Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
craigf;285510 Wrote: Actually, I may have found a workaround for times when you add artwork for just a few albums (using the add 'cover.jpg' artwork file in the album directory method). Here's how I do this: I came to the conlusion that SC, when scanning for new and changed music, adds new artwork only if the file date of cover.jpg is equal or newer than the newest audio file AND/OR the folder it's in. This might explain the problems some people have when adding new albums with covers sometimes not showing up. On the other hand, a rescan everything adds all artwork, independent from file dates. The other interesting fact is that once SC has an album with a recognised cover.jpg, you can replace that file with another image, and SC will show that new image automatically, with merely a browser refresh. (Note: only works with bullet 3. below.) So, based on these two characteristics, you can update artwork without a rescan everything by preparing your folders like this: 1. Put all artwork you have as cover.jpg in their respective folders (surely you've done that already). 2. For those folders you don't have artwork, put a template (dummy) cover.jpg in the folder. It can be any image; I use the original SC image as found in HTML/Default/html/images/cover.png, but necessarily converted to JPEG. 3. In Settings Performance, set Do not pre-cache artwork. 4. Do a rescan everything, one last time ;-) . From now on, if you add new music, include a template cover.jpg if you don't have the real cover image at the moment. If you have it, make sure its file date is as explained above. If you scan or download covers for albums already in SC, just replace the corresponding template cover.jpg, and you're done. 5. Performance recommendations: 5a. In Settings Performance, set Resize artwork. 5b. Resize all your covers and the template to the same size as defined in Settings Interface Thumbnail Size; keep the original image with another file name around, just in case. (Disadvantage: no extra large cover display in SC anymore.) 5c. Instead of copying the template cover.jpg into every folder it is needed, create links to a single instance of that file (symbolic link under Linux). This reduces disk access. Last note: as a long time Linux user, I am typically lazy and created a simple bash script to maintain my cover links. I keep all resized covers in a single folder, each having the same name as the corresponding album folder. The script links cover.jpg inside the album folders to the real image if it exists, or to the template if not. Regards, Arnd -- instaud instaud's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
jsmathers;283137 Wrote:
I also use a java script to save iTunes artwork to a file. Google for
iTunes COM SDK for more info. My script basically does the same as
andlauer's, but I added a few options you can set. The
bOptIgnoreBadArtworkComment option allows you to add a Don't use iTunes
artwork comment to the mp3 if the iTunes artwork is wrong or low
resolution and it won't save the artwork for that file. Of course you
could also just clear the bad downloaded artwork in iTunes, but then
you'll have to do this again if you ever rescan your iTunes library.
The other options are pretty self-explanatory.
Download the attached text file and rename it to
SaveItunesArtworkToFile.js. Make sure iTunes is open and double-click
the js file to run the script. Here is the code from the script for
reference...
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// Script options
var bOptSaveEmbeddedArtwork = false;
var bOptIgnoreBadArtworkComment = false;
var bOptOverwriteArtworkFile = false;
var bOptCreateArtworkThumbs = false;
var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject(iTunes.Application);
var tracks = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist.Tracks;
// NOTE: Change to Test playlist for testing
//var tracks =
iTunesApp.LibrarySource.Playlists.ItemByName(Test).Tracks;
// NOTE: Instead of looking for Don't use iTunes artwork comment, can
also create smart playlist
//var tracks = iTunesApp.LibrarySource.Playlists.ItemByName(Use iTunes
Artwork).Tracks;
var numTracks = tracks.Count;
var currTrack;
var count = 0;
var fso = new ActiveXObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject);
var shell = new ActiveXObject(WScript.Shell);
var albumArray = new Array();
for (var i = 1; i = numTracks; i++)
{
currTrack = tracks.Item(i);
var album = currTrack.Album;
if ((album != undefined) (album != ))
if (albumArray[album] == undefined)
albumArray[album] = currTrack;
}
for (var albumNameKey in albumArray)
{
try
{
currTrack = albumArray[albumNameKey];
if (currTrack.Artwork.Count == 0)
continue;
var artItem = currTrack.Artwork.Item(1);
if (!bOptSaveEmbeddedArtwork)
if (!artItem.IsDownloadedArtwork)
continue;
// Look for a comment indicating if we should NOT save artwork
// (separate multiple comments with a semi-colon)
if (!bOptIgnoreBadArtworkComment)
{
var bSaveArtwork = true;
var comments = currTrack.Comment.split(;);
for (var j = 0; j comments.length; j++)
if (comments[j] == Don't use iTunes artwork)
{
bSaveArtwork = false;
break;
}
if (!bSaveArtwork)
continue;
}
var type;
if (artItem.Format == 0)
continue;
else if (artItem.Format == 1)
type = jpg;
else if(artItem.Format == 2)
type = png;
else if(artItem.Format == 3)
type = bmp;
else
continue;
// Save artwork in same directory as track
var loc = currTrack.Location;
var parentFolder = loc.substr(0,loc.lastIndexOf(\\)) + \\;
var artworkPath = parentFolder + cover. + type;
// Don't save artwork if already exists
if (!bOptOverwriteArtworkFile)
if (fso.FileExists(artworkPath))
continue;
artItem.SaveArtworkToFile(artworkPath);
count++;
// Create artwork thumbnails using ImageMagick convert
(www.imagemagick.org)
if (bOptCreateArtworkThumbs)
{
shell.Run(C:\\convert.exe -thumbnail 300x300 \ +
artworkPath + \ \ + parentFolder + cover_sm. + type + \, 0);
shell.Run(C:\\convert.exe -thumbnail 150x150 \ +
artworkPath + \ \ + parentFolder + cover_tn2. + type + \, 0);
shell.Run(C:\\convert.exe -thumbnail 100x100 \ +
artworkPath + \ \ + parentFolder + cover_tn. + type + \, 0);
}
}
catch(er)
{
WScript.Echo(er);
}
}
WScript.Echo (Saved artwork for + count + tracks.);
This worked great to put the art work into my mp3 folder but is there a
way for it to also copy them to my identical flac folder?
