Good day, everyone!
RE: adding an album cover when none is visible in the cover modal, i.e. it is blank —
What is the expected default behaviour upon executing the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+A"? Should the Windows default file manager open the relevant album folder?
Mp3tag v3.33
Windows 10
What did you expect?
It should open in the relevant folder.
What do you consider to be the relevant folder?
Without a specific folder name for pictures, the folder of the currently selected file(s) gets opened.
See also the Options>Directories
It should open in the relevant folder. It does not, hence the question.
This I expected, but it does not.
So, what are your settings in Options>Directories?
How exactly would you define "relevant" in your words?
Currently, it opens the folder for the track you have selected, AFAIK.
The folder relevant to the selected track.
Yes.
So, what are your settings in Options>Directories?
Note: I have recently changed the "Favourite Directory" though. Could that have any bearing on the perceived problem?
Leave the field for Cover art directory empty.
(Which is what I meant with
You still have not said which folder you consider "relevant" for a particular file.
MP3tag cannot guess where a picture for a file may be hidden.
The intended behaviour to add covers is described in the documentation:
The parent folder that applies, based on the path where the file or track is located.
You could address that either with %_parent_directory% or .. as Cover art directory.
Thank you. I am applying %_parent_directory%, but for some reason, it does not apply consistently to the applicable track directory/folder. I am now testing and considering other options — as per said documentation.
Sidenote: Could the regular cleanup of the Mp3tag Library perhaps have any bearing on this event?
What do you mean by "Regular cleanup of the Mp3Tag library"?
Could you show us real examples, preferably with screenshots where you do not get the folder that you expected?
There can only be 1 parent directory. If you select files from several different folders, then only one of the parent folders is opened.
It first tries to load the folder that's configured as Cover art directory at Options ▸ Directories.
If this is empty or can't be resolved to a valid folder, it tries to find a file with one of the supported file extensions (jpg, jpeg, png, or webp) in the selected file's directory.
If no file is found, it opens the current working directory.
Thank you @Florian, I will go forward on that.
