Idea #1454: Custom album art In Ryhthmbox

This idea was marked as implemented the 19 August 08. Available starting Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

Done!

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Written by employeeno5 the 29 Feb 08 at 14:47. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: Implemented

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Maybe this belongs solely on Rhythmbox's site but I would like to be able to apply my own album artwork to rather than only having Rhythmbox download it's best guess.
I listen to allot of music that Rhythmbox can't find covers for or that it applies incorrect covers to. It would nice to get consistency but defining my own downloaded art work.

This is my only complaint with Rhythmbox, I otherwise love it's simplicity, functionality and integration with the desktop.

Perhaps there's a way to do this already, but I haven't learned it.

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frandavid100 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 14:51

You can already do this, at least in Hardy. Try dragging an image to the album art space.

employeeno5 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 14:53

Thanks for the advice. It seemed one should be able to do this already, but when searching forums I never had any luck. I'll probably be downgrading my own "idea" now.
Thanks again!

pt123 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:56

Drag n Drop gives RB the edge over the numerous gnome audio managers/players

Johannes Mockenhaupt wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 20:21

Please mark as done, as this is implemented in the hardy version:

rhythmbox (0.11.3-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

* New upstream version:
- Allow drag-and-drop of images to the cover art display
[...]

Source: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/r/rhythmbox/rhythmbox_0.11.4- 0ubuntu6/changelog

wladston wrote on the 13 Mar 08 at 07:52

I didn't know this untill I saw this idea.

I mean - how would one know that it's possible to change the cover art by drag-and-drop ? The way it is right now, it looks more like a hidden feature or an easter egg.

Maybe a text saying "Drag and drop image to change cover art" when the mouse is over it, maybe a button that shows up when the mouse is over the cover art ...

markba wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 07:27

Drag and drop should be additional to a common menu item. In that way, this feature is more obvious and does not resemble a easter egg anymore. I'm not user if there are any guidelines (HIG) for this type of interface.

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