This happens if someone inserts a flash card or copies a collection from some other music library, such as iTunes. For songs that don't have embedded artwork, various music players store the artwork in a file inside an album's folder. iTunes uses AlbumArtSmall.jpg and Folder.jpg. Other players use cover.ext, album.ext, album art.ext, .folder.ext, or folder.ext (where ext could be png, jpg, or jpeg).
It seems that gallery app shows these files as if they were photos taken with the camera app. For a test case, drop an image called AlbumArtSmall.jpg or cover.jpg into a music album folder somewhere. I believe you'll find that image in the gallery app then. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1445755 Title: Provide a way to hide images from a particular location Status in Canonical System Image: New Status in gallery-app package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in mediascanner2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've put about 30GB of music in my SD card. Some of the music files don't have embedded cover art and their folders contain those cover art images. When I then opened the Gallery app, I noticed I now have thousands of "pictures" imported from the cover art images showing up in my Events and Pictures tabs, cluttering the real pictures I've taken with the camera. Is there a way to tell either mediascanner or the Gallery app to ignore a path and not import/show the images there? E.g. similar to Android, where you can put a .nomedia file in a folder and its images won't show up in the picture viewer. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1445755/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
