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Nordstrodamus
02-03-2008, 04:52 PM
So I'm not sure if I dreamt this, but I could swear that when I first tried Front Row under leopard it was showing the movie posters for the movies I have converted from DVD as I moved down my list of titles. Now it just shows the preview movies (which suck). Is there some trick to get it to show the movie posters?

Edit in- Ok, I double checked and it would appear that the movies that are in my iTunes show their posters, but those in my movie folder do not. Still, I like the ability to put them in folders, so I would like a way to get the posters showing up for my movies in my movie folder.
gordy
02-04-2008, 07:42 AM
Sure, you need to add the artwork to your movie in iTunes, just like you would for a song. Then, it should be viewable in FrontRow.
OSXaddict
02-04-2008, 08:17 AM
There is a program that does this called MetaX (http://www.kerstetter.net/page53/page54/page54.html)

Works great!
Nordstrodamus
02-04-2008, 11:01 PM
Sure, you need to add the artwork to your movie in iTunes, just like you would for a song. Then, it should be viewable in FrontRow.

I did add the artwork in iTunes. Then I removed the file from iTunes so that it doesn't clog my Front Row list and I put the metatagged movie files in a folder in my movie folder, so I can keep them organized. But unless it is in my iTunes library it doesn't show it's poster as the preview.
tonton
02-04-2008, 11:36 PM
I did add the artwork in iTunes. Then I removed the file from iTunes so that it doesn't clog my Front Row list and I put the metatagged movie files in a folder in my movie folder, so I can keep them organized. But unless it is in my iTunes library it doesn't show it's poster as the preview.

Well these files are meant to be left in iTunes for full functionality... so what do you expect?
tonton
02-04-2008, 11:41 PM
I did add the artwork in iTunes. Then I removed the file from iTunes so that it doesn't clog my Front Row list and I put the metatagged movie files in a folder in my movie folder, so I can keep them organized. But unless it is in my iTunes library it doesn't show it's poster as the preview.

I don't believe the poster image is stored in the file's metadata. I think it's stored in the iTunes library file. I don't think MP4 (M4V) and other video files have a metadata provision for a poster image -- just poster frames taken from some point within the video itself.

Try this. Add the poster art in iTunes, then copy the file to the finder, then remove the file from iTunes, then bring the file back into iTunes from the Finder. The poster image is gone, right?
Nordstrodamus
02-09-2008, 07:44 PM
I don't believe the poster image is stored in the file's metadata. I think it's stored in the iTunes library file. I don't think MP4 (M4V) and other video files have a metadata provision for a poster image -- just poster frames taken from some point within the video itself.

Try this. Add the poster art in iTunes, then copy the file to the finder, then remove the file from iTunes, then bring the file back into iTunes from the Finder. The poster image is gone, right?

Actually, the artwork returns when I do this, that's why I assumed it was adding metadata.
bigdaz11
06-12-2009, 08:13 AM
Actually, the artwork returns when I do this, that's why I assumed it was adding metadata.

I am a new mac user and have this except scenario, did you get a resolution to see posters in movie sub folders not in iTunes?