CD cover problem.....

[dazzlevw]

HI All,
Just come across a problem, I've been gathering together cd cover jpgs and following baddabings guide, placing the artwork in the directory containing the tracks of whatever album it is.......and this works fine in x lobby.....

The problem is that my slimp3 player now cannot play any of the albums that contain a jpeg as it seems to recognise that the folder contains a filetype which it can'thandle and refuse to play the whole album.....

So, my question is....does the artwork have to be in the music directory, could i not store them elsewhere and modify the music.xml (i presume this is what references the artwork) to point to this location just for the pictures...?

Unless anyone knows a workaround forthe slimp3?....but thats for another forum I think...

Cheers

daz

[BaddaBing]

Yes, you can place the covers in a seperate directory and modify the XML DB to reflect the change. The lines in the MUSIC.XML that must be modified are named 'COVERART' and is illustrated in the xml shown below:

- <item>
<parameter>\\Mediaserver\music\Crosby, Still, & Nash\Deja Vu</parameter>
<coverart>\\Mediaserver\music\Crosby, Still, & Nash\Deja Vu\Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Deja Vu.jpg</coverart>
<display>Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young / Déjà Vu</display>
<type>album</type>
- <subitems>
- <item>
<parameter>\\Mediaserver\music\Crosby, Still, & Nash\Deja Vu\01 - Carry On.mp3</parameter>
<display>Carry on</display>
<type>track</type>

[dazzlevw]

Hi again baddabing,
Thanks for that, will give it a go when i get home.

cheers

Daz