Artwork primary source

[warsan]

How can I tell MediaMonkey Desktop and Android to retrieve the artwork from the tags—that is, from the file itself? Currently, it always retrieves it from the directory, which means I often see the back of a CD cover.

[Lowlander]

Artwork from tags should always be shown, are you saying it's not? Ie. Properties > Artwork doesn't show it all?

If so, which build (Help > About) of MediaMonkey and what file type(s)?

[warsan]

Hi,

its MediaMonkey 2024.2.2.3222

Format is aac in m4a.

As you see in the background Playing information it uses not the image stored in tag:


This also applies to MediaMonkey on Android.

[Lowlander]

What are the filenames of the external Artwork files?

Note that you can disable scanning for external Artwork (this won't remove them from files already having external Artwork associated in MediaMonkey).

[warsan]

The names of the files are:
BSO_Mar_Adentro--Trasera[1].jpg
Cover.jpg

The first one is which is shown while playing.

If you mean the setting "Scan file directories for Artwork" then it's already turned off.

[Lowlander]

Do you know which version of MediaMonkey first scanned the files?

[warsan]

No, I don't know. But it must have been at least one version prior to the current major version and probably the age of my profile: Jun 22, 2021

Ah, but what might be even more important is that it was an import from iTunes.

[Lowlander]

If you can, this will remove the files from Playlists and you loose Play History as well, remove the files from that 1 example Album from the Library and rescan. Do you still get the same result?

[warsan]

After that, only the image in the tag will be displayed.

[Lowlander]

Did you have scan for Artwork disabled? In that case that would be expected.

[warsan]

Yes, its disabled now. So how can I fix this in my whole DB without loosing the metadata?

[Lowlander]

This can be done with MediaMonkey 2027, using right click > Edits Tags / Artwork > Artwork > Delete external Artworks if embedded exists.

[warsan]

Now that I know it was wrong in the database, I fixed it myself right there. Thanks for the info, and I think the “Scan file directories for artwork” setting should be disabled by default. It doesn't do what I'd expect, and it ends up causing chaos in the cover display.

Thank you for your help.