[SoBayJake]

When listening to a Podcast or a song, the album art shows as a small image. I can press the Select button a couple times to see it, but it only stays up for a few seconds.

Is there a way to keep it up on the screen full size?

It's not a huge deal, I'd just rather see that than the name, etc. And when listening to a podcast with multiple embedded image, it would be nicer.

[Randman]

Not with embedded Podcasts.

[SoBayJake]

What about with regular songs? Even that only last for a few seconds, then goes back to the small image, title, album, and progress bar.

[Randman]

On an iPod? No.

[SoBayJake]

I found it! Thanks to the Applie Discussion Board...here's how you do it....

Originally Posted by Miguel Bennasar

In the screen before the one you want permanently, then press the middle button, while pressing it, press the menu button, release the middle button, and then release the menu button. Timing is important, so you can try it several times. After it is done, it will go to the menu and then when you select the now playing option, it will display the screen permanently.

To get back to normal, just press the enter button (middle one) a couple of times.

Sounds more complicated than it really is !..

Miguel

Note: From that point on, it will ALWAYS display album art. You no longer see the progrss bar, title, etc. For both music and podcasts. To get back to the progress bar, etc. hit "Select" several times. Then follow the directions again to re-enable the feature.

-Jake

[SoBayJake]

Well, I'm glad to report, with the new 5G (video capable) iPods out, they will display album art forever, without doing the above tricks. Just go to album art during a song (by using the center button), and it stays.

If a song w/o art is playing, it will just stay white. So it might not be the best way to handle it, but I'm ok with it, since most of my music has art along with it.

-Jake

[analogika]

That's brilliant - I didn't know that was possible!

Thanks!

[ghporter]

My Photo iPod has shown album art the whole time it plays a song from the very begining...

[analogika]

Originally Posted by ghporter

My Photo iPod has shown album art the whole time it plays a song from the very begining...

full-screen or just the miniature at the left of the screen?

[ghporter]

Just the miniature, and I just noticed that it doesn't stay on for all the songs, even from a single album. I must not be paying attention to the display as much as to the music.

Do any podcasts have "album art?" The two I'm currently following (Stardate and Science Friday-I know, pretty geeky) don't.

[Randman]

Some Podcasts do. Depends on if the Podcaster adds any to the ID3 tags before publishing.

[SoBayJake]

Originally Posted by ghporter

Just the miniature, and I just noticed that it doesn't stay on for all the songs, even from a single album. I must not be paying attention to the display as much as to the music.

Right, the miniature was always displayed before. But not, the large version (the one you get if you hit "Select" (center button) a few times, will stay up until you hit the button again to make it go away.

-J

[SoBayJake]

Originally Posted by ghporter

Just the miniature, and I just noticed that it doesn't stay on for all the songs, even from a single album. I must not be paying attention to the display as much as to the music.

Right, the miniature was always displayed before. But not, the large version (the one you get if you hit "Select" (center button) a few times, will stay up until you hit the button again to make it go away.

-J

[siMac]

Doesn't seem to work on my nano... Fingers crossed for this to be enabled in a future firmware update

[siMac]

Doesn't seem to work on my nano... Fingers crossed for this to be enabled in a future firmware update.