A Suggestion: How about if a track is queued without art FindCoverArt Plugin finds it automagically and saves the first one it finds?
Use it - don't use it. Regards Steve bpa;314994 Wrote: > SUMMARY > The FindArt plugin provides a simple way to find and save cover art > from within SC. > > It is not intended to provide the bulk loading of cover art. It is > intended for small collections, fill in missing art or correction of > existing cover art. It only works from the SC Web interface. The user > interface is a bit clunky as I didn't want to write code to do album > browsing. This is a beta release as plugin needs more testing with > different browsers, networked drive configurations and various > character sets. > > WHAT IT DOES > The FindArt plugin searches Amazon for cover art based on the Album > name of the playing song. The user can save selected cover art either > in the album folder or in a designated folder. The plugin does not > handle SC's advanced cover art naming possibilities just standard > cover.jpg, folder.jpg etc.. If trying to save art into album folder > make sure SC process has permissions to do so. > > INSTALL > Install the plugin by unzipping into the Plugins directory appropriate > for your installation - lookup Wiki. After installation restart SC and > there should be a "Find cover art" extry in the Extras menu. > > To install in SqueezeCenter 7.3 and later see > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=373902&postcount=14 > > > USE > To use - play a song from an album. Go back to "home" and select the > "Find cover art" from Extras. The LHS panel of WebUI should display > current cover art and first cover art from search of Amazon. A max of > 10 covers are retrieved from Amazon - use Next & Prev to go through > the matches. The Amazon ASIN number is linked to Amazon detailed info > page - useful to check album details. > > SETTINGS > There are a number of settings which affects where cover art is saved > and also how Amazon search is performed. The following is a brief > description of the settings and their use. > > "Do a database scan after save" - if checked then after a cover image > is saved into an album folder, a database scan will be performed of > album folder. After the save and scan to actually see the update cover > images will depend on the browser but you generally need to reload the > page Embedded art may take precedence - I don't know as I never > tested. > > "Replace current folder art" - If saving art into an album folder - the > plugin will rename the current covert art image (adding a digit to end). > This means new cover art file should be the file that is used. > > "Save art in special folder" - cover art will be save in the designated > folder ("directory name for cover art" setting) and not in album folder > (so previous scan and replace options are ignored). The saved file > name will include the album name and artist name This is useful if SC > cannot write into album folders - user can subsequently move saved art > into album folder and then initiate a database scan. Select this > settings if all tracks are in the same folder/directory. > > "Cover art name" filename to be used when saving in album folder. > > "Select Amazon locale" - the Amazon locale to be used for searches. The > search results will depend on the locale as some albums may not be on > sale in some countries and cover art can vary by country. > > "Select search type" Choose between Title search or Keywords search. A > keyword search just uses words of album title that exceed min length > setting. Keyword search is useful sometimes when album name entered in > SC is somehow different from Amazon title. -- steveabraham ------------------------------------------------------------------------ steveabraham's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49741 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49245 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