Thanks, DeWayne
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Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
andlauer;282978 Wrote: Hello, Here is a javascript that copies cover art from iTunes to an image in the album folder. Works on Windows. Enjoy! JC. Or alternatively have a look at this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53413 -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG AndrewFG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Anyone found problems with artwork thumbnails disappearing on the controller after upgrading to 7.0.1? I've had a few disappear from being displayed on the controller, but acting similar to what craigf describes in an earlier post (they display in SC when clicking the cover and display track list, etc). They will display in the now Playing view. Problem is, they haven't come back after a rescan or waiting for the thing to update itself. I didn't change any of the artwork prior to the firmware upgrade. Really stinks cause everything was working so sweet... -- grrman Daily Gearhead grrman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16052 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
To whoever asked about finding album art on a Mac--I use Cover Scout which cost $10. Very useful tool and it has found all my missing covers and relocated all album art from iTunes into the XML file. -- sc53 sc53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8690 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
After my first scan, SC7 was only displaying a few of my embedded artworks. Rescan didn't fix it. Reading this thread prompted me to do a clear/full scan and that worked! Also, it appears that new embedded artwork IS found with scan for new and changed. -- casonbang casonbang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I tried the various javascript solutions posted here for getting ITunes artwork to show on the controller but they seem to be PC only and I'm on a Mac. At the beginning of this thread was a suggestion to try the 'embed artwork' script at Doug's Scripts. It took about 5 minutes to download and install and just another minute to test on a single CD. It's works really well. I told it to do the rest of my cd's (a little over 400) and went to work. When I got home all of the album covers displayed properly on my controller. It looks like when I RIP additional CD's I just have to select them and run the script on just the new ones. Nice. -dave- -- daverich4 daverich4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16539 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
craigf;285510 Wrote: Actually, I may have found a workaround for times when you add artwork for just a few albums (using the add 'cover.jpg' artwork file in the album directory method). S I learned that too :-) Yeah, it should probably be included in next update, the idea of a wifi remote beeing instantaniously! -- Rar Rar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15357 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Same experience. Total rescan everytime you add something. Bug. -- Rar Rar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15357 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Rar;285328 Wrote: Same experience. Total rescan everytime you add something. Bug. Actually, I may have found a workaround for times when you add artwork for just a few albums (using the add 'cover.jpg' artwork file in the album directory method). Step 1) Start up the SC7 web interface and go browse by album. You'll see the album(s) listed without the new artwork. Select the album to bring up its track listing. You should then see the new artwork on the track listing page. Going back to the album list, the newly added artwork should now show up there as well. Step 2) Wait a hella long time for the SBC to update its internal database. Step 3) At some point in the future (I had to wait overnight), the SBC will then show the new artwork without you having to initiate a rescan. Now, I wouldn't want to have to manually call up the artwork this way for dozens, or hundreds, of albums, but for a few, it's fine (as long as you don't mind waiting on the SBC to update itself). If anyone with a better (i.e., more thorough/technical) understanding of how the Squeezebox system works can correct (or explain) this, please let us know. Thanks. -- craigf craigf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16032 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
For some reason LibraryPlaylist.Tracks; in line 20 has been quoted Library Playlist.Tracks; in this forum. Please remove the erroneous space to obtain LibraryPlaylist.Tracks; and it should work fine. Enjoy! JC -- andlauer andlauer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I've tried both manually and using AlbumArtAg to put cover art in all folders. They are named cover.jpg yet northing shows up in SqC og the controller. What am I doing wrong? -- Rar Rar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15357 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Thanks very much jsmathers. This script worked a treat; just short of 1000 albums in less than 5 minutes. You're a star :) -- blind1 blind1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2077 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Strange... Some albums start showing up. I SqC after you double click them... The controller is slower. Some albums show up under artist but not under albums. Hope it's just very slow updating.. -- Rar Rar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15357 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Peter, This new script should do what you want... just change the flacBaseFolder variable to point to the your FLAC folder. Alternatively you could just use a file comparison program (such as Beyond Compare) and do a differences of just jpg files in your iTunes Music folder and FLAC folder. Then sync the new jpgs to your FLAC folder. I use Beyond Compare a lot for syncing different files between my iTunes and FLAC directories. Also, as far as testing any changes you want to make to the script... create a playlist in iTunes called Test and then change the bUseTestPlaylist variable in the script to true. The script will only work on the tracks in the Test playlist. - Jason herts101;284906 Wrote: Just used the jsmathers script and it works really well. Thank you. I'd like to change one thing about it if it is possible. I have two directories of files: 1. A directory of mp3 files which I manage through itunes, and which (mostly) have the itunes downloaded cover art. 2. A directory of flac files Both directoties (mp3 and flac) have the same structure beneath them (artist\album). I'd like to extract the itunes cover art from the mp3 directory and save it as cover.jpg into the flac directory rather than in the mp3 directory. This way I figure it will be picked up by Squeezecentre which scans the flac files. It looks like I could do this with this script but don't really want to change anything myself for want of destroying my files. Could you post an updated file that does this? Thank you very much. Peter. +---+ |Filename: SaveItunesArtworkToFile.js.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4721| +---+ -- jsmathers jsmathers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
