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Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2425
What does your .NET selections show in the Windows Features control panel?

Mine is:


Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2426
Hello,
fist off I would like to point out how incredibly grateful I am for this little gem of software you developed. I does indeed save me countless hours that I would otherwise spend searching, saving, moving and renaming my covers. 

Now, I do run it in a separate folder and although I'm not quite capable of writing my own script, i did manage to copy and modify various versions of Google Image Search script tailored to search in a few specific sites, restricted to a few specific image constraints.

My question today is (and I really don't mean to be rude in any way here) :

Did the script for Google Image Search completely stopped working or was it just me here?? 

I'm using windows 7 x64 English and I've tried both AAD v.0.46 and v.1.0, and both versions of the program with only the Google Image Script isolated. None of them work anymore, unfortunately.

I'm still looking into it, but I'm really curious if Google changed something yet again and the script stoped working; not just for me, but for everybody...

Thanks!

P.S.: I'm not quite sure if my English is good enough (I do use a little bit of assistance from Google Translator) and I apologize for my mistakes...

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2427
Did the script for Google Image Search completely stopped working or was it just me here??
Hi, thanks for your comments, and your English is just fine. Yes, Google images has stopped working, thanks for reporting it. I've uploaded a new version which should work with their latest changes: google.boo

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2428
Yes, Google images has stopped working, thanks for reporting it. I've uploaded a new version which should work with their latest changes...

Wow! What a really fast response time! Thank you so much!
I downloaded the script and looked at it and I could see that you probably had to put a lot of working into it to change and make it start working again. I sincerely appreciate the time you spent, my gratitudes to you!

I noticed that the gbv switch had to be moved to =2 and I had a feeling that without control of JavaScript being on and off Google was automatically giving back the "new" blank pages where the images and links are added afterwards (unfortunately, I had not skills to make it work again). I saw that you had to employ a really complicated (for me) scheme to receive google's search response now, I was very intrigued. Still, I was able to modify the script to keep on grabbing my movie posters from many different sources using various versions of this plugin script.

Once again, thank you so much! Good job indeed!

P.S.: I feel almost ashamed of bringing this up, because it's not really a big deal but Deezer script here only gives 120x120px images, I don't know if they're blocking it somehow, but when I click the little "i", I can go to Firefox and view the image and modify the given 500x500px 80quality jpeg to display a 1500x1500px 99quality jpeg image whithout being blocked. I don't know if it's a geolocation thing blocking maybe? still, I wonder why I still can load the image just fine in Firefox...

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2429
Deezer script here only gives 120x120px images

Yeah, the gbv=1 (no-script) version of the results from google image search has stopped including the url to the full size image, which makes it useless now. I had to switch to the gbv=2 dynamic version, and redo the script to parse the information out of that.

Thanks for reporting the issue with Deezer. The Deezer script previously used to request an image at 0x0 size, which the server would interpret as meaning full size. However, that now simply returns the word "unauthorized", so I guess they blocked that. As you have found, you can still request a variety of sizes, but I haven't found a way to specify "full size" without knowing what that size should be. Experimentation has shown that sizes over 1400x1400 tend to return "unauthorized" too, so what I've done is upload a modified deezer.boo that requests a 1400x1400 image. It's not ideal, as if the native size is smaller than that, it's silly to have the server upscale it then send down the enlarged large image! Anyway, please let me know if you find images that don't work with that script, or examples of specific urls to images that are available larger (for experimentation), but at least it's an improvement on 120x120.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2430
Yeah, the gbv=1 (no-script) version of the results from google image search has stopped including the url to the full size image, which makes it useless now. I had to switch to the gbv=2 dynamic version, and redo the script to parse the information out of that.
Very interesting! Thanks for the information.

The Deezer script previously used to request an image at 0x0 size, which the server would interpret as meaning full size. However, that now simply returns the word "unauthorized", so I guess they blocked that. As you have found, you can still request a variety of sizes, but I haven't found a way to specify "full size" without knowing what that size should be. Experimentation has shown that sizes over 1400x1400 tend to return "unauthorized" too, so what I've done is upload a modified deezer.boo that requests a 1400x1400 image. It's not ideal, as if the native size is smaller than that, it's silly to have the server upscale it then send down the enlarged large image! Anyway, please let me know if you find images that don't work with that script, or examples of specific urls to images that are available larger (for experimentation), but at least it's an improvement on 120x120.

