Yeah, but also so printing covers later doesn't bite.
2007-05-06 12632, 2007
Dhraakellian
I've never done such things, but I'd guess that you'd want to take the DPI multiplied by the size of the cover
2007-05-06 12617, 2007
ajh
I'm assuming there's a spec, considering you don't want to bloat too much.
2007-05-06 12655, 2007
Aankhen``
There isn't a spec for it, AFAIK.
2007-05-06 12659, 2007
Aankhen``
It's arbitrary.
2007-05-06 12613, 2007
ajh
I'm looking for some kind of guideline.
2007-05-06 12624, 2007
Aankhen``
Depends on how much space you have to spare.
2007-05-06 12651, 2007
Aankhen``
Even 300 DPI is about the average if you don't mind adding 1–10 MB to each file.
2007-05-06 12656, 2007
ajh
Sigh,. I'll go look at what the itunes store does.
2007-05-06 12604, 2007
Aankhen``
Heh, have fun.
2007-05-06 12640, 2007
Aankhen``
By the way, it's generally a good idea to have a single image (or multiple images, if you don't mind the additional effort) in the album folder instead of embedding the images in the file.
2007-05-06 12646, 2007
ajh
500x500
2007-05-06 12605, 2007
ajh
That assumes the various devices support that.
2007-05-06 12613, 2007
Aankhen``
Aye.
2007-05-06 12620, 2007
Aankhen``
I only have foobar2000 to worry about. =)
2007-05-06 12627, 2007
ajh
I just found out the reason my car wasn't displaying some info was it only does v1 tags.
2007-05-06 12631, 2007
Aankhen``
Ouch.
2007-05-06 12646, 2007
ajh
Now everyting is re-tagged but now of course it's in the wrong format.
2007-05-06 12653, 2007
Aankhen``
That sucks.
2007-05-06 12606, 2007
ajh
I'm curious to see what happens if I try to plug in the ipod filled with apple lossless.
2007-05-06 12645, 2007
Aankhen``
Well, logically, it ought to be easier since a lossless codec doesn't take much effort to decode... but then logic has nothing to do with it.
2007-05-06 12635, 2007
ajh
depends what it's doing, if it's using the ipod as a flash drive as I suspect....
2007-05-06 12616, 2007
ajh
ok, 500x500 looks good and only adds 50K
2007-05-06 12648, 2007
ajh
ahhh, ok what iTunes does now is if it downloads/finds a file it uses it, but if you copy it on then it embeds it.
2007-05-06 12629, 2007
ajh
now I just wish i could find my big stash of cover inserts.
2007-05-06 12628, 2007
ajh
is scanning all my own artwork a sign of cpd?
2007-05-06 12634, 2007
Aankhen``
CPD?
2007-05-06 12638, 2007
ajh
er, obcomp. :)
2007-05-06 12644, 2007
Aankhen``
Ah.
2007-05-06 12647, 2007
Aankhen``
Nah, it's just being particular.
2007-05-06 12605, 2007
Aankhen``
I was going to do that, but it seemed like too much work even for me... mostly because I wasn't satisfied with the results I got.
2007-05-06 12652, 2007
ajh
The filename isn't relevant right, I could name it after the album or something?
2007-05-06 12611, 2007
Aankhen``
Sure.
2007-05-06 12622, 2007
Aankhen``
If you're going to embed it, there's no need to worry about the filename. :-)
2007-05-06 12631, 2007
ajh
Well I'm doing both.
2007-05-06 12606, 2007
Aankhen``
Ah.
2007-05-06 12607, 2007
ajh
Might as well have some way to tell them from the downloaded ones.
2007-05-06 12610, 2007
Aankhen``
Then I suggest calling it folder.jpg
2007-05-06 12625, 2007
ajh
why?
2007-05-06 12642, 2007
Aankhen``
A lot of apps pick that up automatically.
2007-05-06 12607, 2007
ajh
hrm, I can always symlink to that if I find I need it.
2007-05-06 12623, 2007
Aankhen``
(Yes, it doesn't matter if you already have it embedded and the app sees it, but then there's no point in having a seperate file anyway.)
2007-05-06 12655, 2007
ajh
Yeah, still a convenient place to store the scan.
2007-05-06 12602, 2007
Aankhen``
Kewl.
2007-05-06 12640, 2007
ajh
Does the database have a place to submit art to?
2007-05-06 12637, 2007
Aankhen``
Not that I know of. I believe it gets album art from Amazon.