All updated. It works. For less teck savy users i reccommend http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/ -- Rar Rar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15357 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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That's fantastic. Thanks Jason - saved me absolutely loads of time. I'll check out Beyond Compare too. Peter. -- herts101 herts101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15566 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
craigf;284853 Wrote: OK, so I manually copied several album artwork files into the directory structure. After a bit of manual clicking on every album with artwork, they show up in SC7. But no dice on the remote no matter how many times I turn it off and back on again. What's the secret? To answer my own question, apparently I need to purge the existing music database and then have SC7 rescan my entire iTunes library to get all the newly added artwork to show up both in SC7 and on the Controller. That DOES work, but do I seriously have to force a complete rescan every time I add a bit of album art? If that's the case, I'd think SC7 should have a bit more intelligence in its scanning algorithms. -- craigf craigf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16032 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Mark Lanctot;276512 Wrote: Try Album Cover Art Downloader - it's abandonware though and Google won't find anything but a forum member is hosting it: http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/ ...I notice Google will find it (3rd hit) when you enter Album Cover Art Downloader Linux as a search term. Omit the Linux and you're flooded with all those Windows software download collection sites. does it work for mac? -- kbuzz kbuzz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
andlauer, Thankyou for that script. Brought the artwork to life on my Duet. -- Jakeman Jakeman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16367 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Do any of these scripts work on a Mac? -- craigf craigf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16032 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Just used the jsmathers script and it works really well. Thank you. I'd like to change one thing about it if it is possible. I have two directories of files: 1. A directory of mp3 files which I manage through itunes, and which (mostly) have the itunes downloaded cover art. 2. A directory of flac files Both directoties (mp3 and flac) have the same structure beneath them (artist\album). I'd like to extract the itunes cover art from the mp3 directory and save it as cover.jpg into the flac directory rather than in the mp3 directory. This way I figure it will be picked up by Squeezecentre which scans the flac files. It looks like I could do this with this script but don't really want to change anything myself for want of destroying my files. Could you post an updated file that does this? Thank you very much. Peter. -- herts101 herts101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15566 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
andlauer;284451 Wrote: To markwm: Well, this javascript should run along iTunes on a Windows system. Please provide me with information about the operating system, iTunes and the message you get. JC it was a compile error. But am I doing it right? Paste the script into a text file and name it file.js and then double click the file. -- markwm markwm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12366 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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To markwm: Well, this javascript should run along iTunes on a Windows system. Please provide me with information about the operating system, iTunes and the message you get. JC -- andlauer andlauer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
jsmathers, Thank you for the script, I had pretty much given up on getting my iTunes artwork to show up in SC, (the copy/paste fix is so slow it really is not an option) I followed your instructions and bingo there they are. Sweet. jdb -- jdbaker SB3/Parasound C2/A51/PSB CHS60's/CHS40/Triad Gold Dipole Inwall Surrounds/Triad Inwall Silver Sub. SB3/Conrad Johnson D/A 2-B Tubed DAC/Arcam FMJ A32/Monitor Audio Silver S6 jdbaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
jsmathers;283137 Wrote: Download the attached text file and rename it to SaveItunesArtworkToFile.js. Make sure iTunes is open and double-click the js file to run the script. Here is the code from the script for reference... snip I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrectly, but when I double-click the .js file on the Mac's desktop, all I see is Safari giving me one bounce in the launcher bar (forgive my incorrect OS X terminology; I'm a Windows guy...just have a Mac for media duty) and nothing else seems to happen. iTunes is running when I do this. What am I missing? TIA. -- craigf craigf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16032 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Had the same problem: Amarok has this feature download image from amazon, or specify a file. It is then saved in the id3-tag somewhere. It does not show up, there is no *.jpg file in the folder. but SC7 shows it just fine. I believe it to be embedded, because it works on my creative as well. I do not like the idea of calling all artwork folder.jpg, it is so easy to overwrite, and artist-album.jpg takes too long. -- mortenb mortenb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Hello,
Here is a javascript that copies cover art from iTunes to an image in
the album folder. Works on Windows.
