And thank you for the update!

btw, I have no idea why it took so long for Google to approve build 1070 (it seemed to take about 5 days, whereas it's normally 1-2).

-Rusty

I have just received the update and all album art issues have been fixed.
Also the lockscreen widget is now showing every time!

Thanks for the fixes.

Me too. I have not seen 1070 as of now?

rusty wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:52 pm linkinsoldier,

build 1070 fixes the album art issue that was associated with your debug log. Can you let it know if it works for you?

Thanks!

-Rusty

Thanks Rusty for the feedback. i didnt get the update yet myself but will test and report back as soon as i get the update.

It's been over 12 hours since you posted this? Is version 1070 still waiting for a server refresh?

linkinsoldier,

build 1070 fixes the album art issue that was associated with your debug log. Can you let it know if it works for you?

Thanks!

-Rusty

I'd recommend deleting the files from your device. Then in MMW5 check that the correct Artwork is shown as first Artwork in each of these files and then Sync them with MMW5 to the device. Does that work?

If not, are the 5 files on Albums? If so, do other files on the same Albums work in MMA?

Note that MMA only uses 1 Artwork per Album.

As stated above: this is exactly what i did and it still raises the issue on 5 albums!

Linkinsoldier wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:52 am How should we proceed?

[Maybe too simplistic...] But, @Lowlander's comment is absolutely true. Having the image in the music file avoids all kinds of issues with a "single image" in the album folder and then "linking to it".

How should we proceed?

TheEmpathicEar wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:16 pmDoes this mean that storing the artwork in the music file is taking [a bit] more space?

Yes, as the same images is stored in each file instead of once per Album. However generally embedded Artwork works more reliably as the media file has no direct link to the externally saved Artwork file.

Linkinsoldier wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:04 pm Nope, the cover is really stored in the music file and synced correctly and can be displayed by all orher apps i use (e.g. VLC). It is an issue in mma 2.0! I really take a lot of care that all my files have album art and are tagged correctly.

I use an s10e with android 12.

Does this mean that storing the artwork in the music file is taking [a bit] more space? [Compare with one image for all the music files in that folder/album/whatever?]

Nope, the cover is really stored in the music file and synced correctly and can be displayed by all orher apps i use (e.g. VLC). It is an issue in mma 2.0! I really take a lot of care that all my files have album art and are tagged correctly.

I use an s10e with android 12.

linkinsoldier,

Thanks for the images/clarification. To answer:

1) I fixed the link

2) I suspect that the issue is that the 'missing' artwork is cached in MMW and looked up in MMA. To elaborate/clarify:
- In MMW, does '...And Justice for all' have a "diskette" on the artwork (in order to save it)? If so, it means that the artwork was looked up but never saved (which is why it wasn't synced) (aside: this could also explain why the addon that Zonky mentioned would help--because it probably saves all cached artwork).
- In MMA, is it configured to lookup the artwork of the currently playing track (but not save it)? That would explain why it appears in the player.

3) In recent versions of Android, the lock screen player is generated and controlled by the system. What version of Android are you using?

5) Yes, MM4 should be able to sync with MMA2 as in the past.

Thanks!

-Rusty

Me too have some issues with album arts that are well in MMW, but not in MMA.

There is an addon for MMW5 that fixes album art issues automatically. Most of the time, if not always, this addon cures all issues in bulk mode and afterwards, after a new sync to MMA, the art is OK on Android, too.