LG 55LA6900 "Smart" TV does not display Folder Art
Greetings!
I would like to see Folder Art when browsing my library, especially Music since albums are organized as folders.
Server is a Windows 7 PC with Mezzmo.
Client is an LG 55LA6900 "Smart" TV (2013 model that Mezzmo supports). It has the LG "Smartshare" feature.
Everything is working fine (I am still in setup/shakedown/learning mode) except that the Folders containing a music album's tracks appear on the TV screen as generic Windows folder icons, not the preferred album/folder art.
a) The individual tracks do have the appropriate album art on the TV.
b) On the PC using the Mezzmo GUI the folders/albums do have the appropriate album art.
I have checked the Mezzmo Device settings and Folder Art is enabled. I have also checked that the Metadata Retrieval options has all sources checked "On".
I have read that some DLNA clients do not support Folder Art (why, oh why....?). Do the 2013 LG "Smart" TVs' (Smartshare) as DLNA clients support Folder Art?
If so how do I enable it?
Thank you!
(I apologize if this has already been addressed but I did not find it)
Issue Resolution - LG 55LA6900 Smart TV DLNA Client App needs improving.
Mezzmo Tech support spent some time working with me on this issue.
As it turns out the LG 55LA6900 Smart TV DLNA Client App is not very smart or sophisticated.
It does not accept/display user created playlists as well as many of the Mezzmo playlists in the category menus (Videos, Photos, Music) but does display the artwork.
If the "Linked Device"/Mezzmo menu option is used it will display the user created playlists and the Mezzmo playlists but the icons for all of them is a generic "folder" icon - in other words the artwork provided by the Mezzmo Server is ignored.
Until a better Client App is available for the LG 55LA6900 (and other 2013 LG models) this will probably be the case regardless of what media server app is used.
Now that the issue is identified I will simply use the "Linked Device"/Mezzmo menu option. I like the Mezzmo Server GUI and its ease of use in creating playlists and organizing media files/folders. I just won't get all the pretty pictures. :eek:
Many thanks to Paul and the Mezzmo tech support team.
Muad Dib