hello Frank,

thanks for the nice words.
the image is not showing up probably because the image you uploaded is a GIF, but in order to create the thumbnails, MC only works with JPG. on next component update, GIF will be alloweb, but meanwhile use only JPGs.

if you are already using JPG, then the problem is that you maybe have not created the folder directory hierachy specified on the installation instructions.

to remove the ratings, you'll have to do it manually...

in the ase of the album view, the stars are printed on line 49 (approx) in file
components/com_muscol/views/album/tmpl/default.php

this is the sentence:

echo MusColHelper::show_stars($this->album->points,true);

you have to delete it. but do it only if you understand what you're doing!

Hey Germi

I'm using jpg and have created the folder correctly - they are only not showing on the front page - this is on the upgrade - used to work before

ideas?

on the front page= what images? thumbnails? if the problem are the thumbnails, then see this:
http://www.joomlamusicsolutions.com/downloads/doc_details/34-file-to-fix-images-not-being-shown-on-random-album-module-version-15.html?lang=en