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Show artwork in parent folder

Hi guys.
Let's say I have this folder structure

- FOLDER A
- - FOLDER B
- - - Tracks.mp3

So, I want Foobar to take the artwork not from the Folder B, but from its parent folder, folder A. I have Artwork.jpg there.
The only workaround I see is to attach the image to every mp3s in those folders and I don't want to do that. There's another one and it's even worse: copy the Artwork.jpg in every folder.

So, is there a way to trick Foobar into doing this?

Thanks

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #1
File>Preferences>Display>Album art>TYPE

Code: [Select]
..\artwork.jpg

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #2
I use the following to display the cover in sub-folders:

folder.jpg
.\folder.jpg
..\folder.jpg
...\folder.jpg
....\folder.jpg

Just replace folder.jpg with Artwork.jpg

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #3
^That's just plain wrong. First of all, a sub folder is contained within the same folder as the music file so you'd use

Code: [Select]
sub folder\blah.jpg

And increasing the number of periods does nothing. If you want to go further up the folder structure, you'd use

Code: [Select]
..\..\blah.jpg

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #4
ahahaha
So I already tried that, the thing is, I tried it with the other slash ( / )
Thanks guys (is there a way to "overwrite" the artwork that is already in the mp3? I guess I need to delete every one)

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #5
File>Preferences>Advanced>Display>Album art>Embedded art vs external>Prefer external

If you want to remove embedded art, foobar can do it from multiple tracks at once. Just select them all>right click>Tagging>Remove all pictures.

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #6
File>Preferences>Advanced>Display>Album art>Embedded art vs external>Prefer external

If you want to remove embedded art, foobar can do it from multiple tracks at once. Just select them all>right click>Tagging>Remove all pictures.

thanks so much, i love you marc i'll give you my babies next time i see you around

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #7
My folder structure is like this:


If I enter
Quote
sub folder\folder.jpg
or
Quote
..\..\folder.jpg
foobar does not display any artwork.
If I enter
Quote
..\folder.jpg
foobar displays the artwork.

Then explain to me why my
Quote
..\folder.jpg
work but the code you posted does not work for me?

 

Re: Show artwork in parent folder

Reply #8
for ..\..\folder.jpg to work there obviously must be a folder.jpg existing in the grandparent folder. If there ain't one it won't do anything...