Thank you once again! You are a very hard worker! You have every reason to be very proud of your Software; we all thank you for that.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2431
Deezer script here only gives 120x120px images

Yeah, the gbv=1 (no-script) version of the results from google image search has stopped including the url to the full size image, which makes it useless now. I had to switch to the gbv=2 dynamic version, and redo the script to parse the information out of that.

Thanks for reporting the issue with Deezer. The Deezer script previously used to request an image at 0x0 size, which the server would interpret as meaning full size. However, that now simply returns the word "unauthorized", so I guess they blocked that. As you have found, you can still request a variety of sizes, but I haven't found a way to specify "full size" without knowing what that size should be. Experimentation has shown that sizes over 1400x1400 tend to return "unauthorized" too, so what I've done is upload a modified deezer.boo that requests a 1400x1400 image. It's not ideal, as if the native size is smaller than that, it's silly to have the server upscale it then send down the enlarged large image! Anyway, please let me know if you find images that don't work with that script, or examples of specific urls to images that are available larger (for experimentation), but at least it's an improvement on 120x120.

Alex


Hi Alex!
Thank you 1.000 times for this software!
The GoogleImage script has not been replaced in the distribution, can we have it, please?
Many thanks
DJBuzz

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2432
Deezer script here only gives 120x120px images

Yeah, the gbv=1 (no-script) version of the results from google image search has stopped including the url to the full size image, which makes it useless now. I had to switch to the gbv=2 dynamic version, and redo the script to parse the information out of that.

Thanks for reporting the issue with Deezer. The Deezer script previously used to request an image at 0x0 size, which the server would interpret as meaning full size. However, that now simply returns the word "unauthorized", so I guess they blocked that. As you have found, you can still request a variety of sizes, but I haven't found a way to specify "full size" without knowing what that size should be. Experimentation has shown that sizes over 1400x1400 tend to return "unauthorized" too, so what I've done is upload a modified deezer.boo that requests a 1400x1400 image. It's not ideal, as if the native size is smaller than that, it's silly to have the server upscale it then send down the enlarged large image! Anyway, please let me know if you find images that don't work with that script, or examples of specific urls to images that are available larger (for experimentation), but at least it's an improvement on 120x120.

Alex


Never mind I found it in the SourceForge page...
Thanks again.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2433
Spent some time over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend doing some music library maintenance...

Any chance we could get a feature that if ONLY local results are found to automatically close and continue to the next in the queue? (No reason to wait if I already have it)

And while I'm wishing, an option to beep or play a sound when done searching? (On each Album not the entire queue, for when I let it run but I'm not sitting in front of my PC)

Either way, I love AAD! Thanks for everything!

Matt

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Reply #2434

Hmm... those requests seem a bit specialist to me! It's the sort of thing that you might use some sort of automation or scripting system for, but I don't think I want to add them to the already cluttered set of options available, sorry.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2435
Quote
Yeah, the gbv=1 (no-script) version of the results from google image search has stopped including the url to the full size image, which makes it useless now. I had to switch to the gbv=2 dynamic version, and redo the script to parse the information out of that.


You can still use google.com to search for album covers.
The urls to the images are in the html file.

example: https://google.com/search?q=rammstein sehnsucht album cover&tbm=isch

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2436
My machine (Win 7 64) appears to have upgraded to .Net 4.5. Since that, Album Art Downloader will not work. I have tried uninstalling .Net 4.5 and reverting to 3.5 but still no luck. I get this when I click AlbumArt.exe:

Album Art Downloader has encountered a fatal error, and has had to close.
If you wish to report this error, please include this information, which
has been written to the file: C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\errorlog.txt

App version: 1.0.0.0, running on Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (64 bit)

System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException: Provide value on 'System.Windows.Baml2006.TypeConverterMarkupExtension' threw an exception. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: Operation caused an invalid state. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F04
  --- 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 MS.Internal.Xaml.Runtime.ClrObjectRuntime.CallProvideValue(MarkupExtension me, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.Load(XamlReader xamlReader, IXamlObjectWriterFactory writerFactory, Boolean skipJournaledProperties, Object rootObject, XamlObjectWriterSettings settings, Uri baseUri)
  at System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.LoadBaml(XamlReader xamlReader, Boolean skipJournaledProperties, Object rootObject, XamlAccessLevel accessLevel, Uri baseUri)
  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.ArtSearchWindow..ctor()
  at AlbumArtDownloader.App.ProcessCommandArgs(String[] args)
  at AlbumArtDownloader.App.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1(Object unused)
  at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
  at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
  at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
  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, Int32 numArgs)
  at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
  at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan timeout, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
  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.Application.RunInternal(Window window)
  at System.Windows.Application.Run()
  at AlbumArtDownloader.InstanceMutex.RunAppAsServiceHost(IPriorInstance instance, String channelUri)
  at AlbumArtDownloader.App.Main(String[] args)

I have no idea what any of this means, apart from the first line, which saddens me. I have tried the addition of the AlbumArt.exe.config file as posted elsewhere in this thread but still no change...

