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I also would like a setting to remember to save art as 'cover.jpg' or whatever other name I choose.

The path to save art is already saved. The exception to this is that if you start the search window from the file browser, the path to save art is set to the path it searched for art in for that folder. So, if you want to change it from folder.jpg to cover.jpg, then open the Options panel in the File Browser and remove the folder.jpg option, or move the cover.jpg option to be the first one. (It is the first alternate in the list that is used for the path to save art to. Alternates are separated by the | character).

As promised, updated cover-paradies.boo.

I just added the V0.8 Cover-Paradies script but it doesn't seem to work for me.

Quote from: tesa185 on 2009-04-08 21:27:05

I just added the V0.8 Cover-Paradies script but it doesn't seem to work for me.

Still works for me. Can you tell me what artist and album you were searching for?

So it seems that i do have to enter an album aswell, right ?

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App version: 0.25.0.0, running on Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3

System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException: Cannot convert string 'AlbumArtDownloader.ico' in attribute 'Icon' to object of type 'System.Windows.Media.ImageSource'. No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.  Error at object 'AlbumArtDownloader.Splashscreen' in markup file 'AlbumArt;component/splashscreen.xaml'. ---> System.NotSupportedException: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x88982F50): Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F50
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDecoderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)
   at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)
   at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrame.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy)
   at System.Windows.Media.ImageSourceConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value)
   at System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, String text)
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlTypeMapper.ParseProperty(Object targetObject, Type propType, String propName, Object dpOrPiOrFi, ITypeDescriptorContext typeContext, ParserContext parserContext, String value, Int16 converterTypeId)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException.ThrowException(String message, Exception innerException, Int32 lineNumber, Int32 linePosition, Uri baseUri, XamlObjectIds currentXamlObjectIds, XamlObjectIds contextXamlObjectIds, Type objectType)
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException.ThrowException(ParserContext parserContext, Int32 lineNumber, Int32 linePosition, String message, Exception innerException)
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlTypeMapper.ParseProperty(Object targetObject, Type propType, String propName, Object dpOrPiOrFi, ITypeDescriptorContext typeContext, ParserContext parserContext, String value, Int16 converterTypeId)
   at System.Windows.Markup.BamlRecordReader.ParseProperty(Object element, Type propertyType, String propertyName, Object dpOrPi, String attribValue, Int16 converterTypeId)
   at System.Windows.Markup.BamlRecordReader.ReadPropertyRecordBase(String attribValue, Int16 attributeId, Int16 converterTypeId)
   at System.Windows.Markup.BamlRecordReader.ReadPropertyConverterRecord(BamlPropertyWithConverterRecord bamlPropertyRecord)
   at System.Windows.Markup.BamlRecordReader.ReadRecord(BamlRecord bamlRecord)
   at System.Windows.Markup.BamlRecordReader.Read(Boolean singleRecord)
   at System.Windows.Markup.TreeBuilderBamlTranslator.ParseFragment()
   at System.Windows.Markup.TreeBuilder.Parse()
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.LoadBaml(Stream stream, ParserContext parserContext, Object parent, Boolean closeStream)
   at System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(Object component, Uri resourceLocator)
   at AlbumArtDownloader.Splashscreen.InitializeComponent()
   at AlbumArtDownloader.Splashscreen..ctor()
   at AlbumArtDownloader.Splashscreen.ShowIfRequired()
   at AlbumArtDownloader.App.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__0(Object unused)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WrappedInvoke(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
   at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()
   at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeInSecurityContext(Object state)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Invoke()
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.ProcessQueue()
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WndProcHook(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
   at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
   at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WrappedInvoke(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan timeout, Delegate method, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority priority, Delegate method, Object arg)
   at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
   at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(MSG& msg)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(DispatcherFrame frame)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(DispatcherFrame frame)
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Run()
   at System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(Object ignore)
   at System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(Window window)
   at System.Windows.Application.Run(Window window)
   at System.Windows.Application.Run()
   at AlbumArtDownloader.App.AlbumArtDownloader.IPriorInstance.Run()
   at AlbumArtDownloader.InstanceMutex.RunAppAsServiceHost(IPriorInstance instance, String channelUri)
   at AlbumArtDownloader.App.Main(String[] args)

Quote from: tesa185 on 2009-04-09 21:24:25

So it seems that i do have to enter an album aswell, right ?

