problem
YouTube playlists can contain tracks with distinct artwork, but Tagium still treats their artwork as if it were synchronized with the album cover.
Reproduction playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLco9ZX1KZNVdaWJKCxnkk6bA-O-nsPMWa
Each download from this playlist receives separate cover art. The resulting album should not claim that every track's artwork is controlled by one album cover unless the user explicitly chose that import policy.
There is also a preview/output mismatch: YouTube artwork appears cropped in Tagium's preview, but that crop is not applied to the downloaded track. The embedded cover remains the original 16:9 image, so users do not get the artwork shape the UI showed them.
Together, these behaviors make the editor's ownership model and artwork preview disagree with the downloaded files. Valid per-track artwork can be disabled or overwritten, and the apparent crop is lost on download.
desired behavior
Preserve the artwork downloaded for each YouTube playlist track by default, while still allowing the playlist-level album to have its own display cover.
Add a YouTube playlist artwork preference analogous to use the soundcloud album cover for every track, or generalize that setting into a provider-aware playlist artwork policy. The preference should apply consistently to all YouTube playlist imports rather than relying on whether a playlist happens to look like an album.
The setting is an import-time choice: individual track artwork should remain editable afterward.
The artwork embedded in downloaded tracks must match the crop shown in the preview. If the preview presents a square crop, apply that crop to the actual track artwork instead of leaving the downloaded cover at 16:9.
product decision
Decide whether this should be:
- a separate
use the youtube playlist cover for every track setting; or
- one generalized playlist-cover setting with clear behavior for both YouTube and SoundCloud.
Keep the provider defaults explicit. Do not mark artwork as album-synchronized when the imported tracks retain distinct covers.
acceptance criteria
problem
YouTube playlists can contain tracks with distinct artwork, but Tagium still treats their artwork as if it were synchronized with the album cover.
Reproduction playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLco9ZX1KZNVdaWJKCxnkk6bA-O-nsPMWa
Each download from this playlist receives separate cover art. The resulting album should not claim that every track's artwork is controlled by one album cover unless the user explicitly chose that import policy.
There is also a preview/output mismatch: YouTube artwork appears cropped in Tagium's preview, but that crop is not applied to the downloaded track. The embedded cover remains the original 16:9 image, so users do not get the artwork shape the UI showed them.
Together, these behaviors make the editor's ownership model and artwork preview disagree with the downloaded files. Valid per-track artwork can be disabled or overwritten, and the apparent crop is lost on download.
desired behavior
Preserve the artwork downloaded for each YouTube playlist track by default, while still allowing the playlist-level album to have its own display cover.
Add a YouTube playlist artwork preference analogous to
use the soundcloud album cover for every track, or generalize that setting into a provider-aware playlist artwork policy. The preference should apply consistently to all YouTube playlist imports rather than relying on whether a playlist happens to look like an album.The setting is an import-time choice: individual track artwork should remain editable afterward.
The artwork embedded in downloaded tracks must match the crop shown in the preview. If the preview presents a square crop, apply that crop to the actual track artwork instead of leaving the downloaded cover at 16:9.
product decision
Decide whether this should be:
use the youtube playlist cover for every tracksetting; orKeep the provider defaults explicit. Do not mark artwork as album-synchronized when the imported tracks retain distinct covers.
acceptance criteria