To @Steven and the other administrators...I think this very useful plugin should definitely be added to the MusicBee AddonsThis is not a plugin. It is a stand-alone app that can be linked to be used from MB's 'send to' context menu. Read the first post for instructions.
While the app is pretty good at obtaining album art, the issue I have with it is that it's opening up a new window for every track in the album.
There's a setting to let you keep just one window. I think you just have to untick "open search results in a new window".
but that didn't satisfy you in solving the issue you had with the exact same thing then.
Has something changed by now?
Nice app... am wondering if it is capable for me to add SoundCloud on the searching for Cover... and is it possible to make it to embed the picture on the file
/ar "<Artist>" /al "<Album>" /t f /mn 300 /mx 3000 /o a- /ac /p "\Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%"I did some experimenting with this as an external app tool within MusicBee today, ended up with this in the Parameters box after putting the path to my AAD/ AlbumArt.exe in the application path box:Nicely done. And it works perfectly for the two albums I tested. Thanks for posting.Code/ar "<Artist>" /al "<Album>" /t f /mn 300 /mx 3000 /o a- /ac /p "\Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%"
Code/ar "<Artist>" /al "<Album>" /t f /mn 300 /mx 3000 /o a- /ac /p "\Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%"
That's a good tip, but you can set all this in AlbumArtDownloader's options.
Is there a benefit doing it like this?
At least for me, nothing I used to set manually in AAD would ever persist, …
At least for me, nothing I used to set manually in AAD would ever persist, …
That's weird.
Have you excluded AlbumArtDownloader from your AV software? ;-)
(I have never experienced issues with AAD options settings not sticking)
That's a good tip, but you can set all this in AlbumArtDownloader's options.Good question man, haha.. Honestly, I hadn't thought about it. Since I had used a variation that was published at the Mp3tag forum, I just "ported" it to MusicBee. BTW, I found out today that all the Discogs covers (among other sources) have "unknown" type values, so you want to add that to the /t "type" delimiter in addition to f (front), as in:
Is there a benefit doing it like this?
/ar "<Artist>" /al "<Album>" /t f,u /mn 300 /mx 3000 /o a- /ac /p "\Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%"So for me Album Art Downloader works very reliably and error free since the beginning of 2019. I am very grateful to @EnduringGuerila for this tip.😎👍Same here, It is really working with no annoyance with error-free as you said. I give my thanks to @EnduringGuerila as well. :)
That's a good tip, but you can set all this in AlbumArtDownloader's options.Good question man, haha.. Honestly, I hadn't thought about it. Since I had used a variation that was published at the Mp3tag forum, I just "ported" it to MusicBee. BTW, I found out today that all the Discogs covers (among other sources) have "unknown" type values, so you want to add that to the /t "type" delimiter in addition to f (front), as in:
Is there a benefit doing it like this?Code/ar "<Artist>" /al "<Album>" /t f,u /mn 300 /mx 3000 /o a- /ac /p "\Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%"
For newbies to AAD (like me), you can get a list of all the available switch options by running "AlbumArt.exe /?" in a command window.
Thanks for your info Sveakul! How would you go about with the parameters if you want to save the cover.jpg in the same folder as the album you're searching for? I can't find how to do this in the hydrogenaudio forum.
I'm in the middle of a complete revamp of all my systems, so I don't have AAD installed, but there should be a setting in the GUI that persists even after closing.There is ("Save images to"), but the problem is what variables to use that will save the image into whatever folder the audio file resides in, as opposed to having to state one fixed location in either GUI setting or /p. Mine is set for a fixed folder, entered in the GUI as " \Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%", but Johan_A_M (and now me!) are trying to come up with a variable that would give a dynamic path folder depending on where the audio file is located.
I'm in the middle of a complete revamp of all my systems, so I don't have AAD installed, but there should be a setting in the GUI that persists even after closing.There is ("Save images to"), but the problem is what variables to use that will save the image into whatever folder the audio file resides in, as opposed to having to state one fixed location in either GUI setting or /p. Mine is set for a fixed folder, entered in the GUI as " \Art\%artist% - %album%.%extension%", but Johan_A_M (and now me!) are trying to come up with a variable that would give a dynamic path folder depending on where the audio file is located.
/ar "<Artist>" /al "<Album>" /t f,u /mn 300 /mx 3000 /o a- /ac /f "%artist% - %album%.%extension%" /p "<Path>"Based on the information here (https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=51896.0) I just tested putting -f "Cover.jpg" -p "<Path>" at the end of my command line in MB's tools and it worked just fine.
Edit: In MP3Tag I used -f "Cover.jpg" -p "%_folderpath%"
I always wanted to do this but never thought about how to actually accomplish it before, so thanks for the inspiration. Have a wonderful day!
Very much very helpfully this extension :) functions very well with my MusicBee version 3.3.7015.
Because I hear many rather unknown artists, I have searched in the past long with Google for a suitable album cover.
'Albumart' shortens this cover Searching uncommon.
In addition, this description also for laymen like me understandably
Many thanks for it :) :) :)
ha! i have been trying to find out where all the hundreds of Albumart files that suddenly appeared at some time came from. what is the answer?https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39272.msg212144#msg212144 (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39272.msg212144#msg212144)
ha! i have been trying to find out where all the hundreds of Albumart files that suddenly appeared at some time came from. what is the answer?https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39272.msg212144#msg212144 (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39272.msg212144#msg212144)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/
I thoroughly love this cover search software.
Search Preview:
https://i.gyazo.com/b77c1882d4b8e40edd887a8948f90296.png
I setup:
A toolbar button in Musicbee that, based on the selected track, searches the artist and album in Album Art Downloader
(https://i.gyazo.com/7ad0c07bd16adfd6fd3ee19f1053a175.png)
Directions:
1. Open MusicBee Preferences and select the "Tools" tab
(https://i.gyazo.com/8bf00b5ad2ae2744559ca846e0553fc4.png)
2. add the application path (mine is C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\AlbumArt.exe) {just click the button on the right side with three dots then navigate to the exe file}
3. Make sure you set the parameters to: "<Artist>" "<Album>"
(https://i.gyazo.com/43d7c74b9c46a23bf87e00b4df3729d1.png)
4. click Save
---- You can stop at this point and just right click the file and use the "Send To" feature ----
(https://i.gyazo.com/217a888ca2d968dea5b7d1fd646ec1da.png)
If you wish to add the toolbar button as I did:
5. Right click your toolbar then "Configure Toolbar"
(https://i.gyazo.com/b6d4255f3e44bab5bba63d5ba0eddb96.png)
6. Click the plus sign to add a new button command
(https://i.gyazo.com/af8a2f9536542f89f91bf38f02f28afb.png)
7. click the three dots and Set the command to the "Send To: External Application (selected file) [your #]"
Mine was #3 because Audition and MediaInfo were apps 1 and 2...
If you like my dark theme, feel free to try it (Click Here) (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=28211.0)