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Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #500
Well, you seem to have worked everything out for yourself, well done! To aid others who might be searching for the same answers:

To change the default for naming pictures, when starting a search from the file browser, click the Options link in the file browser and edit the "Specify Path to Find Images" box.

To match various artists albums, the best way is probably that which you mentioned, to use path pattern matching so that the name of the album and artist is taken from the name of the folder that the music files are found in. If the album and artist name can not be determined from the file path and pattern, though, then it is probably not possible.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #501
Possible a proxy control? I have IE set to use a proxy when I use it, but firefox is not set to use a proxy. Album Art Downloader XUI uses the proxies preferences from IE, by using this it slow down my downloads of album art and don't want to every time I need to look for some album art I have to disable the proxy in IE.
Maybe in Options could have a get proxy configuration from IE or don't use any proxy.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #502
Possible a proxy control?
The proxy server settings can be overridden using the standard .net configuration system. I don't want to start adding specific UI for this into the app, but if you just want to disable proxy use, try placing this config file in your Album Art Downloader program folder (next to AlbumArt.exe): AlbumArt.exe.config

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #503
 worked fine really thanks for your effort. Just what I want: no proxies for AlbumArt Downloader XUI. Thanks! Looking for Album Art fast now and the result was increased.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #504
I am hoping to use Album Art Downloader to run automatically for a specific folder containing files in the artist\album\song folder format. I'm not sure how to pass the specific folder for aad.exe to use. This is the code I have now:

"C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\aad.exe" /artist "%artist%" /album "%album%" /path "$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg)" /sources "Amazon,Discogs" /minSize "300" /sequence "1"

What and where do I need to place the local folder for this to run correctly? I am hoping to schedule this to run automatically a couple times a week to get art for the new music I download to the folder.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #505
I am hoping to use Album Art Downloader to run automatically for a specific folder containing files in the artist\album\song folder format.
The command line version does include file browser or foobar browser functionality. If you want to be scanning a folder to find files which don't have art yet, you need to use the GUI. You can use the command line AlbumArt.exe /fileBrowser "path to folder" to start scanning that folder immediately.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #506
Hi Alex! I'd like to get a few formalities out of the way first if I may. To begin with, congratulations on creating a wonderful program, I'm getting a lot of mileage out of it. Secondly, as this is my first post on hydrogenaudio, my greetings to you all.

OK, I'm having a problem with the cover-paradies script. It was working fine until a week or so ago, but since then it has consistently failed to procure any pics. As I consider this to be the best source of cover art on the net, it's pretty much indispensable to me. I've tried installing different versions and tinkered with the script to no avail. Are you aware of any issues with the current script? Perhaps I've been IP banned by cover-paradies, as I've been very active with this program recently. Having said that I'm still able to enter their website and download art manually, so I doubt it's that. I'm trusting in your infinite wisdom that you can find an answer for me. Thanks! 

Windows XP sp3
Album Art Downloader XUI 0.22.0.0


Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #508
Still not working for me. I just replace the old script with the new one right?

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #509
Yes, in the Scripts folder, replace the old one with the new one. You will need to restart Album Art Downloader XUI for it to take effect - it should come up with the "Compiling Scripts" screen when it starts again.

Once restarted, in the Sources list on the right hand side,you should see the cover-paradies script listed as version 0.6. If it still shows 0.5, it hasn't been upgraded successfully, for some reason.

If it shows 0.6 and still isn't working for you, please tell me which artist and album name you were searching for, and I'll give it a try myself.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #510
Ah, never mind it's working now. I tried a search for Led Zeppelin; Physical Graffiti and it sent. Funny, I did the same search earlier and it failed. Go figure. Thanks Alex, the new script seems to have done the trick.

Edit: I've noticed that it doesn't return the same results as the old script used to. If for instance I search for 'Led Zeppelin; Led Zeppelin III', it returns results for the 3rd disc of an unrelated album, rather than the 3rd album by Zep. I've tried various other searches with similar results. Any thoughts?

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #511
Edit: I've noticed that it doesn't return the same results as the old script used to. If for instance I search for 'Led Zeppelin; Led Zeppelin III', it returns results for the 3rd disc of an unrelated album, rather than the 3rd album by Zep. I've tried various other searches with similar results. Any thoughts?
I haven't changed anything in this area. It is possible that cover-paradies themselves have changed their search algorithms. The Led Zeppelin search you suggested seems to give me the same results when I try it on their website as it does from Album Art Downloader...

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #512
The Led Zeppelin search you suggested seems to give me the same results when I try it on their website as it does from Album Art Downloader...


