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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 14, 2009, 04:28 AM »

Could that image with the tag possibly have some splitter control to resize it, and perhaps have it put on the left side of the window rather than the right?

-worstje (May 13, 2009, 11:00 PM)

You're correct, it ought to be on the left.  I'll move it.  BTW, you can double-click the image to bring it up in your default image viewer.  Also, I implemented the "Rescan selected rows" and "Rescan entire list" buttons. 

Please re-download: CovArt Ops

Btw, is there a reason it is "worstje" in the about box? It seems so silly.

-worstje (May 13, 2009, 11:00 PM)

I like to give credit where credit is due.  Your idea...your credit.  I can take it out if you'd like.  =]

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 13, 2009, 04:44 PM »

Cover art tag reading has been implemented in build 26 (I hope... *crosses fingers* =]).  Only minimal testing has been done so please give it a thorough thrashing.  I've got another hockey game tonight so I'll check back in a few hours.

CovArt Ops

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 13, 2009, 06:10 AM »

I tried to improve the criteria by which it determines that a given folder is an "album folder."  Basically, a folder is only considered if it contains at least one of the following file types:

mp3, ogg, flac, wv, wav, mpc, ape, wma, mp4, m4a, tta, tak, shn

Art in tags is not implemented yet.  Please re-download and let me know if this version works better for you.

CovArt Ops

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by skwire on May 13, 2009, 02:33 AM »

nice work with the lyrics window.. can you make it snap to the right-edge of the main window? currently it opens at top-left. 

-lanux128 (May 13, 2009, 02:29 AM)

I use allSnap for making windows snap together.  The lyrics window should save its position if you resize it.  I need to fix the bug that doesn't save if you only move it (and don't resize it).

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 06:59 PM »

Here's a screenshot with the thumbnail integration.  I'm not sure I like it because of the wasted space beneath it, though.  Maybe a second, separate GUI window would look more elegant.  Your thoughts?

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 05:45 PM »

1) Copying the name does not work.
2) Opening the directory doesn't work either and gives an error. I think you are reading the wrong column for the data (Resolution rather than the Path column) seeing how it complained about not finding 500x500.
3) It is listing some directories I'd rather not have it list. Some subdirectories have images only in them, or other extra information not part of the songs. For example, a fair part of my collection has Artist\Album directory structure, and the Artist has some extra stuff like playlists (m3u) or other stuff like it, causing it to be included in the listing while I'd consider it empty for the purpose of this little tool.

-worstje (May 12, 2009, 12:50 PM)

1 & 2) Gah...completely my fault.  I added the resolution column and forgot to update those other functions.  Re-download...apologies.
3) Yes, I was assuming that any directory with a file in it as an album directory.  I can improve this.

CovArt Ops

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 11:21 AM »

The Guid differs for each image, it serves as some kind of identification code for the album in some database I think. And about 1/3rd to 1/2 of my collection has tags in the files I reckon - and I am not sure how much of that also has the files. But just listing the first thing encountered is allright by me =)

-worstje (May 12, 2009, 11:02 AM)

Would you like the whole filename displayed?  Or something shorter like "AlbumArt_{*}_Large.jpg"?

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 10:38 AM »

I think I've settled on "CovArt Ops" for the final name.   

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 10:22 AM »

1. It looks awesome. I personally had small cover thumbnails in mind originally, but given the purpose of the tool it doesn't seem all that necessary.
2. Oh right, other image formats is a must. I've got a few PNGs and GIFs scattered throughout my collection as well. The order in which I mentioned them is totally fine.
3. Does it scan the tags of files for cover art yet? I only see folder.jpg entries in your list, hence my question.
4. Seeing your screenshots I figure it might be useful to be able to sort the list on different criteria too, such as the Cover type column. Does the stand headerclick functionality work?
Edit: Oh, I just remembered... one program I have used for a while, I think it was WMP? supplied plenty of album art but in a different file format. {GUID}.jpg things I think they were.... ah no, AlbumArt_{5AC5A5E9-9CBD-4D75-B52B-F47B7E452D0A}_Small.jpg and _Large versions respectively. Can you check for those too?

-worstje (May 12, 2009, 09:31 AM)

@1) small cover thumbnails?  As in, you wanted to view the image file within Covart?  That can be done.  I've already added a resolution column that will show something like "500x500", etc.
@2) Added.
@3) Not yet.  Do you have a lot of files with art in the tags?
@4) Yes, column sorting works as standard.  Regarding the GUID-named files, is the GUID static?  If not, that's okay, too.

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 08:24 AM »

cranioscopical came up with "Covart Operations" as the name.  Clever...I'm really liking it.

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 12, 2009, 06:32 AM »

Preliminary release...not everything has been implemented.  I'd just like to see if this is along the lines of what you had in mind.  Drag-n-drop a folder to the listview or use the toolbar button.  It seems to be pretty quick; I scanned 13374 folders in about five and half minutes.

Download: CovArt Ops

Let me know what you think.

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 11, 2009, 11:28 PM »

Some thoughts...

Ideally, I'd want a big list, sorted by album title. An album could be determined by the directory, as I use one directory per
album.

-worstje (May 11, 2009, 05:21 PM)

How would you like empty directories to be handled?  I can list them or simply skip them.

Please please PLEASE do not make different artists turn it into different albums, since that's what's making most programs I found throw up with 15 similar covers for different artists - directory criterium alone is all I need.