Can anybody enlighten me as to how I might get this thing up and running again?

Thanks very much.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2437
Hello, Alex,
just came here to give you a little feedback about the Deezer plugin:

- to this day, most albums are giving good results (1400x1400 .png images), but a few are still giving 120x120;
- I made a copy of the Deezer plugin, adjusted for 1200x1200 99-quality jpeg images and when the 1400x1400 .png fails I have used this with great success.

An album example where the 1400 fails is: Ana Tijoux - La Bala.

It's not a big deal for me, but maybe it's a good information for you to have.

Cheers!

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2438
My machine (Win 7 64) appears to have upgraded to .Net 4.5. Since that, Album Art Downloader will not work. I have tried uninstalling .Net 4.5 and reverting to 3.5 but still no luck.

Searching around a bit seems to indicate that this is likely due to a windows update: KB2670838 which broke a lot of things for a lot of people. Some advise that updating video drivers can solve the issue, and others recommend simply uninstalling that update.

An album example where [Deezer] 1400 fails is: Ana Tijoux - La Bala.

Thanks, that is good to know. So, it seems there's no specific size that can be relied upon - I'll have to make the script fall back trying smaller sizes until it finds one, I suppose. I've uploaded an update which starts as 1400x1400 then drops the size by 200 each time the image isn't found, and checks again: deezer.boo

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2439
Alex, awesome advice. Uninstalled the update, turned on >NET 3.5 and bam! We're off again. Thanks so much.

 

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2440
Ran into a very bizarre problem today. Been using AAD with Foobar for years and never have had an issue until today and it is ONLY with this one album. No other albums, not even from the same band, has given me a problem. Anyway, when i click on a song and choose to get cover, i instead a Album Art Downloader Command Line Perimeters window filled with a bunch of text. It looks like Notepad. Anyway. The text is this:

Code: [Select]
>"C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\albumart.exe" "Converge" "Downpour / Serial Killer 5" (Single)" "J:\Music\Converge\Downpour & Serial Killer [EP]\cover.jpg"

Album Art Downloader XUI version 1.0.0.0

**** Only the first three parameters may be un-named ****

Usage: albumart.exe [options]

Option names may be preceded by a / or a -
Options:

/artist      Artist to search for            (/artist "Artist Name")
              May be abbreviated to /ar       (/ar "Artist Name")
              Parameter name may be omitted
              if this is the first parameter  ("Artist Name")

/album       Album to search for             (/album "Album Name")
              May be abbreviated to /al       (/al "Album Name")
              Parameter name may be omitted
              if this is the second parameter ("Artist Name" "Album Name")

/path        Default path to save art as     (/path "\Art\Folder.jpg")
              May be abbreviated to /p        (/p "\Art\Folder.jpg")
              Parameter name may be omitted
              if this is the third parameter  ("Artist Name" "Album Name" "\Art\Folder.jpg")

              The following variables can be used in paths:
               %artist%     Artist searched for
               %album%      Album searched for
               %name%       Name of the image found
               %extension%  Default file extension for the image
               %type%       Type of image (front, back, inside, etc.)
               %source%     Name of the source where image was found
               %size%       Dimensions of the image
               %preset%     A custom preset string, chosen from the save button menu

/f           Provided for backwards          (/p "\Art" /f "Folder.jpg")
              compatibility only. When
              specified, the value is
              appended to the path.

/localImagesPath
              Path to search for local image  (/localImagesPath "\Art\Unsorted\**\*.jpg")
              files in. If not specified, the
              path to save art in is used.
              
              The following variables can be used in paths:
               %artist%     Artist searched for
               %album%      Album searched for
               *            Wildcard, matches any characters
               \**\         Subfolder search. Any folders will match
                             at this point in the path. For example
                             "\Art\Unsorted\**\*.jpg" will match:
                              \Art\Unsorted\image.jpg
                              \Art\Unsorted\misc\image.jpg
                              \Art\Unsorted\misc\old\image.jpg
                            
                             "\Art\Unsorted\*\*.jpg" will match only:
                              \Art\Unsorted\misc\image.jpg

/autoclose   Closes the search window after  (/autoclose)
              saving. To avoid closing, use
              Save As.
              May be abbreviated to /ac
              
              Append "off" to disable closing (/autoclose off)
              the search window after saving,
              if this option is on by default.
              
