foobar2000 + AlbumArtDownloader - automate the search and download of music CD covers

Many people consider the cover an obligatory part of the album, most likely they are right. But often, downloading an album on the bittorent network, buying mp3 files in an online store, or ripping your own disc, we do not get this cover in the kit. But I want to ...

The most obvious way out of the situation is to type in "% artist%% album%" in Google, go to the Pictures tab, select the appropriate one, open it, choose a save path and, just in case, rename it

But why do so many gestures when Can the process be automated?

We will need foobar2000 , the foo_run component and the AlbumArtDownloader program .

Install foobar2000 and AlbumArtDownloader.(you may need .net Framework 3.5 SP1), copy foo_run to the components folder of the fubar. Everything is ready, proceed to configure

foobar2000 -> File -> Preferences -> Tools -> Run Services, add a new one and name it, for example, AlbumArtDownloader



In the Path field, copy-paste the code

"C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\albumart.exe" -ae on -pf on -ar "%album artist%" -al "%album%" -p "$replace(%_path%,'\'%_filename_ext%,)" -f "cover.'%'extension'%'"

if the path is different from the default one, change it

Now run AlbumArtDownloader, configure it as on the screenshot



Its settings are simple and clear, you can always change them to your taste.

Everything is ready, we try.







The cover is saved in the folder with the source files under the name “cover”