Yes, I can confirm this. However, I tried using integers instead of Roman numerals and it found the right covers, so no big deal I guess. Thanks for your help Alex.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #513
Thanks to daju, we now have a lastfm-cover.boo script, which uses the Last FM API to search for covers.

It will be included in the next version, or you can just download it and put it in your Scripts folder to use it.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #514
Hi!
I wrote a script for darktown and put it in the tracker, so you can download it here.

daju

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #515
Don't know if it has been proposed before, but how about showing the filesize of the images? Along with the preview and image dimensions, this is also an additional way to evaluate the quality of the image.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #516
Don't know if it has been proposed before, but how about showing the filesize of the images? Along with the preview and image dimensions, this is also an additional way to evaluate the quality of the image.
The filesize is not generally available before the full size image is downloaded. Often, the dimensions are, so this can usefully be determined and displayed. Once the full size image is downloaded, you can simply look at it to see the quality anyway.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #517
The "Help -> AAD Website" menu & about dialog link (http://album-art.sourceforge.net/) doesn't seem to work. Also the "Command Line Reference" link (http://album-art.sourceforge.net/index.php/Command_Line_Reference) from the first post of this thread is not working.

Feature request: automatic update checker (when starting AAD, once a week, ...). And program & scripts updater straight from AAD (possibly separated?).

Thanks again for your work!! AAD XUI is grrrrreat!

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #518
The "Help -> AAD Website" menu & about dialog link (http://album-art.sourceforge.net/) doesn't seem to work. Also the "Command Line Reference" link (http://album-art.sourceforge.net/index.php/Command_Line_Reference) from the first post of this thread is not working.

Feature request: automatic update checker (when starting AAD, once a week, ...). And program & scripts updater straight from AAD (possibly separated?).

Thanks again for your work!! AAD XUI is grrrrreat!
Thanks for reporting this - yes, the whole website seems to be down. Don't know why yet, but I'll look into it as soon as I figure out how it was set up in the first place.

Auto-update is a good idea, and should probably be implemented sometime. It would, of course, be optional.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #519
Thanks for keeping this stuff up to date! now my cover-paradies is working again too!

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #520
I have the "Group by: Local" so that if there is a folder.jpg I can see what it looks like and compare it in my hunt for a larger sized album art. However, many times (over 50%) the Local Results won't pick up the folder.jpg in the folder. Any ideas why?

Also, I noticed the program has difficulty finding cover art for Compilations, is that just the nature of the program?

 

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #521
Semi-OT: Is this the expected speed of .net Framework apps? The Album Art Downloader starts up in maybe 5-10 seconds here (P4/GhZ/3G). Like a Photoshop CS 10 on an 386sx  Even on Vista, which at usually profits from a better prefetching mechanism. I even use Java apps which startup faster (a "Go" game app, on kgs)...

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #522
However, many times (over 50%) the Local Results won't pick up the folder.jpg in the folder. Any ideas why?
I'm afraid I'll need a little more detail - can you let me know the artist and album you were searching for, the path of the folder.jpg you were expecting to be discovered, and the path pattern it was using to search for it (click the ... in the bottom right of the Local Files source in the sources list, then copy the contents of the "Path to find images" box). I'll then try and figure out why it wasn't picked up.

Also, I noticed the program has difficulty finding cover art for Compilations, is that just the nature of the program?
Compilations can be tricky due to there not always being a good "Artist Name" to use, and having usually fairly generic album names. I would suggest leaving the Artist blank and just putting in the album name, then hoping for the best. Not all sources will come up with anything useful, but hopefully at least one will be able to find it.


The Album Art Downloader starts up in maybe 5-10 seconds here (P4/GhZ/3G)
Is the splash-screen with "Compiling Scripts" appearing? That should only appear when changes are made to the scripts folder, and will take a little time to do the compilation before the main window appears. If it is appearing every time you start the app, then something is wrong, and we can investigate that.

If the splash-screen is not appearing, but you are still experiencing slow start-up, could you check if it happens every time, or just the first time after a reboot? The first time you run any .net app after a reboot, there will be a noticeable delay of a few seconds as it loads the framework into memory. Subsequent runs of that, or any other .net app, should then be fast.

If it is happening every time you run it, then it is just this app that is too slow! I can take a look at the start-up procedure and see if there is anything I can tweak, but I can't guarantee anything.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #523
is there a version that does not require .NET Framework 3.5 ?

i have mess up pc
i had framework 1
anfter i installed framework3
after many pacthes

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #524
is there a version that does not require .NET Framework 3.5 ?
The last version which did not require 3.5 was 0.11. Several of the scripts in that will not be up to date though, and some of the latest updates to scripts (past v0.18) will not work, as they depend on functionality added since then.