Album Art Patch????

[chadillacthrills]

so i am sort of a newbie, and i am using the jblack glass themes and it supports album art, however mine does not show up, so any help of how to get it to show up and where to place the patch or tag in my .rockbox of my ipod drive would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

chad

[GodEater]

Patches require you to download the rockbox source code, apply the patch to it, and then compile rockbox yourself.

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WorkingWithPatches

[chadillacthrills]

so i am sort of a newbie, and i am using the jblack glass themes and it supports album art, however mine does not show up, so any help of how to get it to show up and where to place the patch or tag in my .rockbox of my ipod drive would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

chad

[GodEater]

Please don't double post - I already answered your previous post on exactly the same question.

[chadillacthrills]

oh ok well sorry i double posted, i did not see there was a reply, and thank you i will try and work with it, also i have another question, i have chosen to view the database and i have 2 movies on my ipod but it does not show them in my database, any suggestions on a better way to do this?? like i said i am new and i have read the manuals and all and just sort of bugeyed from it all. thanks again

chad

[GodEater]

I'm fairly certain you will have to temporarily switch back to the file browser to select your movies.

[chadillacthrills]

ok, and as for switching back to the file browser then back to database whats the easiest way to do that and be able to just go right back to seraching rather than having to hook back up to my computer, i have been having some trouble with when i switch to database then choose update now and then i go to listen to music it says database not ready. then after i change to auto update then connect to my computer then i am good. i am sure there is an easier way...

thanks

[bascule]

The Quick Menu (link)

Update Now can take some time to complete. Patience is a virtue

[chadillacthrills]

well when i click on update now it says loading then goes away very quickly so i assumed it was done, so i guess not yeah patience and i never got along real well, but i really do appreciate your help alot... also since i am using jblack themes it says it already has an album art patch in it however i dont know if i need to do anything else, yeah....

[soap]

well when i click on update now it says loading then goes away very quickly so i assumed it was done, so i guess not yeah patience and i never got along real well, but i really do appreciate your help alot... also since i am using jblack themes it says it already has an album art patch in it however i dont know if i need to do anything else, yeah....

I don't mean to be overly pedantic if I am simply misunderstanding you, but a theme would not have a patch.  A theme might require a patch, but you need to actually patch the Rockbox software itself.

[chadillacthrills]

no you are right, but see thats where i am in grey area.... i dont know where to apply the patch or how to really, i mean as far as being a newbie, i think i am doing pretty well, but as far as getting the album art to show up i have just almost given up, i tried contacting the builder of the build and theme directly but had no luck... thanks again for your replies and understanding...

chad

[bascule]

Are you sure you have got the actual album art in the right format? Filetype, image size, filename etc all need to be correct if the album art is to be picked up correctly.

However, it seems the major problem may be that you are not using the correct build.

Look through the Unsupported Builds Board

I suspect you will need to download and install one of these:

Ipod 4G, 5G: Julius' "jbuild" build
iPod 5.5 30 GB: jClix build

[chadillacthrills]

well all my files were tagged with album art in itunes by drag and drop..... and i have jclicks build and theme package directly from his website..... so the files names and all i guess are where i am hazy, like how would i rename the files with a tag in them for the album art and would i have to do that to every song file that i  have??

man you are so awesome for taking the time to help me on this thanks again

chad

[lexicon]

It sounds like you need to read the following:

1) forums search for [album art itunes]
2) http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/3045
3) http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/AlbumArt

Of course, itunes with its cryptic folder/renaming means this won't work easily, but maybe somebody has a solution (I recall some discussion a while back...)

good luck.

[chadillacthrills]

ok so where would i apply the patch for album art in my rockbox file or in my music files??