Album art not available

[Charles_Snider (Chas Sniding)]

Roon Core Machine

Linux, i3, 16GB

Networking Gear & Setup Details

Connected Audio Devices

Number of Tracks in Library

A lot

Description of Issue

I just added three CDs that Roon does not recognize. The album.jpg file in the respective music folders does not appear.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@Charles_Snider

album.jpg

I think it must be cover.jpg or folder.jpg, not sure if album.jpg is expected to work

[Geoff_Coupe]

@CrystalGipsy answered you in your other thread…

Can I get Roon to find missing album art?

Roons default method is to first get artwork and extra data from its metadata services. It first needs to match the album to one in its sources, this relies on ensuring your naming and metadata to be correct in the files and folders. If for a reason the album metadata can’t be matched because it’s wrong or it’s just not in Roons metadatas services then Roon will mark the album as unidentified and you won’t get any extra metadata or artwork and it will fall to using embedded artwork. Check t…

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@CrystalGipsy

Not sure it looks for separate artwork files in the folders only emebedded artwork but I think they should be labelled as cover.jpg or folder.jpg this is what most apps expect to look for not album.jpg

It definitely does look for image files in the folder, but not album.jpg:

Has Liner Notes?

front or cover back liner or booklet Those should all be good, according to the spec I wrote almost exactly 2 years ago PDF we will just pick up if they’re stored next to your files. And I believe “Has Additional Images” just means we found something that’s not front cover. If you find sensible naming not listed above, feel free to let us know, John. Thanks!