General question how to setup music library...
#1
Hi there.

I`m still new to xbmc. I did setup my video library very nicely. My folder structure looks like that:

-Movie
--Extrathumbs
thumb1
thumb2
thumb3
thumb4
-folder.jpg
-fanart.jpg
-poster.jpg

I did a lot with ember and a lot of google myself. Everything looks nice:

Image

Now I try to setup my music library. The scraper Cd Art Manager and Universal Artist Scraper don`t work for me well. The CD Art Manager freezes when I try to download fanart. So I decided to get my own artist info, background cd cover...

What would be the folder structure? How can I get Artist/Album information when the scraper failed? How do I change the background in the main menu for music showing all my fanarts?

Currently my one looks like that but it doesn`t seem to work:

-Artist
--Album
cdart.jpg
folder.jpg
-fanart.jpg
-thumb.jpg

Furthermore can I change view types when I change between Artist -> Album -> Songs
Let`s say I want to see the Artist in "Showcase", Album in "Tripanel" and Songs in "List" without changing it every time I enter.

I hope I made myself clear what I want to achieve.

Cheers.
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#2
Is it a common "problem"?! Or am I just to dump to organize my files?
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#3
On artist level (ex: Coldplay)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844...level.jpg/

On album level (ex: 2011 - Mylo Xyloto)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/albumlevel.jpg/
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#4
and ARTIST/YEAR - ALBUMNAME/ if you want cdart on album level.
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#5
(2012-08-20, 23:55)sergiocos Wrote: On artist level (ex: Coldplay)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844...level.jpg/

On album level (ex: 2011 - Mylo Xyloto)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/albumlevel.jpg/

Thanks a lot. You have no idea. I guess I just forgot to press "scan to library" Smile

One more thing:

Can I change view types when I change between Artist -> Album -> Songs
Let`s say I want to see the Artist in "Showcase", Album in "Tripanel" and Songs in "List" without changing it every time I enter.

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Is it possible to show more than one fanart in transition ?

Cheers.
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#6
(2012-08-21, 15:06)lokipoki Wrote: Can I change view types when I change between Artist -> Album -> Songs
Let`s say I want to see the Artist in "Showcase", Album in "Tripanel" and Songs in "List" without changing it every time I enter.

+

Is it possible to show more than one fanart in transition ?

1. possible, Eden version will remember views on specific level (music library)
2. CDArt Manager will help you
-set music library path in skin settings
-enable Extra-Fanart in Viewtype settings
-CDArt Manager will download multiple fanarts in an 'extrafanart' folder, you can see one in my first image.
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