Gonna try and revive this Topic,
since it's always been annoying to me,
and defies the otherwise-fantastic user configuration level of MM.

Please make a 'don't ask me this again' option.

This thread is a year old, I understand that. However, I continue to get a confirmation popup with the album art update. I'm using 4.0.7.1511 and there seems to be no checkbox anywhere to stop this non-stop confirmation of a function that seemed to have been intended to be deprecated or at least optional. Am I missing something here?

[quote="rusty"]Re. elimination of the pop-up dialog, it's not that simple (and MM3 had bugs related to the issue), because the dialog appears differently depending on exactly how artwork is added, so a 'Don't prompt me for this again' dialog couldn't be applied universally.

We've replicated the second issue (confirmation dialog appearing behind firefox) and are tracking it at:
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8394

Thanks.

-Rusty[/quote]
Yes, please add this dialog for not prompting the user again. It's not a big thing to click OK or to choose an option eyerytime...but MM has always been user-optimized. That's why people like me love this program. Just an option/check box for setting the default action when auto-tagging covers to files would be great!

[quote="cajunlibra"]Is there any way that we could force MM4 to NOT create incremental folder.jpg files? I'd rather get asked if I want to override the file. I just found a disk of old tracks that have little information in the tag and so they are all int he same folder. When I tag each file individually, MM4 wants to increment the files.[/quote]

Yes please, I'd like that, too. Either make an option to silently override an existing image file (yet risky) or ask if the file should be overwritten (hasn't it been this way in MM3?).

Is there any way that we could force MM4 to NOT create incremental folder.jpg files? I'd rather get asked if I want to override the file. I just found a disk of old tracks that have little information in the tag and so they are all int he same folder. When I tag each file individually, MM4 wants to increment the files.

I agree. This has been a big peeve of mine for a long time. I tag loads of my artwork as described by qazwsxedcrfvg and that particular prompt is the most annoying.

[quote="qazwsxedcrfvg"]Regarding 'Image type' - I use only 1 image as a cover (front). That would be actually nice to have it as a default option.[/quote]

The same again for me. Yes, the option to set a default image type would be great!!!

[quote="rusty"]the dialog appears differently depending on exactly how artwork is added, so a 'Don't prompt me for this again' dialog couldn't be applied universally.[/quote]

Would it necessarily have to be turned off universally? There could just be a prompt for each situation. Then the user can choose which ones to keep. Especially if this makes it easier to develop than trying to make it universal.

[quote="rusty"]Perhaps in the future we'll figure out a way to avoid it altogether.[/quote]

I sure hope so. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it happen :-)

I've noticed an issue with the confirmation dialog.
Despite having "folder.jpg" set as the filename in my preferences, the dialog shows ".jpg" as the filename. I'm using the most recent version of MM4.


I also miss the ability to disable the popup when tagging from web from MM3.

btw, just reviewing this. As far as I can see, this issue is pretty much resolved. i.e. the confirmation dialog appears, but pressing enter is all that's needed to confirm.

Perhaps in the future we'll figure out a way to avoid it altogether.

-Rusty

rusty,

the most important thing - you are working on it. 'Kaizen' principle should apply ;)

I have updated (or restarted PC - don't remember) and double pop-up is not appearing any more.

qaz,

Don't be sad--we're going to get MM to a good state--it's just taking a little longer than we'd hoped ;-)

Re. the double-pop up--I can't replicate that. Is it still occurring for you or was it a one-time thing?

fyi, 8394 should be fixed in the next build.

-Rusty

I am so sad :cry:
Also because I can't even comprehend how difficult it might be to fix it...

[b]How about at least to bring it to front, so that when it appears it becomes active and it could be closed by pressing Enter?[/b]


Edit:
Great /s
Now I have 2 pop-up windows, after I installed the version ...40.
[url]http://screencast.com/t/TunTdUzKPJf[/url]

Re. elimination of the pop-up dialog, it's not that simple (and MM3 had bugs related to the issue), because the dialog appears differently depending on exactly how artwork is added, so a 'Don't prompt me for this again' dialog couldn't be applied universally.

We've replicated the second issue (confirmation dialog appearing behind firefox) and are tracking it at:
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8394

Thanks.

-Rusty

Here is an example:
I have dragged and dropped a .jpg on an album art. The pop up window is closed by windows explorer which is inactive (I can't move it or hide by clicking on a top of its window).
As you can see there is a pop-up behind it...
[img]http://i54.tinypic.com/ka4ikg.jpg[/img]

I do not know your workflow how you tag them. I have MM maximized and windows explorer or FF browser as a window, so I just drug and drop it to the selected album (often going without the taskbar to bring the MM in front - this causes that pop-up window is hidden behind the windows explorer). Also always to confirm the things where I do not want to change anything is just [b]counter-productive[/b]. It is not about 'is it hard to press OK to confirm?', it is about a smooth usage/experience.

In Options->Library->Tags&Playlists->Artwork Image location and image file name are already selected.
So what is the point?
Regarding 'Image type' - I use only 1 image as a cover (front). That would be actually nice to have it as a default option.
'Apply to all files in the album/series' - I want it to apply to all selected files. That is why I select them (or the album).

[b]So why not to have an option to disable a pop up dialog?[/b]

One of the main features what brought me to MM (and still keeps on it) is the management of [b]album art [/b]([b]drag & drop [/b]as part of it) and an [b]Album Art view[/b].
And since this is one of the most crucial parts for me when using MM, I definitively pay[b] more [color=#008000]attention to detail[/color] in this area [/b]than [b]you guys, who is trying to hold the whole MM and its features working.[/b] [Of course much difference could be attributed to our differences in workflow and habits. ]
And I have just MM crashed 4th time in the last 2 hours when adding album art. Together with other cases (bad cache generating/rendering in MM3 and early MM4beta and some other issues in Art view) this just confirms that you just focus more e.g. on storing information (including album art) but do not focus on user experience (including visual) much.

[quote="qazwsxedcrfvg"] Really. Dunno why it has to be that way. Probably not many people are tagging their music with album art, so they are not bothered by this pop-up dialog. But I am. I like to store all my covers in tags. And this means that it is 80% of music has to be tagged with album art.[/quote]
I don't understand what you're saying. I tag my files with art, I really don't see the problem with this pop up.

Also the reasoning is right at the link you referenced:
[quote]The Add Artwork dialog for 'Art & Details' _must_ always appear, because it has options which probably should never be hidden:
-Choose the image type
-Apply to all files in the Album/Series[/quote]