Artist-level Images

[GavinB]

Is it possible to have images for the Artist / AlbumArtist in the browsing structure?

I don't think this covered in the section on images, but I might have missed something

[stefano_mbp]

Reading this guide https://minimserver.com/ug-other.html#Index%20artwork
you’ll be able to display Artists, Album Artists , ecc images in you control point

[GavinB]

Thanks. Stefano, hadn't spotted that - exactly what I needed!

[GavinB]

I've got the Artist images working really well now, using the indexArtist folder, but I have a query!

What about the band ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead?

What should the image file be called for this artist? Obviously I can 'cheat' by removing the dots from the name. Can it be done without the cheat?

I've got versions of the file with and without the dots, but neither is picked up.

[GavinB]

It'll probably work if I set the option to 'all' and allow the software to find this artist, but it'd be nice to know how to deal with 'odd' characters like this.

[simoncn]

The image for this artist needs to be named using the rules in this section.

All characters are legal except for ?, so the file should be named:

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.jpg (or png)

Edit: I have updated the User guide to clarify this.

[teak3N]

I'm running into the same problem for the Trail of Dead. The issue seems to be that leading dots have a special meaning in *nix, namely hidden files. My control point (Linn Kazoo) picks up the artwork URL as

Code:

http://<ip_address>:<port>/minimserver/*/music/indexArtwork/...And*20You*20Will*20Know*20Us*20by*20the*20Trail*20of*20Dead.jpg?connection=cl​ose

But upon visiting that URL with e.g. Firefox I get back a 404 page with the message "Requested resource not found".

[GavinB]

No, I can't get it to work either.

[simoncn]

I have found the cause of this problem. The artwork filename is correct and valid but MinimServer is incorrectly rejecting the request to read the file. A fix will be available later today. Thank you for letting me know about this.

[GavinB]

Excellent, thanks, Simon