Enjoy! JC.
var artwork;
var artworks;
var extensions;
var file;
var format;
var location;
var name;
var t;
var trackcount;
var track;
var tracks;
name = 'cover';
extensions = new Array(4);
extensions[1] = 'jpg';
extensions[2] = 'bmp';
extensions[3] = 'png';
tracks =
WScript.CreateObject(iTunes.Application).LibraryPlaylist.Tracks;
trackcount = tracks.count;
for (t = 1;t = trackcount; t++) {
try {
track = tracks.item(t);
if (track.Kind == 1) {
artworks = track.Artwork;
if (artworks.count 0) {
artwork = artworks.item(1);
format = artwork.Format;
if (format != 0) {
location = track.location;
file = location.substring(0,
location.lastIndexOf('\\') + 1) +
name + '.' + extensions[format];
artwork.SaveArtworkToFile(file);
}
}
}
}
catch (exception) {
WScript.echo(Problem with + track.Name);
}
}
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Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I also use a java script to save iTunes artwork to a file. Google for
iTunes COM SDK for more info. My script basically does the same as
andlauer's, but I added a few options you can set. The
bOptIgnoreBadArtworkComment option allows you to add a Don't use
iTunes artwork comment to the mp3 if the iTunes artwork is wrong or
low resolution and it won't save the artwork for that file. Of course
you could also just clear the bad downloaded artwork in iTunes, but
then you'll have to do this again if you ever rescan your iTunes
library. The other options are pretty self-explanatory.
Download the attached text file and rename it to
SaveItunesArtworkToFile.js. Make sure iTunes is open and
double-click the js file to run the script. Here is the code from the
script for reference...
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// Script options
var bOptSaveEmbeddedArtwork = false;
var bOptIgnoreBadArtworkComment = false;
var bOptOverwriteArtworkFile = false;
var bOptCreateArtworkThumbs = false;
var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject(iTunes.Application);
var tracks = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist.Tracks;
// NOTE: Change to Test playlist for testing
//var tracks =
iTunesApp.LibrarySource.Playlists.ItemByName(Test).Tracks;
// NOTE: Instead of looking for Don't use iTunes artwork comment, can
also create smart playlist
//var tracks = iTunesApp.LibrarySource.Playlists.ItemByName(Use iTunes
Artwork).Tracks;
var numTracks = tracks.Count;
var currTrack;
var count = 0;
var fso = new ActiveXObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject);
var shell = new ActiveXObject(WScript.Shell);
var albumArray = new Array();
for (var i = 1; i = numTracks; i++)
{
currTrack = tracks.Item(i);
var album = currTrack.Album;
if ((album != undefined) (album != ))
if (albumArray[album] == undefined)
albumArray[album] = currTrack;
}
for (var albumNameKey in albumArray)
{
try
{
currTrack = albumArray[albumNameKey];
if (currTrack.Artwork.Count == 0)
continue;
var artItem = currTrack.Artwork.Item(1);
if (!bOptSaveEmbeddedArtwork)
if (!artItem.IsDownloadedArtwork)
continue;
// Look for a comment indicating if we should NOT save artwork
// (separate multiple comments with a semi-colon)
if (!bOptIgnoreBadArtworkComment)
{
var bSaveArtwork = true;
var comments = currTrack.Comment.split(;);
for (var j = 0; j comments.length; j++)
if (comments[j] == Don't use iTunes artwork)
{
bSaveArtwork = false;
break;
}
if (!bSaveArtwork)
continue;
}
var type;
if (artItem.Format == 0)
continue;
else if (artItem.Format == 1)
type = jpg;
else if(artItem.Format == 2)
type = png;
else if(artItem.Format == 3)
type = bmp;
else
continue;
// Save artwork in same directory as track
var loc = currTrack.Location;
var parentFolder = loc.substr(0,loc.lastIndexOf(\\)) + \\;
var artworkPath = parentFolder + cover. + type;
// Don't save artwork if already exists
if (!bOptOverwriteArtworkFile)
if (fso.FileExists(artworkPath))
continue;
artItem.SaveArtworkToFile(artworkPath);
count++;
// Create artwork thumbnails using ImageMagick convert
(www.imagemagick.org)
if (bOptCreateArtworkThumbs)
{
shell.Run(C:\\convert.exe -thumbnail 300x300 \ +
artworkPath + \ \ + parentFolder + cover_sm. + type + \, 0);
shell.Run(C:\\convert.exe -thumbnail 150x150 \ +
artworkPath + \ \ + parentFolder + cover_tn2. + type + \, 0);
shell.Run(C:\\convert.exe -thumbnail 100x100 \ +
artworkPath + \ \ + parentFolder + cover_tn. + type + \, 0);
}
}
catch(er)
{
WScript.Echo(er);
}
}
WScript.Echo (Saved artwork for + count + tracks.);
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Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
So what are the settings to sync the .xml file? I've corresponded with Logitech who say the album artwork issue in iTunes and SC7 is a known bug that only Apple can address. I can't seem to find this setting, and the only artwork that shows up on my controller is the artwork I've scanned and saved. -- grrman Daily Gearhead grrman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16052 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I was having the same problem with SC7 and album artwork, and I did what was suggested. I used iTunes download album artwork. Then, for EVERY album (use album view for ease) I started one song (option to show album artwork on). The album art shows up in a pane in the lower left (Windows XP). I right click on the pane and select copy. I then select all songs in the album and select get info There is a pane in the get info info section that I right click and select paste. Then select OK, and it copies the artwork to each tag in the album, and it shows up in SC7. This also works for artwork found on Amazon or elsewhere on the Internet. I had to search high and low for some album covers with Google. Others, I resorted to shooting myself, and photoshopping down to 500x500 pixels and dragging into the artwork pane in get info. However, I now have every CD and digitized vinyl album with artwork. -- Amp_Fan Making life enjoyable through expensive electronics. Amp_Fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
