Contents

• What File Info shows
• Cover art
• Adding cover art for a whole folder
• Adding cover art for a single file
• Related pages

File Info & Cover Art

The File Info window shows everything PXR knows about the loaded file, from its format and timing to any embedded text, and it is where cover art appears too.

• Open it from File → File Info (⌘I) for the track that is playing, or by clicking the file details in the player.

What File Info shows#

Not every file carries the same details, so depending on what you have loaded you may see:

• File: filename, size, the dates the file was created and last modified, and a Content ID (a short unique fingerprint of the file you can click to copy).
• MIDI Properties: detected format (GM / GS / XG / GM2), timing resolution (PPQN, the number of internal ticks per quarter note the file uses), starting tempo (BPM), and time signature.
• Properties: whether the file has tempo or time-signature changes, the number of note events, which channels are used, and which are drum channels.
• Content: copyright text and the list of track names stored in the file.
• Markers: any marker points saved in the file, each listed with its position and text rather than just a count. Files often tuck their title, credits, copyright or a web link in here, so it is well worth a look.
• Text: any text comments embedded in the file, shown with their position. On karaoke files this shows the opening header lines only, so the sung words do not flood the list.
• GS / XG: format-specific state, shown only when the file contains that data.
• XF Format: counts and details when the file carries Yamaha XF sections or chords. When the file also names the song, this section lists its Song Title, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, Performer and Sequenced By, along with Released, Country, Genre, Beat and Vocal.
• Listening Stats badges: play count and rank, when Listening Stats is enabled.

If the file is for a Roland MT-32, you can attach an MT-32 setup file here. File Info is also where you turn on Uses Unique SoundFont to pair a file with its own companion sound bank, see Unique SoundFont.

Cover art#

A little album art makes a playlist feel that much more polished. PXR can display artwork for a MIDI file by looking in the same folder as the file, in this order:

1. A per-file image named after the file's Content ID: <id>.jpg, <id>.jpeg, or <id>.png. This lets each file in a shared folder have its own art.
2. A shared folder image: cover.jpg, cover.jpeg, or cover.png, used for every file in the folder.

A matching back-of-case image works the same way, with .back added before the extension: name it back.jpg (or .png) for the whole folder, or <Content ID>.back.jpg for a single file. When a file has both a cover and a back image, the image viewer gains a Back toggle so you can flip between the two.

Adding cover art for a whole folder#

Drop an image named cover.jpg (or cover.png) into the folder. Every MIDI file in that folder then shares it. This is the quickest option for a soundtrack or an album in its own folder.

Adding cover art for a single file#

To give one file its own art when it lives in a shared folder, name the image after that file's Content ID. Here is how to find it:

1. Load the file, then open its File Info window.
2. Click the Content ID (the 16-character code in the File section). PXR copies it to the clipboard and flashes to confirm.
3. Name your image with that code plus an image extension, for example e3b0c44298fc1c14.jpg, and put it in the same folder as the MIDI file.
4. If the art does not appear straight away, click Cover Art Recheck in File Info to rescan.

The Content ID is a fingerprint of the file's contents, so it stays the same even if you rename the MIDI file, and no two different files share one.

Cover art appears in File Info (click it to open full size), in the now-playing strip, and in track-start notifications.

Related pages#

• The Playlist where the now-playing art is shown.
• Listening Stats for play counts.