Missing features in Amarok 2.x

[Bob Smits]

On Saturday 21 November 2009 you wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> i just like to ask if there a plans to add any of the following features in
> future versions. If some features are already available by using additional
> programs (e.g. a good tag editor) please name them because i´m quite new to
> (K)ubuntu and don´t already know all of the great applications out there.
>  If i got some more experience in using (K)ubuntu and developing software
>  for it i´ll try to help developing Amarok. But for now i need to learn
>  some basic things in the big world of the penguin. ;)
> 
> So let´s start:
> 
> Improved cover management
> 
> - read covers of titles which aren´t in the collection and display them at
> the playlist (e.g. folder.jpg)
> 
> - fetch covers from amazon and other sources and save it to a customizable
> location (e.g. the folder containing the song). A great example of an
> implementation of these features is the, windows only because of .NET 3.5,
> program "Album Art Downloader
>  <http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/>". You can manually search for
>  art, search for missing art in your collection and finally just click the
>  image of the cover you want and it will be saved to a predefined,
>  customizable or manually chosen location. I really miss this kind of
>  program in the linux world - is there a special reason why there isn´t
>  one?
> 

I use Amarok to manage my audio collection, most of which is in fact NOT 
music, and often has no way of showing up in a collection of music cd art. In 
1.4 I put the "album art" into the same folder as the audio, and Amarok just 
displayed it. It's disappointing Amarok 2 does not do this, or maybe I just 
don't realize how to do it. 

Bob Smits, Ladysmith, BC