Yeah, several of the scripts are like that. Probably possible to fix them in most cases, but as a quick workaround you can generally just put a space in the Album field and it will work.

I have been using this application for some time now, and recently it's stopped working for me. I can't quite figure out what's wrong. I just get this error message every time I try to run the exe file.

Will AAD in the future be able to write album art directly in to the files? (I also dislike this trend, but many players, including mobile devices, only recognize embedded covers)

AAD will remain a tool for downloading album art, and saving it as a file.

I would like that AAD ... automatically would asign a cover to the album in a batch process witouth interaction with the user.

Then compare the thumbnails between each of them.

When I point the browser to my collection, it will run fine until it runs up against an album/artist whose letters exceed that of the allowable character limit.

Quote from: floepie on 2009-04-28 16:37:04

When I point the browser to my collection, it will run fine until it runs up against an album/artist whose letters exceed that of the allowable character limit.

Sounds like a bug to me. There's not supposed to be a limit - could you give me an example of an album/artist which fails? If I can't reproduce it with that, I may need to ask you to email me a sample track which fails too - would you be able to do that?

Floepie, thanks for taking the time to look into this for me. From your descriptions, I will try and see if I can reproduce the error here, and if I can, I'll fix the bug.

In answer to your other question, in order to display the dimensions of the images, they would actually have to be loaded from disk. This would slow down the search operation considerably, which is why I have not done so. The file size can be obtained without needing to load the image, and is usually a good enough indicator of the approximate image-size. I have considered having a background second pass which would slowly crawl over all the results filling in dimensions for each as it loads them, but I'm not sure if this will ever make it in.

Quote from: AlexVallat on 2009-04-30 16:06:49

Floepie, thanks for taking the time to look into this for me. From your descriptions, I will try and see if I can reproduce the error here, and if I can, I'll fix the bug.

In answer to your other question, in order to display the dimensions of the images, they would actually have to be loaded from disk. This would slow down the search operation considerably, which is why I have not done so. The file size can be obtained without needing to load the image, and is usually a good enough indicator of the approximate image-size. I have considered having a background second pass which would slowly crawl over all the results filling in dimensions for each as it loads them, but I'm not sure if this will ever make it in.

Oh, I really like the idea of a background second pass. You could have it disabled by default as an unchecked box in the options and have a warning in parentheses that it may slow the scan. I just tried this using the built in Windows explorer by adding a 'dimensions' column, and it doesn't seem to slow the search down at all with a *.jpg search of my entire music directory. In any case, that would be very handy but something I could certainly live without. Thanks again for the best album art tool available....

That should be harmless enough if you are getting good search results.
I see many 'not-in-the-ballpark' results when I search for art for my particular collection. I'd not want to download all the erroneous files if I didn't have to.
Right now I have a size limit of 400 pixels and then can see how large each is to do a preview of the candidates if there are more than one.

For the same reason, I would not use an automatic retrieval feature if there were one.
I tend to listen to the music while geting the cover art, so for me it is not a chore.
This tool makes it very easy to get the art I want without much fiddling with this or that, reviewing results, etc.

If these features are added in the future, please make them selectable.

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App version: 0.26.0.0, running on Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1

System.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.Properties.Settings.get_LastUpdateCheck()
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.Updates.CheckForUpdates(Boolean forceCheck)
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.App.ProcessCommandArgs(String[] args)
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.App.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
  bei System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__0(Object unused)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WrappedInvoke(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()
  bei System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeInSecurityContext(Object state)
  bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
  bei System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
  bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
  bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Invoke()
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.ProcessQueue()
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WndProcHook(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
  bei MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
  bei MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WrappedInvoke(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan timeout, Delegate method, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority priority, Delegate method, Object arg)
  bei MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
  bei MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(MSG& msg)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(DispatcherFrame frame)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(DispatcherFrame frame)
  bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Run()
  bei System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(Object ignore)
  bei System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(Window window)
  bei System.Windows.Application.Run(Window window)
  bei System.Windows.Application.Run()
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.App.AlbumArtDownloader.IPriorInstance.Run()
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.InstanceMutex.RunAppAsServiceHost(IPriorInstance instance, String channelUri)
  bei AlbumArtDownloader.App.Main(String[] args)