Completed Animated on-album-page art!

[stateofjace 4]

Okok!! So...We now have a pubic source for animated music album art. 

https://covers.musichoarders.xyz/ This is the link to the place in question

I was wondering if we could get it added as a feature? Just for when you're on the page though! Kinda like Apple Music...I've been searching for a self streaming platform similar to what Spotify and Apple Music have...

 

[Luke 42077]

HI, this has already been added for the upcoming 4.8 server release, so stay tuned for that.

[beckfield 173]

On 1/23/2024 at 8:44 PM, Luke said:

HI, this has already been added for the upcoming 4.8 server release, so stay tuned for that.

I have the 4.8 beta server.  Where do I find this?  I'd like to try it out.

[Luke 42077]

32 minutes ago, beckfield said:

I have the 4.8 beta server.  Where do I find this?  I'd like to try it out.

Just make a movie image animated

[stateofjace 4]

under 4.8 there is no option for mp4 support. is it gif-only support?

[Luke 42077]

15 minutes ago, stateofjace said:

under 4.8 there is no option for mp4 support. is it gif-only support?

Yes.

[HouseOfCards 95]

I'm confused.  I can add animated covers to a music album?

[Luke 42077]

13 hours ago, HouseOfCards said:

I'm confused.  I can add animated covers to a music album?

You can make the main primary image an animated gif.

[HouseOfCards 95]

21 hours ago, Luke said:

You can make the main primary image an animated gif.

I don't see how.  I go to the music album, select add, and .gif is not a supported file type.  If I select all files, and select the .gif, nothing happens.

 

 

 

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, HouseOfCards said:

I don't see how.  I go to the music album, select add, and .gif is not a supported file type.  If I select all files, and select the .gif, nothing happens.

 

 

 

You could try replacing your current image in the folder manually in the file system and then run a library scan.

[HouseOfCards 95]

This works, awesome!

A question, and suggestion while I'm here...  Is this broken, that I can't upload the .gif in the UI?

And the suggestion would be to add another image type to the "manage images" section.  Call it whatever...  "Now Playing Image" or something.  And let the media players (like my Apple TV's) use this image in Now Playing screens if one is specified.  So your library shows the static image, but when it's playing it shows the alternate image (like an animated .gif).  That would be a nice touch, instead of the animated equalizer thing we now have in the corner.

Have a good day.

[amddzz 6]

Hi, is it device specific? Ive managed to upload a few gif album art but when using emby nothing is "animated" and its just a static image

[Luke 42077]

3 minutes ago, amddzz said:

Hi, is it device specific? Ive managed to upload a few gif album art but when using emby nothing is "animated" and its just a static image

What device and Emby app?

[amddzz 6]

1 minute ago, Luke said:

What device and Emby app?

Yeah all emby app. Ive tried iOS, web and fire tv version

[amddzz 6]

9 minutes ago, Luke said:

What device and Emby app?

Ahh. ok I figured it out. I uploaded all the gif art via the web interface but emby converted it to png. Going into the metadata folder and replacing the images with gif worked!