cover fetching

[markus-straub2 at gmx.at]

Scriptable cover fetching support sounds good! So this wish has been 
fulfilled :)
.. although I would have definitely preferred python over javascript.

Cheers!

On Wednesday 30 July 2008 19:16:03 Ian Monroe wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Markus Straub <markus-straub at gmx.at> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I wanted to know if there is a chance of cover fetching being improved
> > with Amarok 2. The cover manager itself is pretty nifty, but the source
> > (amazon) just can't deliver covers if the music is not popular and
> > western. No chance for not so popular music, vinyl releases, etc..
> > A combination of discogs.com and last.fm (both provide an API) immensely
> > increases the amount of correctly fetched covers and reduces false
> > positives in comparison the the original cover fetcher in Amarok 1.4.
> >
> > I would really like to see this feature in Amarok 2. I wrote a Cover
> > Fetcher script which does exactly this, but it would be mutch better if
> > the built in manager could support this.
> > So here is the proof of concept that discogs & last.fm perform great:
> > http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Amarok+Discogs+Cover+Fetcher?con
> >tent=83909
>
> Amarok 2 will have scriptable cover fetching support. It doesn't yet
> though. So anyways: please keep that thought and implement a kickass
> Amarok 2 cover fetching script when its ready.
>
> I've written an overview of how Amarok 2 scripting will work here:
> http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Development/Scripting_HowTo_2.0
>
> Thanks,
> Ian
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