[Voyage-linux] Problems with cover art and Mpod/Mpad

[Punky Tse]

Hi Hans,

Here is what I did and make it work:

ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music

where "/var/lib/mpd/music" stores all my music files.  In MPod,

1. set the URL for cover art to "http://<voyage ip>/Music" in MPod.
2. rename the cover art as Folder.jpg in the corresponding album directory.
3. You need to restart MPod to make the change effective, somehow.

Regards,
Punky

On 11/14/2011 10:05 AM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
> Hi Hans,
>
> Please read:
> http://www.katoemba.net/makesnosenseatall/2011/03/05/cover-art-in-mpod-and-mpad/ 
>
>
> MPod and MPad search the cover arts under http://machine-ip/music. So 
> I think it needs to make a correct mount point in lighttpd.
>
> Can you also post your lighttpd.conf?
>
> I have no experience on the cover arts, but will explore it in the 
> next MPD release.
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
> On 11/14/2011 3:37 AM, Hans Hartsuiker wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here is a question about cover art.
>>
>> Voyage Linux MPD is working great the only thing not working is cover 
>> art with Mpod and Mpad.
>>
>> Every album is in a simple directory structure /artist/album
>>
>> Besides the music tracks in every map “album” there is also a file 
>> named folder.jpg (the cover art).
>>
>> I edited lighttpd.conf to /mnt/public as the file where my music is 
>> located.
>>
>> With an other (Windows)PC I see (Internet Explorer) all the music at 
>> http://192.168.1.31 <http://192.168.1.31/> (the IP of my Voyage MPD 
>> computer).
>>
>> So the lighttpd fileserver is working good. (I think).
>>
>> In the Ipod setup for cover art I set : URL = http://192.168.1.31 
>> <http://192.168.1.31/> file name folder.jpg.
>>
>> In the Ipod setup, setup for albums is “per directory”.
>>
>> I tried to change everything but still do not see (local) cover art.
>>
>> Could you explain how the above (simplest) system should work? (Or 
>> can it work?)
>>
>> Maybe a simple setup or howto guide would be welcomed by many users.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Hans
>>
>>
>>
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Regards,
Kim-man "Punky" Tse

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