Embedded cover arts are not displayed for songs with <no album> tag (related to #819)

[Alexey104]

• Vanilla Music Version (Settings -> About): 1.3.2 Released 10. Jan. 2024
• Android Version: 11 (LineageOS 18.1)
• Phone vendor / model: Redmi Note 5 Pro (Whyred)
• Application was downloaded from (use [x]):
  • [ ] Play Store
  • [X] F-Droid
  • [ ] Other (Nightly Build)
• Did this work in a previous version?
  • [ ] Yes
  • [ ] No
  • [X] NA / Don't know.

Description

Hello! I saw #819, which has to be fixed according to the last post, but I still don't see cover arts for files having no album tag. I use metaflac and mid3v2 tools on a desktop machine for tagging my flacs and mp3 respectively, and any desktop or Android music player can display embedded covers for those files without issues. Vanilla does also display them, but only if a file has a non-empty album tag. Otherwise, just the default picture is shown. Full rescan with flushing the database doesn't help.

I would appreciate any suggestions on how to solve this.

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[Alexey104]

OK, after rereading #819 I realized that that was a different issue related to #208, and what I am describing is actually the intended behavior, not a bug. It just looks like a bug if you don't know the context. It seems that the only workaround is to edit the Album tag for files that have it empty. I just have many singles not belonging to any album, but having embedded cover arts which are not displayed by Vanilla, that confused me.

Well, because my issue is not technically a bug, I guess I should close it. Sorry for spamming.