Menu images are not displayed on Merlin device

[IsaRK]

My steps :

• In the Merlinator : add a new menu at level 0 (root menu) + an image on the menu : it works fine.
• Export the playlist and add the image files (both in the root folder and the "Default" folder).
• Start the Merlin device : Menu is there but its image is not displayed (I got the default "M" image instead).

Note :

• my image file has a guid name.
• images on mp3 files are correctly displayed both in the Merlinator and on the device.
• I tried to do the same with a menu at a different level : still the same issue.

Could you please help ? Which setting should I check ?

Thanks for the app !

[wi-tan]

Hi @IsaRK I have same problem. At the first I thought it was Python version (using 3.8 instead of 2.7) but it not seems to be that problem :(

[wi-tan]

Also have you tried to open defaultPics.zip ? It's set with a password ...

[ptinico972]

Hie, the menu image is renamed by merlinator. You will have to rename the jpg file. I can copy/paste the merlinator menu name by return on the menu image : "change image".

[ptinico972]

The jpg files has to be "simple", i had to disable any optimization to make them work (i think i may only be the "progressive" option, but i was tired of removing and inserting the sd card)

[djokeur]

Merci @ptinico972 !
I had no problem with the images I used, so it may well be that the jpeg format is the issue here. I added a warning in the readme.
@IsaRK and @williamtan-github, can you check if using a non-progressive JPEG solves the problem?

[ptinico972]

Thank you for this piece of software !
The free library of this product i great, but with it i just added a folder "grandpa story's" with a first record made by my children's grand father !

[djokeur]

Also have you tried to open defaultPics.zip ? It's set with a password ...

This zip file has nothing to do with this bug (hopefully). It only contains some original images extracted from the Merlin, as well as the merlinator icon. It's password-protected because of possible copyright issues concerning these images.

[IsaRK]

Hi @djokeur , I did not check the non-progressive JPEG fix. I used @ptinico972 's fix and it worked !
Thanks a lot for the answer(s) and the app !

[tbonfort]

To elaborate on @ptinico972 's answer, you will need to manually create/rename the jpg file in the main directory. The result jpg file must be non progressive/interleaved, and be less than 128x128 pixels (larger images also cause a reboot).

Here is a full working procedure:

1. (optional) "Nouveau Menu" and create and rename a new folder
2. Select desired menu, then "Changer Image" and copy paste the new file name that has been created (this new file does not exist yet)
3. convert -resize 128x128 -interlace none /path/to/original.jpg /path/to/merlin/240c8ffc-4a1b-4b3a-b3c1-728e84920ee9.jpg (replace 240c8ffc-4a1b-4b3a-b3c1-728e84920ee9.jpg with the file name you have copied in the previous step)