artistArt downloader
Is it a standard foobar2k component?
No, it's meant to be called like AlbumArtDownloader with foo_run.
What does it do?
It fetches artist's photos by using Last.fm's api.
You can specify the number of photos you want to download, path the photos to be saved in.
There is Discogs around that also does the job, but it only downloads a limited number of
photos together with writing tags. Discogs also has a relatively small collection of artists. So I set off to make this *component*.
*It won't read tags itself.It must work with players like foobar2000
Requirement
It requires .Net Framework 2.0.
To work with foobar2000, you need foo_run.
Usage
art.exe <artist> <path> <number>
<artist>: artist name
<path>:save path
<number>:number of photos
Because it's more easier to call %path% in foobar.so <path> must contain filename. Call like this:
art.exe "Fall Out Boy" "L:Fall.Out.Boy.-.Folie.A.Deux\09-fall_out_boy-27.mp3" 5
In foobar2k with foo_run, call like this:
art.exe "%artist%" "%path%" 5
If you want to save images to one folder call like this:
art.exe "Katharine McPhee" "K:\artistart\foobar" 5
foobar is a random string, it's just to make string cut in the program work. It will save images to K:\artistart\.
Source code and download:
Download binary code here.
Download source code here.
or just
svn checkout http://artistart.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ artistart-read-only
Sorry about my English..again..sigh..