              Note that this option affects
              only the window directly opened
              by the command line, not any
              existing or subsequent ones.

/sources     Searches only the specified     (/sources "Album Art Exchange,Coveralia")
              sources. Others are disabled.
              Separate sources with commas.
              
              Sources may be prefixed with F: (/sources "Album Art Exchange,F:Coveralia")
              to indicate it should have the
              Search First setting set for it.
              Other sources will have Search
              First unset.
              
              To search all available sources,
              specify "all" here.             (/sources all)
              
              May be abbreviated to /s

/exclude     Does not search the specified   (/exclude "Local Files,GoogleImage")
              sources. Separate sources with
              commas.
              May be abbreviated to /es
              For backwards compatibilty, the
              parameter "/ae off" can also be
              used to exclude "Local Files".

/include     Searches the specified sources. (/include "Local Files,Album Art Exchange")
              Does not disable sources that
              are not specified. Separate
              sources with commas.
              
              Sources may be prefixed with F: (/include "F:Local Files,Album Art Exchange")
              to indicate it should have the
              Search First setting set for it.
              Other sources will have their
              Search First setting remain unchanged.
              
              May be abbreviated to /i

/sort (name|size|area|source|type)[+|-]
              Sets the sorting to use for the (/sort size-)
              results.
              May be abbreviated to /o        (/o size-)
              
              The first character may be - to
              indicate descending search, or
              + to indicate ascending. If it
              is omitted, ascending is assumed.
              
              The field to sort by must be one
              of:
               name (may be abbreviated to n) (/o n+)
               size (may be abbreviated to s)
               area (may be abbreviated to a)
               source (may be abbreviated to o)
               category (may be abbreviated to c)
               type (may be abbreviated to t)
               page (may be abbreviated to p)

/group (none|local|source|type|size)
              Sets the grouping to use for    (/group source)
              the results.
              May be abbreviated to /o        (/o source)
              
              The avaialable grouping options
              are:
               none (may be abbreviated to n) (/o n)
               local (may be abbreviated to l)
               source (may be abbreviated to o)
               type (may be abbreviated to t)
               size (may be abbreviated to s)
               page (may be abbreviated to p)

/minSize     Specifies the minimum size of   (/minSize 300)
              image, in pixels, to filter the
              results by. Both horizontal and
              vertical dimensions must be over
              this value.
              May be abbreviated to /mn       (/mn 300)
              
/maxSize     Specifies the maximum size of   (/maxSize 1000)
              image, in pixels, to filter the
              results by. Either horizontal or
              vertical dimensions may be under
              this value.
              May be abbreviated to /mx       (/mx 1000)

/coverType   Specifies the type(s) of cover  (/coverType front)
              to find. Separate types with
              commas. Available types are:    (/coverType front,unknown)
              
               Front
               Back
               Inside
               CD
               Booklet
               Unknown
              
              As a shortcut to specifying all (/coverType any)
              types, the special type Any may
              be used.
              
              Types may be abbreviated to     (/coverType f,b,i,c,k,u)
              their first letter, or k for
              Booklet
              
              May be abbreviated to /t        (/t c,u)

/fileBrowser                                 (/fileBrowser "\Music")
              Opens a File Browser window. If
              a path is specified, starts
              searching that path immediately.
              If no path is specified, the
              browser window is just opened.  (/fileBrowser)
              
              If other parameters are not
              specified, then a search window
              will not be shown initially.

/foobarBrowser [search]                      (/foobarBrowser search)
              Opens a Foobar Browser window. If
              the search parameter is present,
              starts searching the foobar media
              library immediately. If the search
              parameter is omitted, the browser
              window is just opened.          (/foobarBrowser)
              
              If other parameters are not
              specified, then a search window
              will not be shown initially.

/update                                      (/update)
              Checks for updates to scripts and
              application.

/getScripts                                  (/getScripts)
              Checks for other search source
              scripts which may be available for
              download.

/minimized                                   (/minimized)
              Opens the new window minimized.
              Does not affect already opened
              windows.

/new                                         (/new)
              Ensures that a new window is
              opened for the search, rather
              than reusing an existing window.

/config                                      (/config)
              Opens the user settings xml file
              in notepad, for editing. For
              advanced use only.

