simplicity's sake it would be way easier to quickly slap an image in a folder than hunt around through some software's interface for five to ten minutes to remove embedded images from some audio files.

If there is a setting I can change or an oddball image name I could give the image file I put in the folder that would be by far preferable!

Thanks

[[Saint]]

This is one of the (many) things that reading the manual could have answered for you...

Basically, you have two options:

1: - Embed better art (ask Google how to do this)
2: - Remove the embedded art and add file based art (again, ask Google how to do this)

As you can see from this section of our fine manual, you absolutely cannot "override" embedded album art, there is a preferential order in which album art is loaded and embedded album art trumps everything else if it is present. There are many file based album art options, and many placement options for said files, but if embedded album art is present they will never, ever be used.


[Saint]

EDIT:

I don't think there is a lot of easy to use software on the Mac for removing or changing embedded images

You might want to look at MusicBrainz Picard which can automate metadata tagging, and both embedded and file based album art (and, yes, even on a Macintosh ).