b33k34;276956 Wrote: If you're on Mac OS Doug's Scripts has an 'embed artwork' script that takes the images from the itc files and embeds them into the audio files. I've just run this on my 9000+ song iTunes collection and it seems to have worked - image files now appear for nearly all of my albums in SC. Stragely, the ones that seem to be missing appear to be albums where i've manually added the image file (is SC fussy about image size/shape/resolution/format for embedded files?). I've got one odd collection where the discs that iTunes downloaded automatically work but the additional disc where i copied it manually (from one of the downloaded files) doesn't Presumably this means this could be implemented directly in Slimserver at some point? I canjont get into Doug's Scripts, does anyone know of an alternative download? :water -- water http://wa.terhou.se - 'http://werock.org' (http://www.werock.org) - 'http://nunmusic.com' (http://www.nunmusic.com) - 'my last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/torandwat/) water's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=119 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
GRC;277524 Wrote: 1. Simply IS true for SC 6.5.4 and SC7 with SB3 so nah-nah-na-nah-nah :-) 2. I have specific paths declared to XML file and music folder - doesn't help. 3. My personal experience is that artwork automatically downloaded by iTunes (I don't buy iTunes music - just use it to organise independently ripped / downloaded files) is the problem. If it shows up in iTunes but not in SC then a simple - albeit longwinded - ruse is to copy the album art image from the bottom-right pane; select all the tracks on the album and right-click (sorry Mac users) to select Clear Downloaded Artwork; then paste the copied image back against all the tracks. I understand this tags each track with the artwork which SC7 then sees. Do this gradually over a period of time, preferably with some nice toons playing and a glass of red wine to hand. Thank you and good night. Graeme copy the album art image from the bottom-right pane Could you explain this comment? Bottom right pane of what? thx -- Geoh Geoh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
atkinsonrr;277088 Wrote: I am on MAC OS 10.3.9 most of my artwork has been downloaded automatically from iTunes Music Store. I am glad to hear of your success! My problem is I have never used scripts and when I read Doug's notes on this, instead of being enlightened, I was dumbfounded. So, I tried the automatic FIXTUNES for Mac, but it didn't seem to do anything, nada, nothing. Would anyone be willing to post a step-by-step on how to implement Doug's script? I (and perhaps others) would REALLY appreciate it! the embed artwork script comes with an installer so it's just like adding any other application to the Mac. I'm running 'add artwork to album folder' as we speak (on a copy of my music collection, to see if that's enough to get art in Slimserver - as it will have less impact on total library size). That script i dragged into user/library/itunes/scripts. Both are then run by highlighting the files you want in itunes and running the script from the scripts menu (a stylised 's' in iTunes) -- b33k34 b33k34's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10919 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
EnochLight;277023 Wrote: Hopefully this bug can be fixed eventually...Not so sure it is a bug per se, more another example of how Apple go out of their way to make it difficult to interact with their products. If you're looking to extract album art out of your iTunes library, this may come in handy: Easy program that can 1) extract all your album art from iTunes and 2) create web displays of your music library @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/iaae Having purchased a iPod Touch in the last few weeks I have to say that whilst I'm very happy with the hardware, the manner in which you are initially forced to interact with it (via iTunes) is enough to be the final straw for me. Until they stop obfuscating everything and deliberately making things difficult there is no way in hell I'll buy another Apple product, I don't care how cool it may be. -- egd All music also sounded completly different , and extremly musical. egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
egd;277337 Wrote: Not so sure it is a bug per se, more another example of how Apple go out of their way to make it difficult to interact with their products. Having purchased a iPod Touch in the last few weeks I have to say that whilst I'm very happy with the hardware, the manner in which you are initially forced to interact with it (via iTunes) is enough to be the final straw for me. Until they stop obfuscating everything and deliberately making things difficult from an end-user point of view there is no way in hell I'll buy another Apple product, I don't care how cool it may be. Having owned both ipods and other players i think that's a bit unfair. Apple sell a complete, simple, user experience and the out-of-the-box experience with iTunes is great - the rip/download art/organise library in sensible folders all works really well. Integration with podcasts is painless - even to auto deletion of stuff you've listened to. What *most* end users want is simplicity itself and that's why it sells. I'll admit to being puzzled by their artwork approach - it seems needlessly complicated - but using iTunes and an iPod it works seamlessly with no user input required for 95% of my library -- b33k34 b33k34's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10919 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