/separateInstance                            (/separateInstance)
              Starts a new instance as a new
              process, which will neither re-use
              nor be re-used by any other
              instance of the application.
              
              (not recommended)

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2441
Ran into a very bizarre problem today. Been using AAD with Foobar for years and never have had an issue until today and it is ONLY with this one album. No other albums, not even from the same band, has given me a problem. Anyway, when i click on a song and choose to get cover, i instead a Album Art Downloader Command Line Perimeters window filled with a bunch of text. It looks like Notepad. Anyway. The text is this:

Code: [Select]
>"C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\albumart.exe" "Converge" "Downpour / Serial Killer 5" (Single)" "J:\Music\Converge\Downpour & Serial Killer [EP]\cover.jpg"

Looks like the album title has a " in it. To pass that on the command line, it would need to be escaped as \"

If it's just the one album, it's probably not worth doing anything about and just searching manually for it, but if you do want to fix it then the command line from Foobar needs to be changed to use "$replace(%album%,'"','\"')" instead of "%album%"

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2442
Good morning
I have a small problem I'm unable to solve myself.
Sorry if this is not the right place, I not found another...

The problem is that some folders are listed, while other are missing.
For example, look at the picture below: the folder E:\M\Branduardi\Studio Collection\CD1 is missed from the list, while only E:\M\Branduardi\Studio Collection\CD2 is listed (red arrow); furthermore, some other "CD1"/"CD2" folders are listed regularly (green arrows).




The folder exist! :


What I'm doing wrong?
Than you
Carlo

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2443
the folder E:\M\Branduardi\Studio Collection\CD1 is missed from the list, while only E:\M\Branduardi\Studio Collection\CD2 is listed (red arrow); furthermore, some other "CD1"/"CD2" folders are listed regularly (green arrows).

Albums are only listed once, so if your album has the CD number in the title (like "Coldplay" "Greatest Hits (CD1)" and "Greatest Hits (CD2)") it appears twice (as AAD thinks it's two different albums). Where the album doesn't have the CD number in the title (like the "Studio Collection" you mention) then it's just one album, so it only appears once.

So you aren't doing anything wrong!

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2444
Alex, thank you for the formatting above. How can I also get the search to ignore (Disc #)?

The code you suggested would work just fine if the disc number bit was always on the end. If you want to make it optional, though, you need it in it's own optional group:
Code: [Select]
\%artist%\%album%"(?: \(\d+\) \([\dA-F]+\))?(?: \(Disc \d+\))?"\*


Açex


Alex,

the code I am currently using is:
Code: [Select]
\%artist%\%album%"(?: \(\d+\))?(?: \(\d+\) \([\dA-F]+\))?(?: \(Disc \d+\))?"\*


how would I get that to ignore "various artists" when searching for albums in the "various artists" folder?


Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2445
how would I get that to ignore "various artists" when searching for albums in the "various artists" folder?

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve here. What should the artist name be if not "various artists", then?

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2446
Albums are only listed once, so if your album has the CD number in the title (like "Coldplay" "Greatest Hits (CD1)" and "Greatest Hits (CD2)") it appears twice (as AAD thinks it's two different albums). Where the album doesn't have the CD number in the title (like the "Studio Collection" you mention) then it's just one album, so it only appears once.
So you aren't doing anything wrong!
Alex


Hi Alex
thank you very much!
Now that I understand the underlying logic all become simpler!
Thank you 
Carlo

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2447
how would I get that to ignore "various artists" when searching for albums in the "various artists" folder?

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve here. What should the artist name be if not "various artists", then?

Alex


when searching, I would like to ignore the "artist" when searching for a various artists album, and just search for the album title.

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2448
when searching, I would like to ignore the "artist" when searching for a various artists album, and just search for the album title.
Hmm. I suppose you could try:
Code: [Select]
\"(?:various artists|(?<artist>[^\\/]+?))"\%album%"(?: \(\d+\))?(?: \(\d+\) \([\dA-F]+\))?(?: \(Disc \d+\))?"\*

as long as your various artists folder was always named exactly that.

Alex

Album Art Downloader XUI

Reply #2449
when searching, I would like to ignore the "artist" when searching for a various artists album, and just search for the album title.
Hmm. I suppose you could try:
Code: [Select]
\"(?:various artists|(?<artist>[^\\/]+?))"\%album%"(?: \(\d+\))?(?: \(\d+\) \([\dA-F]+\))?(?: \(Disc \d+\))?"\*

as long as your various artists folder was always named exactly that.

Alex



Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Also, any reason the code does not seem to ignore (Disc X)?