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iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #50 –
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I just have one request:

Would it be possible to add an option to not search for cover art if the information is incomplete? For example if the programme fails to find ARTIST information and finds ALBUM info only then it skips the folder and doesn't search.

The reason for this is that sometimes if the program only finds album info for some folders and it erroneous eg. '-d'. When it searches this, there are 20-odd incorrect covers downloaded.
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=374983"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

Good point. I'll add an option to not search for a cover if one of the pattern fields could not be found.
EDIT: ASFAICS not possible, because there is not cetain way to know when eg an artist is just crap or a real name. 
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=375041"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The programme doesn't need to know this. For example all it needs to know is whether both artist and album fields are filled, and not search if one field is empty.. 

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Reply #51 –
Yeah, right. I thought of my dir structure when writing this ('_' for empty artist or album).
Will implement this.

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One problem I've been having with this program is when I use the scan mode it doesn't see that the folders already have folder.jpg files in them and just overwrites them. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the great program btw.

It shouldn't do this... (who would have thought  ) I'll see if I can confirm this.
EDIT: Confirmed and fixed.  Thanks for the report.

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #52 –
Thanks. Do I just redownload the file from post#1?

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #53 –
You can do that now, I released a new version. 

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Reply #54 –
awesome! thanks

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Reply #55 –
Thanks for the update Anas. There seems to be a slight problem with this version though..
The first few folders parsed will search even if only one field from artist and album is found. This is with a %artist%-%album%.jpg file structure:
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iTunes Cover Search
Cover scan started...
Opening K's Choice
artist: K's Choice
K's Choice-.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening K.C. & Jojo
artist: K.C. & Jojo
K.C. & Jojo-.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Then when the programme finds both fields it searches correctly but then carries the album information over on subsequent searches until it finds another complete artist-album folder:
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Opening Kaiser Chiefs
Opening (2005) Employment
artist: Kaiser Chiefs
year: 2005
album: Employment
Kaiser Chiefs-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Kamahl
artist: Kamahl
Kamahl-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Katalyst
artist: Katalyst
Katalyst-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening KC & The Sunshine Band
artist: KC & The Sunshine Band
KC & The Sunshine Band-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Keane
artist: Keane
Keane-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Kid Rock
artist: Kid Rock
Kid Rock-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Killers On The Loose
artist: Killers On The Loose
Killers On The Loose-Employment.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Killswitch Engage
Opening (2002) Alive Or Just Breathing
artist: Killswitch Engage
year: 2002
album: Alive Or Just Breathing
Killswitch Engage-Alive Or Just Breathing.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening (2004) The End of Heartache
artist: Killswitch Engage
year: 2004
album: The End of Heartache
Killswitch Engage-The End of Heartache.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening King Missile
artist: King Missile
King Missile-The End of Heartache.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening Kings Of Leon
Opening (2003) Youth & Young Manhood
artist: Kings Of Leon
year: 2003
album: Youth & Young Manhood
Kings Of Leon-Youth & Young Manhood.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
Opening (2004) Aha Shake Heartbreak
artist: Kings Of Leon
year: 2004
album: Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings Of Leon-Aha Shake Heartbreak.jpg not found in covers folder.
Search started...
I hope my explanation is understandable, and thanks again for your work on this tool.

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Reply #56 –
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The first few folders parsed will search even if only one field from artist and album is found.
Stupid me. You keep the covers all in one place, right? I forgot to change the behaviour for this option, too.

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Then when the programme finds both fields it searches correctly but then carries the album information over on subsequent searches until it finds another complete artist-album folder:
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=375341"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
That happened because I didn't empty an array before using it again.
Should be fixed now. Just redownload it from the first post.

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Reply #57 –
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The console output wouldn't be too bad, too. I already have an idea where it could come from, but I'm not sure. Will look into it.
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=375108"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


Here is a pretty long snippet of the output. If this isnt what you were looking for let me know.

