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diff --git a/manual/appendix/album_art_info.tex b/manual/appendix/album_art_info.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e8f692 --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/appendix/album_art_info.tex @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +\chapter{\label{ref:album_art}Album Art} +Rockbox allows you to put the album art, or another image related to the music +on your \dap{} to display it in the PictureFlow plugin\opt{albumart}{ or in the +theme}. For this feature to work, there are a few requirements. + +\section{Limitations} + +\opt{albumart}{% + Rockbox supports embedded album art only for some specific formats, see + \reference{ref:featureset_for_generic_metadata_tags} for full details. It additionally + supports loading images located on the \disk{}. PictureFlow is currently unable to + use embedded album art. +}% +\nopt{albumart}{% + Rockbox currently only supports loading images located on the + \disk{} for use in PictureFlow. +}% +The image files must be in either BMP or JPEG format\opt{albumart}{, while embedded +album art is currently limited to JPEG. Embedded JPEG images must not be +unsynchronized}. Rockbox does not support RLE-compressed BMP files, nor does it +support progressive and multi-scan JPEG files. +JPEG files must consist of a single scan with interleaved components, +as progessive and multi-scan images require much more memory to decode. + +\section{Where to put album art} + +The pictures can be named a number of different ways, and placed to a number of +different locations. You can have pictures specific to the file or the album +or use a generic picture. You can place the picture in the same directory +as the file, in the parent directory or in a fixed directory named +\fname{/.rockbox/albumart/}. The order Rockbox uses when looking for a picture +is as follows (a list in braces means that those file extensions are tried in +that order): + +\begin{enumerate} +\item embedded (JPEG images in ID3v2 or MP4 tags only) +\item \fname{./filename.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} +\item \fname{./albumtitle.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} +\item \fname{./cover.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} +\item \fname{./folder.jpg} +\item \fname{/.rockbox/albumart/albumartist-albumtitle.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} +\item \fname{../albumtitle.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} +\item \fname{../cover.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} +\end{enumerate} + +The following characters will be replaced with an underscore (\_) when looking +for albumtitle.bmp or albumartist-albumtitle.bmp: \textbackslash{} / : < +> ? * |. Doublequotes will be replaced by single quotes. +If no album artist is set, artist will be used instead. See \wikilink{AlbumArt} +in the wiki for programs that will help you automate the process of putting +album art on your \dap{}. diff --git a/manual/appendix/appendix.tex b/manual/appendix/appendix.tex index a7f18d1..39a1f60 100644 --- a/manual/appendix/appendix.tex +++ b/manual/appendix/appendix.tex @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ \input{appendix/file_formats.tex} +\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{appendix/album_art_info.tex}} + \input{appendix/wps_tags.tex} \input{appendix/config_file_options.tex} diff --git a/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex b/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex index 549d394..a4f5f54 100644 --- a/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex +++ b/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex @@ -428,52 +428,6 @@ with image ID ``M'', and then reference the individual sub-images in a condition } \opt{albumart}{ -\section{\label{ref:album_art}Album Art} -Rockbox allows you to put the album art, or another image related to the music -on your \dap{} to display it in the PictureFlow plugin\opt{albumart}{ or in the -theme}. For this feature to work, there are a few requirements. - -\subsection{Limitations} - -Rockbox supports embedded album art only for some specific formats, see -\reference{ref:featureset_for_generic_metadata_tags} for full details. It additionally supports -loading images located on the \disk{}. -The image files must be in either BMP or JPEG format, while embedded album art -is currently limited to JPEG. Rockbox does not support -RLE-compressed BMP files, nor does it support progressive and multi-scan -JPEG files. Embedded JPEG images must not be unsynchronized. -JPEG files must consist of a single scan with interleaved components, -as progessive and multi-scan images require much more memory to decode. -Pictureflow does not currently support embedded album art. - -\subsection{Where to put album art} - -The pictures can be named a number of different ways, and placed to a number of -different locations. You can have pictures specific to the file or the album -or use a generic picture. You can place the picture in the same directory -as the file, in the parent directory or in a fixed directory named -\fname{/.rockbox/albumart/}. The order Rockbox uses when looking for a picture -is as follows (a list in braces means that those file extensions are tried in -that order): - -\begin{enumerate} -\item embedded (JPEG images in ID3v2 or MP4 tags only) -\item \fname{./filename.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} -\item \fname{./albumtitle.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} -\item \fname{./cover.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} -\item \fname{./folder.jpg} -\item \fname{/.rockbox/albumart/albumartist-albumtitle.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} -\item \fname{../albumtitle.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} -\item \fname{../cover.\{jpeg,jpg,bmp\}} -\end{enumerate} - -The following characters will be replaced with an underscore (\_) when looking -for albumtitle.bmp or albumartist-albumtitle.bmp: \textbackslash{} / : < -> ? * |. Doublequotes will be replaced by single quotes. -If no album artist is set, artist will be used instead. See \wikilink{AlbumArt} -in the wiki for programs that will help you automate the process of putting -album art on your \dap{}. - \subsection{How to display the album art} Once the album art files are present on your \dap, they can be displayed as @@ -507,6 +461,8 @@ Examples: corner:\\ \config{\%Cl(0,20,100,100,r,b)} \end{enumerate} + +For general information where to put album art see \reference{ref:album_art}. } \opt{radio}{ |