b33k34;277359 Wrote: ...but using iTunes and an iPod it works seamlessly with no user input required for 95% of my library The iPod Touch is my 2nd iPod also, but it will be my last. I don't see why I should HAVE to use iTunes - it is nothing but bloatware that facilitates Apple's lockdown and DRM. To top it off, the latest version wouldn't even run correctly on w2k3 or my XP Virtual Machine. There isn't even a version available for my OS of choice and whilst others go out of their way to develop software to eliminate the need for iTunes eg vPod, Apple promptly goes out of its way to break the tools, much the same as Microsoft does. Enough said, and apologies for hijacking the thread. -- egd All music also sounded completly different , and extremly musical. egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Album Cover Art Downloader worked for me in Ubuntu. It took a little bit of research to get it to work (thank you, google!), but I eventually got it running. I still had to end up going album by album and select the art I wanted, since it wasn't very reliable about picking the correct art, but still it made the entire process much faster than it would otherwise have been, Thanks for the recommendation. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Mitch Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try this weekend. I still think I'd prefer the SBC to have an omit album art setting, both for people without album art and for people who want to fit more songs on the screen, but I am curious to see how it looks with the album art. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mitch Harding;276479 Wrote: Any album art download suggestions for Linux users (not for iTunes, of course)? I want to see how they look on my new SBC. Try Album Cover Art Downloader - it's abandonware though and Google won't find anything but a forum member is hosting it: http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/ ...I notice Google will find it (3rd hit) when you enter Album Cover Art Downloader Linux as a search term. Omit the Linux and you're flooded with all those Windows software download collection sites. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Geoh;276585 Wrote: Thanks for the info! I'm using Windows XP. If you have the time could you run me through the setup procedure for converting my music from Apple Lossless to FLAC via either of the methods you mentioned (foobar2000 or dBpoweramp), keeping it as simple and detailed (step by step) as possible:) geoh, I have sent you a pm -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
EnochLight;276775 Wrote: This is simply not true. Any album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller - it works fine on mine. . . . Are you syncing your iTunes Library XML file with SqueezeCenter or are you just pointing SqueezeCenter to a folder where all of your iTunes music is stored? 1. Simply IS true for SC 6.5.4 and SC7 with SB3 so nah-nah-na-nah-nah :-) 2. I have specific paths declared to XML file and music folder - doesn't help. 3. My personal experience is that artwork automatically downloaded by iTunes (I don't buy iTunes music - just use it to organise independently ripped / downloaded files) is the problem. If it shows up in iTunes but not in SC then a simple - albeit longwinded - ruse is to copy the album art image from the bottom-right pane; select all the tracks on the album and right-click (sorry Mac users) to select Clear Downloaded Artwork; then paste the copied image back against all the tracks. I understand this tags each track with the artwork which SC7 then sees. Do this gradually over a period of time, preferably with some nice toons playing and a glass of red wine to hand. Thank you and good night. Graeme -- GRC Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it . . . SB3 / Naim / Dynaudio some other stuff. GRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
MuckleEck;276473 Wrote: geoh, To get artwork visible use MP3tag (if you are running a PC) and have it download artwork as folder.jpg to each separate album folder. SqueezeCenter can then read these folder.jpg files. I have downloaded MP3tag. I have looked all through the program and I can't find a way to make it download album art. Am I missing something? Thanks! -- DeWayne DeWayne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
DeWayne;277592 Wrote: I have downloaded MP3tag. I have looked all through the program and I can't find a way to make it download album art. Am I missing something? Thanks! No you are not missing anything, it is a fairly manual process with MP3tag, select all tracks from an album, then select tag sources, amazon.com or .de depending on your fancy it will then provide some options to access the webpage for that album in Amazon then you need to copy/paste the cover over to the relevant folder. I was happy to do it this way, slow but sure for those albums that did bot have cver art, I was also doing a lot of re-tagging (my collection is predominantly classical) Alternatively try Album Art Aggregator (http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/) haven't tried it but may do more of a batch job. -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
EnochLight;276775 Wrote: This is simply not true. Any album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller - it works fine on mine. geoh, your album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller. Are you syncing your iTunes Library XML file with SqueezeCenter or are you just pointing SqueezeCenter to a folder where all of your iTunes music is stored? If the latter, that's where your problem is. You have to show SqueezeCenter where your iTunes Library XML file is and sync it that way. BTW, via iTunes you also have to be logged into your iTMS account and select 'Advanced - Get Album Artwork' to download missing album artwork. Anything purchased off of iTMS comes with its own album artwork (just make sure it's iTunes Plus - DRM free so you can play it on your Squeezeboxen). Enjoy! I have to disagree, album artwork downloaded by itunes into the itunes directory does not show up in Squeezecenter (they are stored as ITC files in the Album Artwork folder). Artwork downloaded separately and put into the folders, embedded into the file, or added by a 3rd party application into itunes will show up. Itunes will display album art when it is stored as a folder.jpg, embedded into the file or when it is stored in the itunes directory, itunes will