Automatic Album Art Selection

Giarc · Post by **Giarc** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:38 pm

I find myself constantly switching the Album Art between "Selected" and "Now Playing". I would like to see this handled automatically.

Whenever nothing is currently playing, if I select some album or track the corresponding album art should ALWAYS be shown. If there is something playing in the player, then the art for the currently playing track would normally be displayed. If I happen to browse around and select another item while something is playing, the art for the selected item should be displayed for about 5 seconds, and then the display should go back to the "Now Playing" item automatically. This would be MUCH nicer than switching manually all the time.

gtbuzz · Post by **gtbuzz** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:08 pm

I like this idea. I normally just leave it on selected, because I'm too lazy to switch it. But this would make a nice option

sechs · Post by **sechs** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:24 am

I agree. I recall RealJukebox doing something similar.

mjs93 · Post by **mjs93** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:55 pm

Great idea, would love to see this implemented.

rk · Post by rk » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:14 am

I am also one of those who permanently switches. This solution sounds good.

Balinsky · Post by **Balinsky** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:31 pm

I think this would be a great idea as well I like to see the art of what is playing but it would be very nice for selected art to flash up as well.

Daston · Post by **Daston** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:29 am

DiddeLeeDoo · Post by **DiddeLeeDoo** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:07 pm

+1 more
Great idea!

Giarc · Post by **Giarc** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:57 pm

Hi DiddeLeeDoo - Thanks for bringing this to people's attention again after all these months.

Here's an idea in case the developer's are hesitant to implement this change. It could be an additional option in the Album Art right-click menu. So the menu would have:

Album Art (Selected)
Album Art (Now Playing)
Album Art (Automatic)

That should keep everyone happy

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:12 am

I've agreed to this idea in another thread, but that was a while ago and I can't find it, so I'll add my support to this one as well!