Album Art - selecting which image is displayed

[Skip_Jenkins]

For albums that have multiple images, how do you select which image displays when you’re browsing? I see how to how to scroll through the images when you’re playing the album but not how to choose which image is the “default.” Thanks

[PixelPopper]

I don’t think you can can choose but you can influence using the Valence option to upgrade or vote for the image.

There’s more information here…

https://valence.roonlabs.com/info

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Local files or streaming?

[CrystalGipsy (Resisting the flow!)]

You can edit the album on a tablet or pc using the 3 dot menu and change the artwork to any version you prefer.

[Skip_Jenkins]

Local files

[Ken_Lesniak]

Scroll to the image you want. At the top you should see a link that says something like “image info”. Select that and you’ll see an option for making it the default.

[PixelPopper]

If you are browsing local albums in “my albums” view then Roon will display the album art embedded in the files or folder. If Roon has selected a different version of album art then you can edit the album to correct it…(see screenshot) but if you’re referring to artist artwork then Valence influences the displayed artwork but you have no direct access (afaik)…

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@Skip_Jenkins

Local files

What the other said about the manual editing options is all correct, but I think everyone missed the part about “for albums that have multiple images”.

In this case, you probably have multiple images in the album folder and Roon has rules about which ones it picks and in which order you can scroll through them. The rules are explained somewhat in these threads:

Folder.jpg not being used consistently

We look for image files whose name contains front or cover or folder when determining which images we consider to be the front cover. It will update as soon as we notice the new image files. Some storage configurations may result in this being picked up more quickly than others, but you should always be able to re-scan and have the new art picked up immediately.

Has Liner Notes?

When you have lots of images stored next to your media, we take note of the file names. So, if you have back.jpg, we’ll show that right after the front cover, and you can find the album using the “Has Back Cover” focus. I don’t remember the whole spec, but we do something similar with images like booklet2.jpg, booklet3.jpg, etc. Point being, there is a difference between “Has Liner Notes” and “Has PDF”.

[Matthias_Stuker]

But there are also cases where you have to look for the cover first…

[Skip_Jenkins]

Thanks Ken! That worked! I appreciate the help.

[PixelPopper]

Thanks Ken, another lesson learnt…