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author | Marianne Arnold <pixelma@rockbox.org> | 2012-05-19 17:41:11 +0200 |
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committer | Marianne Arnold <pixelma@rockbox.org> | 2012-05-20 17:58:06 +0200 |
commit | cf90958e940226cd5d0d78b40bc0d8b612b67a41 (patch) | |
tree | 220b3f44a1228416f5ace720438535a30433fc84 /manual | |
parent | 6c0a1cb223f4e953a6f1fe74591f70b205289615 (diff) |
Manual: Pull general album art info out of the theme tags section.
Make this info available for all bitmap targets, also ones that only need it
in the pictureflow description. Shuffle some lines around so that it doesn't
need too many opts. Fixes FS#11350.
Change-Id: I5268483c7a1d765c8a994614442309b05de1d832
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
-rw-r--r-- | manual/appendix/album_art_info.tex | 51 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | manual/appendix/appendix.tex | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex | 48 |
3 files changed, 55 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/manual/appendix/album_art_info.tex b/manual/appendix/album_art_info.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0e8f692e3d --- /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 a7f18d12df..39a1f603e1 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 549d394258..a4f5f54e68 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}{ |