-worstje (May 11, 2009, 05:21 PM)

How would you like the main information displayed?  Would you like me to use an Artist & Album column?  A path column?  Both?  I was thinking something like this:

Artist | Album | Cover type | Path

Or, we could base it strictly on paths alone:

Cover type | Path

It should look for the cover in a cover.jpg, folder.jpg, front.jpg as well as tags in the files if files doesn't work. Albums that end up without any cover art should light up red in the list.

-worstje (May 11, 2009, 05:21 PM)

I plan to use appropriately coloured icons in the list.  Acceptable?  Also, when scanning for a cover, I'll stop at the first good match in the order you provide above.  Again, acceptable?

It would also be nice if it was possible to see how the program found the cover (from a file (filename), from tags, etc) and whether it is consistent.

-worstje (May 11, 2009, 05:21 PM)

Easily doable.  Would you like me to check for other image formats as well?  PNG, GIF, etc.?

A way to get the directory the album is in (Copy to clipboard) would also be awesome.

-worstje (May 11, 2009, 05:21 PM)

Piece of cake.  Any other thoughts?

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 11, 2009, 10:41 PM »

I was thinking, maybe, "Cover Art Verifier."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 11, 2009, 06:50 PM »

"a mess*" = Inside the 10cc album The Very Best, are some tracks from Godley&Creme (former 10cc members), but because albumprinter (merely) is reading the tags it says I have an artist's folder named Godley&Creme. I don't, it is a 10cc album = a mess.
Come to think about it, you know there could many other examples like this.

-Curt (May 11, 2009, 06:23 PM)

At the risk of sounding defensive, I'd already mentioned in a previous post that VA (various artist) albums weren't handled (though they could be).  Also, I didn't want to depend on the directory structure since everybody is different when it comes to that.  For instance, I have a couple of root folders e.g.:

/Normal/P/Pearl Jam/[1991] Ten/01 - Once.wv
/Emulated/SNES/Seiken Densetsu 3/sd3-1-01.spc

The OP wanted to know the music format as well.  Anyway...no big deal.  The OP appears happy and that's what counts.   Thanks for your feedback.   

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 11, 2009, 06:18 PM »

skwire please slow down or your boss will call us and inform us he is doing an intervention and blocking your access to donationcoder. 

-mouser (May 11, 2009, 05:43 PM)

  GUI-based apps like these are my favourites to create so these requests are pretty hard to resist.

Such a quick reply. Awesome, I can't wait.
Thanks for putting your job on the line for me, skwire!

-worstje (May 11, 2009, 06:07 PM)

Sure thing...my boss will be elated.  =]  I try to leave it up to the OP for the app's name, so, try to come up with one, please.

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Finished Programs / Re: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on May 11, 2009, 05:28 PM »

I can do this one.  Some more thoughts to come a bit later...

Edit:  Added screenshots and download link.

Download: CovArt Ops

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 11, 2009, 10:13 AM »

Well, with the high prices I'm paying I'm shocked that you would take a few minutes off for dinner or something.
This is fantastic. I'm so grateful for your skill and generosity.

-longrun (May 11, 2009, 10:00 AM)

Hehehe...thanks for the kind words; I'm glad you find it useful.  So, are we calling this one done for the time being?   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 09:05 PM »

If I select certain lines and export to .csv the entire list seems to be exported. Would it be possible to export selected items only?

-longrun (May 10, 2009, 07:47 PM)

Sure, download the latest build.  If no rows are selected, the app will offer to export all rows.  Apologies for the delay.

Also, this hadn't occurred to me earlier but it would be useful to me (if no one else) to have a column indicating file format (Ogg, mp3). I don't know how hard this would be

-longrun (May 10, 2009, 07:47 PM)

Piece of cake...it's in the latest build as well.   

Album Printer download

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 06:57 PM »

Good to hear.     Would you like anything else added?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 04:32 PM »

Since some of my artist names already have commas this wouldn't work properly for me

-longrun (May 10, 2009, 04:29 PM)

With a properly formatted CSV file, you can have commas in the data bits.  Give the above version a try; it should handle commas just fine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 04:30 PM »

Added an "Export to CSV" option under the File menu:

Album Printer download

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to print artist/album list of ogg/mp3 files

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 03:42 PM »

How about an export to CSV option?

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 02:20 PM »

Lyrics window coordinates not being saved on close.

-SoggyDog (May 10, 2009, 02:17 PM)

I thought I had this fixed (during my own testing).  Try resizing the box and see if that saves it.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by skwire on May 10, 2009, 12:22 PM »

I wondered what you've been up to.

-SoggyDog (May 10, 2009, 11:24 AM)

Same same.  Family, work, hockey, coding snacks, et al.  =]

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by skwire on May 09, 2009, 03:40 PM »

v1.0.3 build 4
    + Added a basic lyrics display.  Lyrics are provided by http://www.lyricwiki.org so,
      to make use of this feature, you will need to have "Allow internet access" enabled
      under Tools, Options.  Once you have that done, choose "Show lyrics window" from
      the View menu.  Some notes:  
      1) The lyrics window will even work for streaming music sites that send
         the artist/title info.
      2) The lyrics window also can function in a stand-alone manner.  Simply enter
         the artist and track title and click the search button.
      3) If you do a search on just an artist, a list of all songs that LyricWiki has lyrics
         for will be returned.