not tell you how it is stored, or even where it is stored. -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Michael Herger;276815 Wrote: Will someone from SD please explain this? Most likely you only see the artwork files you did _not_ download using iTunes. [color=blue] There are tools out there to export that artwork to regular files. But AFAIK they just dump everything in one folder and you'd have to sort the resulting collection of artwork files manually. Consequently you might be better off downloading those files yourself while iTunes is ripping your files :-(. Michael If you're on Mac OS Doug's Scripts has an 'embed artwork' script that takes the images from the itc files and embeds them into the audio files. I've just run this on my 9000+ song iTunes collection and it seems to have worked. Presumably this means this could be implemented directly in Slimserver at some point? -- b33k34 b33k34's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10919 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I stand corrected then. Only album artwork that one drags and drops himself into iTunes or artwork embedded in the files via an iTMS purchase shows up. I never realized this, as 90% of my iTunes library is stuff that I ripped and dragged/dropped artwork into or purchased through iTMS, in which case it all shows up fine in SC and the new Controller. Hopefully this bug can be fixed eventually... -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
b33k34;276956 Wrote: If you're on Mac OS Doug's Scripts has an 'embed artwork' script that takes the images from the itc files and embeds them into the audio files. I've just run this on my 9000+ song iTunes collection and it seems to have worked - image files now appear for nearly all of my albums in SC. I am on MAC OS 10.3.9 most of my artwork has been downloaded automatically from iTunes Music Store. I am glad to hear of your success! My problem is I have never used scripts and when I read Doug's notes on this, instead of being enlightened, I was dumbfounded. So, I tried the automatic FIXTUNES for Mac, but it didn't seem to do anything, nada, nothing. Would anyone be willing to post a step-by-step on how to implement Doug's script? I (and perhaps others) would REALLY appreciate it! -- atkinsonrr Transporter, Quicksilver V4 Monos, Vandersteen Model 5A speakers. SB3, Quad Tube Pre-Amp, Tube Monos, Quad ESLs. Homemade Tripath Digital amps, Carver ALS (original) Speakers with Outboard Crossovers. atkinsonrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7214 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
geoh, unfortunately the way itunes stores the artwork is AFAIK not supported by anything other than itunes. To get artwork visible use MP3tag (if you are running a PC) and have it download artwork as folder.jpg to each separate album folder. SqueezeCenter can then read these folder.jpg files. Alternatively copy and paste each of the images from itunes into the directories manually they will be saved as image.bmp so will need to add that name to Squeezecenter, this could be very laborious depending on how many albums you have. FInally you could try http://sourceforge.net/projects/iaae although I haven't personally used it -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Any album art download suggestions for Linux users (not for iTunes, of course)? I want to see how they look on my new SBC. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:42 AM, MuckleEck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: geoh, unfortunately the way itunes stores the artwork is AFAIK not supported by anything other than itunes. To get artwork visible use MP3tag (if you are running a PC) and have it download artwork as folder.jpg to each separate album folder. SqueezeCenter can then read these folder.jpg files. Alternatively copy and paste each of the images from itunes into the directories manually they will be saved as image.bmp so will need to add that name to Squeezecenter, this could be very laborious depending on how many albums you have. FInally you could try http://sourceforge.net/projects/iaae although I haven't personally used it -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
MuckleEck;276473 Wrote: geoh, unfortunately the way itunes stores the artwork is AFAIK not supported by anything other than itunes. To get artwork visible use MP3tag (if you are running a PC) and have it download artwork as folder.jpg to each separate album folder. SqueezeCenter can then read these folder.jpg files. Alternatively copy and paste each of the images from itunes into the directories manually they will be saved as image.bmp so will need to add that name to Squeezecenter, this could be very laborious depending on how many albums you have. FInally you could try http://sourceforge.net/projects/iaae although I haven't personally used it Well that bites Consequently is there a better way, than Apple Lossless, to store my music CDs on my computer for use with SqueezeCenter and the Duet? thx geoh -- Geoh Geoh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
geoh, yup it bites and I found out the hard way...re-ripping my entire collection! Most of the guys here on the forum use FLAC and with foobar2000 or dBpoweramp (again both windows) you can convert from Apple Lossless to FLAC (again lossless) Once in FLAC, mp3tag or MediaMonkey can bring the atrwork in Which OS are you using? -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Mitch Harding;276479 Wrote: Any album art download suggestions for Linux users (not for iTunes, of course)? I want to see how they look on my new SBC. Try Album Cover Art Downloader - it's abandonware though and Google won't find anything but a forum member is hosting it: http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/ ...I notice Google will find it (3rd hit) when you enter Album Cover Art Downloader Linux as a search term. Omit the Linux and you're flooded with all those Windows software download collection sites. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try this weekend. I still think I'd prefer the SBC to have an omit album art setting, both for people without album art and for people who want to fit more songs on the screen, but I am curious to see how it looks with the album art. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mitch Harding;276479 Wrote: Any album art download suggestions for Linux users (not for iTunes, of course)? I want to see how they look on my new SBC. Try Album Cover Art Downloader - it's abandonware though and Google won't find anything but a forum member is hosting it: http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/ ...I notice Google will find it (3rd hit) when you enter Album Cover Art Downloader Linux as a search term. Omit the Linux and you're flooded with all those Windows software download collection sites. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
