Adding cover art

[Jay]

I've looked at the docs I can find but can't get my arms around this - prob too simple.

As you can see by the screen shot, I can locate the art. But what do you name the file and where is it to be saved? I have one cover in my library which CDEX must have downloaded and I can only find it in the Cache folder. I tried saving it with various_names.jpg in in various locations. After a Save As, I either get a file not found or Unhandled Exception depending on where I try to save it.

[m_ski]

The file should be saved in the same folder as the music files for that particular album. Xlobby should then pickup the coverart from any picture files in that directory - they do not need to have any specific name.

[Jay]

yup. tried that.

If I give the art a file name (I assume these are jpgs), browse to the target music folder and hit Save Cover, I'm told the file doesn't exist.

If I type in a path c:\music\folder\filename, the editor gives me an Unhandled exception -Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Perhaps my directory structure if wrong? The one cover I have from back in Oct. when I started XL, does not show up in the the album folder - only in the Cache folder. The music database XML for the album shows <coverart>\\machine\music\albumname\Folder.jpg</coverart>

[Jay]

anyway, I looked at the spiders and keyed the addys into a browser, saved each cover and manually used Setup to add the coverart.

Next is getting the art into my fat clients.