So I made a new action, chose "export cover to file", and tried two separate format strings for filenames. E:\MP3s\Albums%album% (but I'm sure I made a huge mistake, I'm new to this kind of thing), and $validate($trim(%BAND%) - $trim(%ALBUM%),) from this . But no matter what I do, I can't seem to get…

[image] GawdAwful: E:\MP3s\Albums Try as Format string: E:\Albums\%album% You have set to export only the front covers. Looking at the extended tags dialogue, I see the only cover not to be a front cover but to be of the type "Other". Do not tick the option to restrict the cover type to i…

That thread from 2007 is not up-to-date. %band% is now called %albumartist% Much better is a thread from the HowTos (or FAQs): [image] How to export cover art to directory structure Howto A user on Twitter asks I want to export my whole library CD covers to a folder in…

I noticed that one as well, I attempted a direct copy paste of the string, obviously with directory differences, but still no success. I've also been wandering through placeholder formats and the actions documentation . But for the life of me, nothing works. ID3v2.4 is fine? Or is there some other pl…

[image] GawdAwful: ID3v2.4 is fine That should not make the difference. Could you show us screenshots of the extended tags dialogue Alt-T, the action, a description of which filename you intend to get and which one you actually got. And also, make sure that you actually have embedded covers…

Applying the %_covers% PRESENT filter all my files still show. I can show screenshots, but my point is I have yet to even get one extracted cover at all, I sadly haven't got anything from any string that I've found or edited. I would like to get them all in my E:\MP3s\Albums folder as jpgs with the…

wow, thank you so much. Much appreciated. I'll spend my time figuring out the specifics, just saved me so much headache.

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ohrenkino September 16, 2024, 6:15pm 2

That thread from 2007 is not up-to-date.
%band% is now called %albumartist%

Much better is a thread from the HowTos (or FAQs):