Finally there's an artist image grabber available!

rtv · 2007-10-08, 14:53

Hi!
I've just added a new tab page to the audioscrobbler plugin configuration.

Pressing "Refresh" will fetch all artists from the tracks in your database.
After that you'll see a list of artists and their corresponding images (contents of \Thumbs\Music\Artists).
Pressing "Lookup" will query last.fm's servers for a picture of all artists where no thumbs are available.

With the checkbox "Only Missing" not being ticked it will search images for ALL artists. However if you already have the same or a better image in your thumbs dir it will not save anything.

Please let me know how this works for you.

ronilse · 2007-10-08, 15:37

Hi,
Cool now i found artist images for the rest i was missing, great work rtv!

Regards
Roy

rtv · 2007-10-08, 18:43

Update: there's also a grabber for album covers in there now

trevor · 2007-10-08, 20:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by rtv

Hi!
I've just added a new tab page to the audioscrobbler plugin configuration.

This is fantastic, sorted out my artists fully - second the 'Great Work'

Trevor

Now to try the album covers....just as good I hope.

rtv · 2007-10-08, 21:06

I've just added a few other tweaks (like omitting Various Artists, stripping "feat.", etc).

The_Stig · 2007-10-09, 07:30

NIIIIIIIIIIICE ONE! Thanks.

EDIT: Works pretty well. What I've just realized: Is it possible that HighRes image is same as LowRes regarding quality? Means that if I zoom in the LowRes i get the same quality as the HighRes has? Just seen this on my images (Artist.jpg & ArtistL.jpg)

rtv · 2007-10-09, 08:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Stig

Is it possible that HighRes image is same as LowRes regarding quality?

Yes - both thumbs are created using the quality settings of config->general->thumbnails and just differ in resolution.

Gixxer · 2007-10-17, 22:41

when i hit refresh it only get the files i last played, not my whole c:\music folder.

can i change this?

oh, and the lookup does not do anything

rtv · 2007-10-18, 10:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gixxer

when i hit refresh it only get the files i last played, not my whole c:\music folder.

can i change this?

oh, and the lookup does not do anything

Quote:

Pressing "Refresh" will fetch all artists from the tracks in your database.

This means you can trick the grabber by setting up a music share in MP which maps your c:\music folder. Now just scan this share and enter + refresh the grabber again.

idioteque · 2007-10-20, 10:12

OK this is very nice,

one question:

how about changing the skin to crop and fit instead of scale the artists heads

2007-10-08, 14:53	#1 (permalink)
rtv Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Osnabruck Age: 28 Posts: 3,284 Thanks: 195 Thanked 213 Times in 143 Posts Country: My System	Finally there's an artist image grabber available! Hi! I've just added a new tab page to the audioscrobbler plugin configuration. Pressing "Refresh" will fetch all artists from the tracks in your database. After that you'll see a list of artists and their corresponding images (contents of \Thumbs\Music\Artists). Pressing "Lookup" will query last.fm's servers for a picture of all artists where no thumbs are available. With the checkbox "Only Missing" not being ticked it will search images for ALL artists. However if you already have the same or a better image in your thumbs dir it will not save anything. Please let me know how this works for you. Attached Thumbnails __________________ SourceForge Community Choice Awards: :: Vote for MediaPortal as best Multimedia application! :: Last edited by rtv; 2007-10-17 at 11:09..

2007-10-08, 15:37	#2 (permalink)
ronilse Portal Tester Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,697 Thanks: 28 Thanked 136 Times in 108 Posts Country: My System	Hi, Cool now i found artist images for the rest i was missing, great work rtv! Regards Roy __________________ SourceForge Community Choice Awards: :: Vote for MediaPortal as best Multimedia application! ::

2007-10-08, 18:43	#3 (permalink)
rtv Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Osnabruck Age: 28 Posts: 3,284 Thanks: 195 Thanked 213 Times in 143 Posts Country: My System	Update: there's also a grabber for album covers in there now __________________ SourceForge Community Choice Awards: :: Vote for MediaPortal as best Multimedia application! ::

2007-10-08, 21:06	#5 (permalink)
rtv Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Osnabruck Age: 28 Posts: 3,284 Thanks: 195 Thanked 213 Times in 143 Posts Country: My System	I've just added a few other tweaks (like omitting Various Artists, stripping "feat.", etc). __________________ SourceForge Community Choice Awards: :: Vote for MediaPortal as best Multimedia application! ::

2007-10-09, 07:30	#6 (permalink)
The_Stig Portal Tester Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 755 Thanks: 23 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My System	NIIIIIIIIIIICE ONE! Thanks. EDIT: Works pretty well. What I've just realized: Is it possible that HighRes image is same as LowRes regarding quality? Means that if I zoom in the LowRes i get the same quality as the HighRes has? Just seen this on my images (Artist.jpg & ArtistL.jpg) __________________ Some say he works as a tester for Team Mediaportal and some say that he smells bugs, even before they are written into the Code. All we know is, he's called The Stig. Last edited by The_Stig; 2007-10-09 at 07:55..

2007-10-17, 22:41	#8 (permalink)
Gixxer Portal Tester Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 867 Thanks: 41 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts Country: My System	when i hit refresh it only get the files i last played, not my whole c:\music folder. can i change this? oh, and the lookup does not do anything

2007-10-20, 10:12	#10 (permalink)
idioteque Retired Team Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 618 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Country: My System	OK this is very nice, one question: how about changing the skin to crop and fit instead of scale the artists heads __________________ go to the new My Music Wiki, to expand the capabilities of your music collection: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/UsingMyMusic

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