[mythtv-users] mythmusic/albumart visualization question

[Steven]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Mark H wrote:
> 
>>  I am trying to get albumart visualization to work.
>> This is what I have done so far.   I changed the name
>> of my .jpg file to match the name of my .mp3 file.  (I did this for 
>> testing and to get it to work with
>> xmms w/ cdcover plugin.)  This made it work with xmms
>> cdcover plugin. I did this with 3 mp3 files for testing.   I copied
>> these 3 .mp3 files and the 3 .jpg files to
>> /myth/music. (Again .jpg file has same name
>> corresponding to it's .mp3 file).
>> When I create my playlist it is just using any
>> albumart picture.  It doesn't seem to be linking the
>> correct .jpg with the correct .mp3 (even though they
>> are even same name). If I press F4 to change visualization it scrolls
>> through the 3 different jpgs.    How do i get this to work correclty 
>> exactly?
>>
> 
> The AlbumArt visualization was written to provide visuals for 
> albums--collections of songs.  It allows the user to place multiple 
> images in the directory and (randomly) chooses one of the images for 
> display.  Therefore, to get a different image for each "track," you 
> would have to a) keep each track in a separate directory with it's 
> associated image or b) write a TrackArt visualization.  :)
> 

c) use the patch (that never made it into cvs) that uses the image from 
the i3dv2 tag.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/67415?search_string=albumart%20i3d%20tag%20;#67415

Steven