2010-05-07, 22:27
I am posting this under General Discussion, since this is not meant to be a feature request but more a request for a discussion on this topic. It might end up being a feature req, but at this point it is not.
Currently, Album art seems to be set per album or folder. This is totally cool for most albums, but there are exceptions especialls if the "Album Artist" tag is being set. For compilations (even selfmade compilations), I have the Album Artist set to "VA" so the tracks show up as one album, but the tracks itself have different covers embedded into ID3. I don't think this is uncommon, so I am wondering why currently if Album Artist is set, the first cover will be applied to all tracks for this album. IMHO, especially if Tag reading is enabled, XBMC should check for each tracks album art and use it if available rather than simply assuming the 1st track's album art is the one to go.
I would like to discuss this and hear what others think about it, or if there are any advantages with the current implementation. As mentiond before, I do not think the usecase is unusual and if people agree, I'd go ahead and file a feature request.
Cheers-
Currently, Album art seems to be set per album or folder. This is totally cool for most albums, but there are exceptions especialls if the "Album Artist" tag is being set. For compilations (even selfmade compilations), I have the Album Artist set to "VA" so the tracks show up as one album, but the tracks itself have different covers embedded into ID3. I don't think this is uncommon, so I am wondering why currently if Album Artist is set, the first cover will be applied to all tracks for this album. IMHO, especially if Tag reading is enabled, XBMC should check for each tracks album art and use it if available rather than simply assuming the 1st track's album art is the one to go.
I would like to discuss this and hear what others think about it, or if there are any advantages with the current implementation. As mentiond before, I do not think the usecase is unusual and if people agree, I'd go ahead and file a feature request.
Cheers-