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Is there a certain folder structure that must be followed? I have about 75 mp3s dumped into a test folder. I set up the cdart manager and it says "creating addon database retrieving album details", but it seems to hang there. I don't know if it is supposed to show progress on the bar or in % format, but it doesn't show either.

Thanks.

Aeon Nox 2.0/Eden/Win 7

The music is on a stand alone server.

For cdART Manager to work, your music needs to be scanned into XBMC's Music Library

For cdARTs and Cover art to work the Albums need to be in separate folders

For clearLOGOs and fanarts(including extrafanarts) Artists need to be in separate folders.(though not essential)

The perferred method of organizing the music is the following:

Music
-----> Artist1
-------------->Album1
------------------------> track.mp3(.flac, .wav, .wmv)
------------------------> track.mp3(.flac, .wav, .wmv)
-------------->Album2
------------------------> track.mp3(.flac, .wav, .wmv)
------------------------> track.mp3(.flac, .wav, .wmv)
-----> Artist2
-------------->Album1
------------------------> track.mp3(.flac, .wav, .wmv)
------------------------> track.mp3(.flac, .wav, .wmv)

Though this format is not enforced, just that the Albums need to be in separate folder, this is because cdARTs are placed in the Album level)

If you set the 'Path to Music Library' to an 'Artwork' path, the script will use this for storing the Artist Fanarts and clearLOGOs(and create folders as needed). This path should be matched to the one in the Skin's settings

If your music has been added to XBMC's music library and you are still having problems, please post a debug log file(see signature for instructions)

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Hi,

I guess this "bug" is already known ...
When the script download any fanart/logo for the band AC/DC, the DL-directory become /my_music_drive/sort_by_artist/AC/DC/extrafanart/xxx.jpg

Would be great if the script can catch this band, and make the directory as "ACDC" or "AC-DC", or "AC DC"

I know is not really a bug. Maybe it will be pain in the ass for only 1 artist/band.
By the way, it's a great addon. thx for that

You're right, not really a bug. XBMC provides the script and the skins with the Artist as AC/DC. Both look for this as the artist part of the path to the extrafanarts/clearLOGOs(normally) Changing it would probably not allow the artwork to show.

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Hey there,

I don't understand why some albums of a user aren't retrieve from fanart.tv. I need to go manually on the website, download the cdart.png and put this image into the folder... It's pretty space.

Sometimes when building the intial addon database, the MusicBrainz ID's are not retrived from MusicBrainz. This is due to MusicBrainz being overloaded by programs accessing their database using the same process as the script does(Headphones also has had this problem) I have made changes to the next release that will hopefully fix this problem and will allow MusicBrainz to notify me if the script is violating their policies(they will have the ability to email me)

Also the next release has an Update feature that not only allows you to update the database when you add new music to XBMC, but also fill in the missing ID's created by an older version.

I'm testing it out to see if it's ready for posting as a test version(before I push it to the Official Repo)

Keep your eyes open...