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Melco N1A: AIFF Transfers and Cover Art

Being mainly a LP listener but with 600+ CD’s I have decided finally get in to the server/player game. I’ve decided on two poss. systems with one having a Melco N1A as a server. I’ve read the manual but can’t get a handle on the following....

All my audio files are on a Mac in iTunes, AIFF format. The cover art was all manually dragged/pasted into the iTunes "Artwork" tab of the "album" after all the tracks were copied. Upon transferring these files to a Melco will the cover art be kept or lost? If lost, how do you get it back?

Thanks.
gerardff
hgeifman
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Please see more info from Doug's Scripts:

Save Album Art as folder.jpg v3.6

OS X 10.10 or later only. This script will export the artwork of the selected tracks or tracks in the selected playlist as a JPEG image file named folder.jpg to the folder which contains each selected track's file--presumably the track's Album folder.  Many third-party music players and systems (Sonos, for example) may look for a "folder.jpg" here to use as display artwork.  If multiple album tracks are selected, the script will make sure only one image file per Album is exported.
hgeifman
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I found this on the Melco web site.  It might help you transfer your albums and cover art.  Please see:

http://hifipig.com/melco-adds-direct-cd-import-to-n1-music-libraries/

gerardff OP
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Thanks for the reply, there's a lot to digest. 

Album art is in a sep. folder from the music files but within iTunes folder. The file names are just letters, numbers and not viewable. 

I believe that Melco uses their own software (Linux based) for importing files built in to the OS and is menu driven. Their manual is pretty simplified and they spend more time talking about importing from a CD than anything else. they do mention drag and drop of files from computer to the Melco over the network but it's so simplified I figure they must be leaving things out. Also, you can use a USB HDD as an import source as well. 

On the third question re: how Melco handles cover art, I  don't have a real clue. There's mention of it re: FLAC files and a blurb re: cover art transferable but I'm not sure in what context they refer.

I have seen mention recently of the "dougscripts" for cover art retrieval. Thanks for the tip. Sine I don't own a server/player system as yet I can only guess at what will/won't work. I am hoping for a Melco owner reply!


hgeifman
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gerardff, I strongly suggest you call Melco and asked them how to transfer your MAC albums to your Melco server.   The questions I asked above should be helpful in determining how to transfer your albums to include their album cover art data to your Melco server.

I had the same problems you are having with transferring my MAC albums to my Aurender server including the album cover art.   My retailer was unable to help and so I had to contact Aurender Customer Support for the instructions to complete the transfer.  

I am hoping my outline above of these steps helps you better understand the transfer process.   It would be very helpful if these server companies would provide the tools necessary for the transfer but I doubt this is going to happen.  Doug's Scripts saved the day since this programs takes the cover art hidden in the MAC file structure and copies the cover art files to the correct location with your albums so the entire files can be copied to your Melco server.  
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