Why would you use this over AlbumArtDownloader? Well the quality of iTunes covers is such that I'm not afraid of getting the wrong cover for an album, and it's easier to just run a script and let it do everything automatically.
This version only downloads one image per execution, so can be easily scripted from a BAT file to fit in with your directory structure.
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Usage: iTunesArt <artist> <album> <path to save (without extension)>
Example: iTunesArt "Pink Floyd" "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" "Floyd\Piper\folder"
Example: iTunesArt "Pink Floyd" "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" "Floyd\Piper\folder"
Example bat file for Artist\Album directory structure, saving as folder.jpg/folder.png:
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@echo off
set scriptdir=%cd%
pushd D:\music\albums
for /D %%G IN (*) DO (cd %%G
for /D %%U IN (*) DO (
IF NOT EXIST "%%U\folder.jpg" IF NOT EXIST "%%U\folder.png" %scriptdir%\iTunesArt.exe "%%G" "%%U" "%%U\folder"
)
cd ..
)
popd
set scriptdir=%cd%
pushd D:\music\albums
for /D %%G IN (*) DO (cd %%G
for /D %%U IN (*) DO (
IF NOT EXIST "%%U\folder.jpg" IF NOT EXIST "%%U\folder.png" %scriptdir%\iTunesArt.exe "%%G" "%%U" "%%U\folder"
)
cd ..
)
popd
Some images are only available in TIFF format, and the script will convert these automatically to PNG, to save disk space.
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Here is the original version which automatically traverses your directory structure (less flexible than the above)
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Usage: iTunesArt <artist level> <album level> <art filename> <root directory>
Example: For music stored as Artist\Album\Track.format, art stored in folder.jpg
<artist level> = 1, <album level> = 2, <art filename> = folder (no extension), eg:
> iTunesArt.exe 1 2 folder "C:\users\dave\Music"
Hopefully the way it reads directory structure is apparent from the above. Source is included.
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Replacement executable which uses a different StoreFront value (dll from above download required): Click to view attachment
). At first i got an "operation timed out" error, but it worked flawlessly on the second try fetching album arts that were 900X900,600X600 and 1417X1417. Awesome!
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