cover art fetcher?

sharkfinblues · 05-17-2008, 08:17 AM

hi guys i am so screwed here, i've been trying to use fixtunes of late to sort my mp3's and such and it just hasn't cut the cheese when it comes to giving me the right album art. that couples with the zune softwares retarded metadata fetching has screwed the cover art's of my collection so i'm looking for a good automated app to help me out here. any suggestions???

jackluo923 · 05-17-2008, 05:49 PM

mp3tag <- it's a program

sharkfinblues · 05-17-2008, 06:08 PM

thanks man yeah i use that one like 8 times a day but it doesn't really seem to work too well for me and i have like 6364 songs/31.7 GB of music here so its probably not automated enough for me

Gregory · 05-17-2008, 06:12 PM

Right click on the album and click update album art.

Gow616 · 05-17-2008, 09:14 PM

mp3tag

Go to menu, Convert>Actions

Add a new action, title it something like "Add Album Art".

Open it to add actions.

Select Import Cover from file.

Type in "cover.jpg" without quotes. Checkmark, delete existing cover art.

Click OK on the two windows bringing you back to the Actions list. Checkmark new action, click OK. Now whenever you highlight a list of songs and select the action it will add cover art if you put a cover in the folder with the files. Ensure it is a cover.jpg.

Why cover.jpg?

So that way it doesn't get overwritten by Zune.

Also, ensure that you turn off Automatically add album info option in the Zune Setting>Collection.

Great places to find cover images for use in putting in folders for tagging are:
http://www.cover-paradies.to/?Lng=EN
http://www.slothradio.com/covers/
http://www.mega-search.net/

You can also highlight an album in the mp3tag list and drag&drop an image file onto the cover square. Right click and delete any existing and than drag&drop. Don't forget to save the tags to the files with either Ctrl+S or selecting the option from the menu File>Save Tag.

sharkfinblues · 05-17-2008, 11:14 PM

thank you so much gow, i'll try the right now

rpgoof · 05-19-2008, 06:11 PM

You can turn off the automatic metadata updating in the Zune software and do it all manually. I got my library (1300 songs) fixed in a few hours... lolz

sharkfinblues · 05-19-2008, 06:16 PM

hmm must be nice. my library is 6300-something, i would have to give up an entire weekend to fix mine

Gow616 · 05-20-2008, 03:57 AM

My library is only 8500+ songs now and growing daily as I restore more the archive to the new format. For a while I was waffling between several lossy formats before I just committed to one and have settled on that one. If I did convert all the music I have into the library I wouldn't be surprised if it went over 16000+ songs. Total file size might also grow exponentially as I add classical and opera works in.

jackluo923 · 05-20-2008, 04:25 PM

Why don't you just update the meta through amazon in mp3tag. 1 click process. I did that for all of my 10K music collection under 1 day. I takes approximately 5 seconds an album and it gets me the correct title, album, artist... etc and album art.

You can get your meta data from somewhere else too ... eg. link mp3tag to yahoo music or something.

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Gow616 <Genre Unbound> Support Team Premium Member Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Posts: 2,121 Reputation: 588 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	mp3tag Go to menu, Convert>Actions Add a new action, title it something like "Add Album Art". Open it to add actions. Select Import Cover from file. Type in "cover.jpg" without quotes. Checkmark, delete existing cover art. Click OK on the two windows bringing you back to the Actions list. Checkmark new action, click OK. Now whenever you highlight a list of songs and select the action it will add cover art if you put a cover in the folder with the files. Ensure it is a cover.jpg. Why cover.jpg? So that way it doesn't get overwritten by Zune. Also, ensure that you turn off Automatically add album info option in the Zune Setting>Collection. Great places to find cover images for use in putting in folders for tagging are: http://www.cover-paradies.to/?Lng=EN http://www.slothradio.com/covers/ http://www.mega-search.net/ You can also highlight an album in the mp3tag list and drag&drop an image file onto the cover square. Right click and delete any existing and than drag&drop. Don't forget to save the tags to the files with either Ctrl+S or selecting the option from the menu File>Save Tag. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Gow now ships with Trogdor created profile picture and Munke, STKR, Volpe sig. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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sharkfinblues Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 58 Reputation: 10	thank you so much gow, i'll try the right now __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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sharkfinblues Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 58 Reputation: 10	hmm must be nice. my library is 6300-something, i would have to give up an entire weekend to fix mine __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Gow616 <Genre Unbound> Support Team Premium Member Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Posts: 2,121 Reputation: 588 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	My library is only 8500+ songs now and growing daily as I restore more the archive to the new format. For a while I was waffling between several lossy formats before I just committed to one and have settled on that one. If I did convert all the music I have into the library I wouldn't be surprised if it went over 16000+ songs. Total file size might also grow exponentially as I add classical and opera works in. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Gow now ships with Trogdor created profile picture and Munke, STKR, Volpe sig. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-20-2008, 04:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackluo923 Senior Zuner Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver BC Posts: 1,275 Reputation: 122	Why don't you just update the meta through amazon in mp3tag. 1 click process. I did that for all of my 10K music collection under 1 day. I takes approximately 5 seconds an album and it gets me the correct title, album, artist... etc and album art. You can get your meta data from somewhere else too ... eg. link mp3tag to yahoo music or something.

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