Cover Fetcher (for AmaroK 1.4) 1.0

[markus straub]

Name: Cover Fetcher (for AmaroK 1.4)
Version: 1.0
Type: Amarok Script
Depend: PyKDE/PyQt
License: GPL
Homepage: 
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=83909

Description:
 Fetches album art from Discogs.com and Last.fm.

The built in Amarok Cover Manager only allows
fetching from amazon.com, which may be fine if
your music collection largely consists of popular
music. But if large parts of your music collection
are vinyl rips or releases on underground labels,
searching discogs.com will yield much better
results.
This script allows fetching album cover art for
the currently playing track from discogs.com by
clicking onto any track in the playlist and
selecting:
"Fetch Covers" -> "For Currently Playing Track"
Already existing local album art (image files from
the currently playing track's folder) as well as
relevant album art from Last.fm and Discogs.com
can then be browsed / saved / deleted.

Hint:
If the window is not opening in the foreground but
started minimized with the taskbar item flashing,
the KDE focus stealing prevention level doesn't
allow focussing our window. This can be fixed by
setting this:
System Settings > Window Behaviour > Advanced >
Focus Stealing Prevention Level: None

Prerequisites:
- Qt4.4.X
- PyQt4 (Python bindings for QT)

Keyboard Shortcuts:
The GUI can completely be used through keyboard
interaction.
Show CoverFetcher Tab: Alt+F
Show Configuration Tab: Alt+C
Show Log Tab: Alt+L
Save image: Alt+S
Delete image: Alt+D
Show next image: Alt+RightArrow
Show previous image: Alt+LeftArrow
(Un)fit cover to window: Alt+Z
Quit: Alt+F4 / Escape

Changelog:
 Version 1.0-2009-02-09
- fixed: discogs.com changed their XML format, so
I had to adapt as well
- added: a "search" button for better mouse
interaction
Version 0.3.1.1-2008-08-17
- bugfix: program would hang if last.fm were not
reachable
Version 0.3.1-2008-08-03
- added: naming schemes (fixed, album name,
unambiguous id from discogs/last.fm)
Version 0.3-2008-07-16
- added: support for fetching covers from last.fm
- added: full unicode support
- added: configuration tab
- bugfix: script can now be stopped from Amarok
Script Manager
- bugfix: marking text in logwindow will no longer
cause text to be inserted in the wrong position
Version 0.2.1-2008-07-09
- GUI keyboard interaction improved
Version 0.2-2008-07-07
- GUI redesign
- many fixes & changes under the hood
Version 0.1-2008-06-23:
- initial release