Current version 1.3.1 (22 october/08)
This application can extract the album art embedded in the music files in a iPod, and create the necessary files in BMP format to display album art correctly in RockBox.
RockBox supports Album Art but with some limitations like described in his wiki page AlbumArt.
Between the limitations are that does not support Embedded album art, only external image files in BMP format.
This application is addressed to make easy the visualization of album art in Rockbox. It reads the iPod database to find music files then it does the folowing actions:
- Scan and extract album art from music files.
- Resize the albums extracted.
- Convert the format to bmp.
- Move the file converted to a folder in the iPod (or any other location).
The album art files are stored in iPod_Control\Music\ folder in the iPod by default.The following characters will be replaced with an underscore (_) in the filename: \ / : < > ? * |. Double quotes will be replaced by singlequotes.
Now you can see album art displayed in RockBox, and use PictureFlow to visualize albums.
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The iPod must be connected before executing the program, because the first thing it does, is to try to detect an iPod connected.It needs .NET framework 2.0+ to run (can be downloaded from here: .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86)).
This app uses SharePodLib and TagLib#.
Changelog:
1.3.1 - 22 october 2008- Bugfix: "include artist name in filename" was not working properly.
- Added a detailed log of errors found while processing files.
- Added an option to include [artist] in filename.
- Minor changes to layout and UI.
- Added an option to change the final location by user.
- Added an option to include size in filename or not.
- Added an option to change the size of picture files generated (between 10 and 500 pixels).
- Change the filenames of picture files to albumtitle.sizexsize.bmp, and final location to iPod_Control\Music\ to make it ready for PictureFlow.
- Minor improvements to layout and interface.
- Initial release.
14 comments:
Tremenda aplicación te felicito, me ha sido de gran ayuda ;)
Great software for rockbox!
2 Suggestions:
1. I'd like the option to use [artist]-[album].sizeXsize.bmp in /.rockbox/albumart
2. Detailed error log to file so I know which files I need to do manually.
Thanks!
Ray:
I think your suggestions are very good ideas... I will implement it next week and release a new version.
new version released! 1.3
Hey great program... but I think I am either using this wrong or its not working properly. When I check "include artist name in filename" the output doesn't have the artistname included? what could be going wrong here?
Late Night Noise:
thanks for spotting the problem... i checked and it was a bug in the program. Version 1.3.1 just released fixes it.
Hero. thanks a lot!
Does his only work on MP3s? I am using iTunes and have converted all my CDs to AAC with correct coverart. Also, how does it know where the music is stored on my Rockbox-iPod, is it doing a recursive search on the whole iPod?
Sorry, I read now that it reads the iPod database. For us having iPods without an iPod database, is there an option?
I noticed the other app you have, but it doesn't have all the options as the iPod coverart app has, such as add Artist name to the filename.
Hi Henrik... if you have an iPod without a database, then the other app is the appropiate (Album Art Extracter for Rockbox). I will be working on it tonight to release an upgrade for that app tomorrow, and it will have the same options that currently has the iPod Extractor.
Both apps can read a lot of music files formats, including AAC.. i will update the post to publish that info.
Hi
the covers are extracted but the covers dont show on the wps...
help?
@Tom: be sure you follow the guidelines in http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/AlbumArt
yeah its ok
thanks
the problem was the my ipod video didnt like the 100x100...
amazing program mate.
say - if I want to convert my whole library to normal names so that I could lose the itunes name system all together - is there a util for it?
thanks
T
I'm glad you found the solution.
About the filenames, i have used Mp3tag that can rename files based on the tag information and it is freeware... but you must be aware that changing filenames implies the original firmware can't recognize the music, only rockbox will do, and can't use iTunes to administer your music.
Also this program won't work if you change the filenames, you will have to use the other i wrote Album Art Extracter for RockBoxregards
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