2015-03-23, 14:16
Okay, now I got it, sorry
First: always exit cdART Manager and start it again after you make any change in the settings section, the script only loads it's settings on start.
The script actually downloads all artwork it has headings for. If you can't find the artwork there's something wrong, usually with the "Music folder path" in the settings. You should find an artist based subfolder structure containing the artwork in the folder you defined there.
So to untangle some questions according folders / art locations and so on:
So you CAN use a separate folder for Artist related artwork. In this case your skin has to support that and must be configured to search for artwork in that separate folder.
gibxxi explained it already, this is how cdART Manager does it and imho the way Kodi and most skins expect the artwork being stored.
I use the following structure to store my albums. This just works and if anyone's interested I would recommend using this structure as most applications I know (Kodi, Logitech Media Server, WMP) simply understand it.
This results in artwork being stored like this. No further Kodi-Configuration required.
Don't blame me for this, I'm not the inventor of this script, i only basically understand its code
First: always exit cdART Manager and start it again after you make any change in the settings section, the script only loads it's settings on start.
The script actually downloads all artwork it has headings for. If you can't find the artwork there's something wrong, usually with the "Music folder path" in the settings. You should find an artist based subfolder structure containing the artwork in the folder you defined there.
So to untangle some questions according folders / art locations and so on:
- Album related artwork (cover/cdart) is always stored in the album's folder itself and cannot be changed
- Artist related artwork is always stored in a subfolder of the folder configured in the script's settings. The subfolder is named by the artist's name.
So you CAN use a separate folder for Artist related artwork. In this case your skin has to support that and must be configured to search for artwork in that separate folder.
gibxxi explained it already, this is how cdART Manager does it and imho the way Kodi and most skins expect the artwork being stored.
I use the following structure to store my albums. This just works and if anyone's interested I would recommend using this structure as most applications I know (Kodi, Logitech Media Server, WMP) simply understand it.
- Musicfolder (use this as "Music folder path" in cdART Manger)
- Artist 1
- Album 1
- Album 2
- Album 1
- Artist 2
- Album 1
- Disc 1
- Disc 2
- Disc 1
- Album 2
- Album 1
- Artist 1
This results in artwork being stored like this. No further Kodi-Configuration required.
- Musicfolder
- Artist 1
folder.jpg
fanart.jpg
banner.jpg
extra-fanart/...- Album 1
folder.jpg
cdart.png
- Album 2
folder.jpg
cdart.png
- Album 1
- Artist 1
Don't blame me for this, I'm not the inventor of this script, i only basically understand its code