cover fetching

[Ian Monroe]

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?content=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