Displaying pictures of artists?

[Lakorus]

(27-03-2015 22:18)simoncn Wrote:  

(27-03-2015 22:05)Lakorus Wrote:  Hello Simon,

as I opened this thread, I would appreciate such an option very much, though it's mostly a cosmetic thing. For me, a solution similar to the one you have for album art would be perfect:

For example:
First look into the MP3's current folder if there is a jpg that is named exactly like the artist is.
If there isn't any, use the album art in the artist's first album (alphabetical).

Best regards
Lakorus

Edit: Obviously, I was a bit slow in typing. Stampie covered it pretty well!

Thanks for this feedback!

An artist would typically have tracks in a large number of folders. If each of these folders specifies a different image for the artist name, it isn't clear which image MinimServer should use.

It also isn't clear how to extend this to support other image types such as Composer, Conductor, Soloist, Genre, Instrument, etc.

Because of issues like these, this approach would be more difficult to implement than the design that I described.

Okay, I understand this problem. I don't know the algorithm that MinimServer uses for scanning the library, but I assume that it goes through the specified folders and subfolders alphabetically. One option then would be to have MinimServer look for a fitting image in the folder, in which the tag values first occurence appears. For example: In folder "B" there is a subfolder named "Björk", in which a file is found that contains the artist-tag "Björk". MinimServer then looks for an image-file named Björk.* or Artist_Björk.* in that folder. If such a file isn't found, then the file's album art is used instead. Does that make sense?

I only thought of the artist's images, as the vast majority of my collection is Rock & Pop, where composers etc. aren't important for browsing. Maybe you could (for any solution of searching for images) add a new property item like "SearchImage", in which those indexTags can be added, for which the user wants MinimServer to search for images?

The solution Audio_elf suggested seems to be easier to handle for the maintenance after the initial setup, but it is a more "completionist" approach. I would prefer to have a fallback-option that uses the album art embedded in the file, if there is no dedicated image available.

BTW: Thank you for considering these ideas and requests!

Best regards
Lakorus