MuckleEck;276482 Wrote: geoh, yup it bites and I found out the hard way...re-ripping my entire collection! Most of the guys here on the forum use FLAC and with foobar2000 or dBpoweramp (again both windows) you can convert from Apple Lossless to FLAC (again lossless) Once in FLAC, mp3tag or MediaMonkey can bring the atrwork in Which OS are you using? Thanks for the info! I'm using Windows XP. If you have the time could you run me through the setup procedure for converting my music from Apple Lossless to FLAC via either of the methods you mentioned (foobar2000 or dBpoweramp), keeping it as simple and detailed (step by step) as possible:) -- Geoh Geoh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I like Album Artwork Aggregator. http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/ Seems to do the trick. Of course, it relies on your directory structure as the method of finding album and artist names, and no idea how it would work on classical music (for example), but it's pretty good with most newer music. -- kolding SliMP3 - the closet SqueezeBox 1 - Bose Soundwave SqueezeBox 2 - Rotel RSX-1056 - Totem Acoustic Dreamcatchers SqueezeBox 3 - Rotel RX-1052 - Vandersteen 1B's kolding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
MuckleEck;276473 Wrote: geoh, unfortunately the way itunes stores the artwork is AFAIK not supported by anything other than itunes. This is simply not true. Any album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller - it works fine on mine. Geoh;276468 Wrote: I have everything up and running but album artwork is not displaying on SqueezeCenter or the Duet controller. I'm using iTunes for music files... geoh geoh, your album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller. Are you syncing your iTunes Library XML file with SqueezeCenter or are you just pointing SqueezeCenter to a folder where all of your iTunes music is stored? If the latter, that's where your problem is. You have to show SqueezeCenter where your iTunes Library XML file is and sync it that way. BTW, via iTunes you also have to be logged into your iTMS account and select 'Advanced - Get Album Artwork' to download missing album artwork. Anything purchased off of iTMS comes with its own album artwork (just make sure it's iTunes Plus - DRM free so you can play it on your Squeezeboxen). Enjoy! -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
This is simply not true. Any album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller - it works fine on mine. Artwork downloaded from iTunes shop won't work. James iTunes updater plugin allows to display it in the web interface's player panel, but I'm not sure about the Controller. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Will someone from SD please explain this? Itunes is integrated into SS/SC but the artwork is very confusing. I use Itunes to manage my music and have just upgraded to SC7. I have meticulously added artwork to all of my albums, it works great in Itunes. In SC7 some of the albums show artwork, most do not. Why is that? Could someone from SD please clarify what all of us that use Itunes to manage our music have to do for the artwork to be displayed in SC7. Thanks, DB -- jdbaker SB3/Parasound C2/A51/PSB CHS60's/CHS40/Triad Gold Dipole Inwall Surrounds/Triad Inwall Silver Sub. SB3/Conrad Johnson D/A 2-B Tubed DAC/Arcam FMJ A32/Monitor Audio Silver S6 jdbaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
I received my new Duet today and excitement quickly gave way to frustration as I have been trying to get iTunes artwork to show up in SqueezeCenter most of the night. Can someone from SD HELP!!?? -- atkinsonrr Transporter, Quicksilver V4 Monos, Vandersteen Model 5A speakers. SB3, Quad Tube Pre-Amp, Tube Monos, Quad ESLs. Homemade Tripath Digital amps, Carver ALS (original) Speakers with Outboard Crossovers. atkinsonrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7214 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?
Will someone from SD please explain this? I am a Logitech employee, and I can try to explain again: iTunes/Apples uses their own, proprietary file format to store artwork downloaded from the iTunes shop. Thus we can't read them. Itunes is integrated into SS/SC but the artwork is very confusing. I use Itunes to manage my music and have just upgraded to SC7. I have meticulously added artwork to all of my albums, it works great in Itunes. In SC7 some of the albums show artwork, most do not. Why is that? Most likely you only see the artwork files you did _not_ download using iTunes. Could someone from SD please clarify what all of us that use Itunes to manage our music have to do for the artwork to be displayed in SC7. There are tools out there to export that artwork to regular files. But AFAIK they just dump everything in one folder and you'd have to sort the resulting collection of artwork files manually. Consequently you might be better off downloading those files yourself while iTunes is ripping your files :-(. You can find more information about this issue in the following bug report: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4180 -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