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iTunes Cover Search
Cover scan started...
Opening Aerosmith
Opening Rockin' The Joint
artist

album
Aerosmith\Rockin' The Joint
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Aerosmith\Rockin' The Joint. Search started...
Opening Alice In Chains
Opening Greatest Hits
artist

album
Alice In Chains\Greatest Hits
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Alice In Chains\Greatest Hits. Search started...
Opening Jar of Flies
artist

album
Alice In Chains\Jar of Flies
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Alice In Chains\Jar of Flies. Search started...
Opening Annie Lennox
Opening Bare
artist

album
Annie Lennox\Bare
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Annie Lennox\Bare. Search started...
Opening Diva
artist

album
Annie Lennox\Diva
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Annie Lennox\Diva. Search started...
Opening Barenaked Ladies
Opening Stunt
artist

album
Barenaked Ladies\Stunt
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Barenaked Ladies\Stunt. Search started...
Opening Big Audio Dynamite
Opening No. 10, Upping St
artist

album
Big Audio Dynamite\No. 10, Upping St
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Big Audio Dynamite\No. 10, Upping St. Search started...
Opening Cake
Opening Fashion Nugget
artist

album
Cake\Fashion Nugget
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Cake\Fashion Nugget. Search started...
Opening Creed
Opening My Own Prison
artist

album
Creed\My Own Prison
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Creed\My Own Prison. Search started...
Opening Crosby, Stills & Nash
Opening CSN (Disc 1)
artist

album
Crosby, Stills & Nash\CSN (Disc 1)
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Crosby, Stills & Nash\CSN (Disc 1). Search started...
Opening CSN (Disc 3)
artist

album
Crosby, Stills & Nash\CSN (Disc 3)
Folder.jpg not found in E:\FLAC\Crosby, Stills & Nash\CSN (Disc 3).

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #59 –
Eli: Please use CODEBOX instead of CODE.

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and it works now.
Just wanted to reply.
Fine that it works now. I'll change that you need to enter those backslashes.

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Reply #60 –
Awesome Anas, seems to be working perfectly! Thankyou so much

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Reply #61 –
Thank you this is such a good handy app

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Reply #62 –
eheh, i'm having problems with this program:
The structure of my musics are this:


D:\Musicas\Albums\%artist%  (%year%)  %album%


Could someone help me to download covers and save in each folder?

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Reply #63 –
What problems exactly? Any errors? Or can you just not set up the scan options properly? If yes use following options:

Music Directory
D:\Musicas\Albums\

Music Directory Structure
%artist%  (%year%)  %album%

Filetypes
Whatever filetypes you use

Filename
Folder.jpg

Use One Folder Mode disabled.

Now click Scan.

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #64 –
Thanks, Anas... my problem was that i didn't know how to set it up properly!
Thanks again!

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Reply #65 –
Hi,

I just installed your program and get an error message after pressing the search button which says: "List Index Out of Bounds (1)". This message apperas after "Parsing response..." in the log window.

What can I - or You - do to solve this issue?

Best regards
Franklin

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Reply #66 –
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"List Index Out of Bounds (1)"


i get the same thing more often than not, appearing in the log and in a seperate window. it seems to happen whenever there are more than ten covers found???

i also get the "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request" error, for example with ART "badly" and ALB "one", program is dead afterwards. i'm not sure whether this should have been solved already or maybe it is to blame on the script, but i thought i''d share it anyway.

great program, btw! really looking forward to this...

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #67 –
Thanks for the reports, I'll look into it.

EDIT: Found the bug which caused the "List Index Out of Bounds (1)" error and fixed it. Don't know where this "Bad Request" thing comes from, could be in the script or in the program.
I will release an fixed build later today.

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Reply #68 –
New version available, see first post.

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Reply #69 –
wow, that was quick!! thanx a lot!! and a new screenshot, as well

however, with this new version i can't look for any cover at all: Socket Error # 10061 - Connection refused. and i think i located the problem: the default scriptserver value is "http://localhost/something" - this can't be right, i guess... i tried to paste "http://tpemble.urfbownd.net/itunes/itunes-iart.php" in there but this results in a window with html script in it 

btw: the "this script" link on top of the first post is not working properly - some spacer in it or something...

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Reply #70 –
Quote from: pano on
however, with this new version i can't look for any cover at all: Socket Error # 10061 - Connection refused. and i think i located the problem: the default scriptserver value is "http://localhost/something" - this can't be right, i guess... i tried to paste "http://tpemble.urfbownd.net/itunes/itunes-iart.php" in there but this results in a window with html script in it 
I made "http://tpemble.urfbownd.net/itunes/itunes-iart.php" as default script and tried and it worked for me. However I uploaded a new build with the above url as default script URL.
 
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btw: the "this script" link on top of the first post is not working properly - some spacer in it or something...
Fixed.

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #72 –
I actually have no idea where it could come from, but I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow. Maybe you could post the script URL you are using and if you use Proxy.

iTunes Covers Downloader

Reply #73 –
i know this is just for the program, but i've tried to upload the script to my own server and i keep getting an error when i type something to search

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Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: citms in /home/arctic/public_html/itunes/itunes-search.php on line 66



this is the search, any help would be great

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Reply #74 –
You also need this and this.