02-11-2021, 03:40 AM
I ran into a problem with .PNG cover art embedded in tags of both MP3 and M4A (AAC) files.
Browsing the library by album showed the generic no-cover-art moOde image on a fair number of albums. But looking at the tracks of each of those albums would reveal cover art.
I went through some debugging, including:
- Opening the files in tag editors, making some small change and re-saving (e.g. genre).
- Regenerating the album cover thumbnail cache, clearing the browser cache, and reloading (after regeneration completed).
- Trying on alternative browsers (Vivaldi and Firefox).
I noticed in the Kid3 (Mac) tag editor that each album that was missing cover art had tracks with embedded PNG cover art. When I replaced the PNG cover art with JPG cover art, the problem resolved.
I did do a search to see if this was mentioned elsewhere, but PNG is just so common a term that I was overwhelmed with results, so please excuse me if I am rehashing something already fully explored and explained.
Browsing the library by album showed the generic no-cover-art moOde image on a fair number of albums. But looking at the tracks of each of those albums would reveal cover art.
I went through some debugging, including:
- Opening the files in tag editors, making some small change and re-saving (e.g. genre).
- Regenerating the album cover thumbnail cache, clearing the browser cache, and reloading (after regeneration completed).
- Trying on alternative browsers (Vivaldi and Firefox).
I noticed in the Kid3 (Mac) tag editor that each album that was missing cover art had tracks with embedded PNG cover art. When I replaced the PNG cover art with JPG cover art, the problem resolved.
I did do a search to see if this was mentioned elsewhere, but PNG is just so common a term that I was overwhelmed with results, so please excuse me if I am rehashing something already fully explored and explained.
Cheers,
Miss Sissy Princess
Miss Sissy Princess
