Bug 357634

Summary:	Cover Art does not update while playing
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	sedrubal <kde>
Component:	Context View/Current Track	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.8.0
Target Milestone:	2.9
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description sedrubal 2016-01-06 21:49:45 UTC

The cover art of the current track will not be updated in the "Current Track" view.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Edit the tags of the current track so that the cover manager can find a cover to the song 


Actual Results:  
All tags will be updated in the "current track" view but not the album cover

Expected Results:  
all tags, also the album cover should be updated

Comment 1 sedrubal 2016-01-06 21:56:11 UTC

Oh, now it worked... It seems that this only happens sometimes (but it seems not update more often than it updates....)

Comment 2 Myriam Schweingruber 2016-01-07 12:56:03 UTC

Did you set Amarok to update Album art automatically in the settings? Do you rely on album art stored in the Music folder or on embedded cover art?

Comment 3 sedrubal 2016-01-08 00:57:32 UTC

I selected "Write covers to file, maximum size: Huge 1600px" and covers are searched automatically, but I don't know where I can find this setting.

And I know that a cover was found, because it appears in the playlist...

Comment 4 Myriam Schweingruber 2016-01-11 17:23:50 UTC

Thank you for the information.

Comment 5 sedrubal 2016-01-12 04:05:57 UTC

Mh I couldn't find out more, sorry... Maybe someone can review the code and then close this, if there is no obvious bug... :)

Comment 6 sedrubal 2016-01-13 01:07:16 UTC

Mh maybe it works if the album cover is already downloaded for another song or if the album to which the new cover belongs is also present... But I couldn't verify this...

Comment 7 sedrubal 2016-02-13 04:52:08 UTC

Amarok does also not inform dbus about this change. Maybe this is the mistake...

Interesting is, that sometimes (or always?) the album cover for the track appears in the playlist (on the right side)

Comment 8 Myriam Schweingruber 2016-02-13 13:54:09 UTC

(In reply to sederic from comment #6)
> Mh maybe it works if the album cover is already downloaded for another song
> or if the album to which the new cover belongs is also present... But I
> couldn't verify this...

I can confirm that this works when the cover art is already known. The problem with retrieving cover art from the web is that most sources we had for the covers have closed down or changed their conditions and made automatic retrieval of cover art very difficult. Most of the time their reason is copyrights ... I fear there is really not very much we can do about this.

Comment 9 sedrubal 2016-02-13 16:05:51 UTC

Mh retreiving the covers seems to work, because in the track details (where you can edit the metadata) it will be displayed, but in the "Current Track" in the middle it won't be updated when this song is currenty playing...