thats great worked like a charm
now for the next trick - its currently displaying the album art if there is a folder.jpg image in the directory - which works fine but I also need it to detect for folder.png and then if neither of those are detected it needs to display my no cover art in a specific location data\misc images\nocover.png
would really appreciate some help - my config is almost perfectly the way i want it...
$drawrect(,,,,brushcolor-70-115-170 pencolor-null)
$imageabs(0,0,data\misc images\test8.png,)
$padding(85,5)
$imageabs2(75,75,,,,,3,3,$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg),)
$padding(4,1)
$font(calibri bold,24,bold,255-255-255)
$font(,,bold glow-12-38-58 glowexpand-1,)%album artist%
$char(10)
$font(calibri bold,12,,255-255-255)
$font(,,bold glow-12-38-58 glowexpand-1,)
%album% [- CD %discnumber%][ / %totaldiscs%]
$char(10)
$font(CubicFive12,6,nocleartype,245-245-245)
[%date% | ][%genre%]
//image layovers
$imageabs($sub(%_width%,140),0,data\misc images\refl.png,)