Well this is a weird suggestion i guess.

When toying around with Random DP 1.1, I ran into two things that made me think a bit.  First: it's inability to "grab" images from subdirectories (I'm one of those people who puts everything in categories) and secondly: for some reason my friend was under the impression that i was displaying the albumart of the songs i was listening to.

The second point is where the suggestion/question starts.
Is it possible to display the embedded albumart (or the folderart) of the songs you play? I'm betting it can't be done, otherwise it would be done a long time ago, but perhaps it's just something that people haven't thought about.

Just to clarify, because I tend to be misunderstood alot:
I'm wondering if it's possible for a "now playing" plugin to display the albumart of the song that I'm listening to as my display picture.

if it has been suggested before and ruled out as impossible, ignore this post then.

It will be possible, yes. But the images would probably have to be saved separately to the music files, perhaps with the same name, so the script can recognise the correct picture.

I think that the only way to do a script like that, is to find the path of the song, and the to show the albumart.
I supose it is too difficult to search for the path of each song it plays. In addition there will be another problem with tags.

As far as I know, albumn art is not stored as part of the audio file. It is usually stored in a file for the audio player. So for this to work, the script would either have to also integrate with the player that you use (hard) or look in a specific folder for images with the correct names (easier). The lattter is probably batter, as not everyone uses the same media player.


Hope that this helps,

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Originally posted by rob_botch
As far as I know, albumn art is not stored as part of the audio file.

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Oh yes, I forgot about id3v2 tags. But I would have thought that you would need quite a complex piece of code to read those. I still think that separate files would be the best option, because the user could choose the image him/herself, and they could use any audio files, even those without the requisite id3v2 tag.

yes, ogg, mpc and wma do not support images in their tags and I believe that APEv2 doesn't support them either. Foobar2000 favors those tags over id3v2.

this is currently available with the iTunes+ script, it displays the album art as your display picture depending on what song your playing but it depends on whether you have stored the album art in iTunes. It is also being developed for other media players but i do not know when it will be available

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Originally posted by MGrove03
this is currently available with the iTunes+ script, it displays the album art as your display picture depending on what song your playing but it depends on whether you have stored the album art in iTunes. It is also being developed for other media players but i do not know when it will be available

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What I get from raw message is something like this:
\0Music\01\0{0} - {1}\0Ghost of the Sun\0Katatonia\0Viva Emptiness\0{AA5921BB-60A7-4439-B026-6E47F1A0B0FA}\0

and NO, there is no file like AlbumArt_{AA592... with the album art.

What is that number.
What are {0} and {1} around "Music".
There must have meanings?


//edit: sorry for wrong information, I thought it only showed song and the artist.

I've written some code: have a look at this.

code:

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var path="D:/Documents/My Music/";
var imgname="folder.jpg";
var name="";
var artist="";
var album="";
var id="";
function OnEvent_Initialize(MessengerStart)
{
Debug.trace("Script Start");
makedp(Messenger.MyCurrentMedia);
}

function OnEvent_Uninitialize(MessengerExit)
{
Debug.trace("Script End");
}

function OnEvent_MyMediaChange(newsong){
makedp(newsong);
}
function makedp(str){
str=str.substring(str.indexOf("{1}\\0")+5);
song=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
artist=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
album=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
id=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
Debug.trace("Artist: "+artist+", Song: "+song+", Album: "+album);
Messenger.MyDisplayPicture=path+artist+"/"+album+"/"+imgname;
}

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I havent read entire post, but currently im working on a Script that currently only works with Wianmp, but I belive its easily implemented to other media players, one of the "problems" I have encountered is that Winamp does not have a very good implementation of the Album Art, so I have been using Samurize ( www.samurize.com ) to get the Cd covers, and my script executing Samurize Server, I also have a vb6 app that does this but I belive the script will have a better Implemntation , also someone had done an iTunes DP program some time ago, I will get the link later, and the iTunes scrip also has the ability to do Album Art to display. But I dont use iTunes for everyday, just to sync the iPod.

Here is the scrip, Im onli having a problem with the second time I dont know whats wrong, the problem is that I need a pause between executing samurizeserver and setting the DP notice the quoted parts:

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var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
var one;
var changemedia;
var two;
function OnEvent_MyMediaChange(changemedia){

playerHwnd = Interop.Call('User32','FindWindowW','Winamp v1.x',0);

var lBuffer = Interop.Call('user32', 'GetWindowTextLengthW', playerHwnd)+1;

var sBuffer = Interop.Allocate(2*(lBuffer+2));

var Title = Interop.Call('user32', 'GetWindowTextW', playerHwnd, sBuffer, lBuffer);

one = sBuffer.ReadString(0);

Debug.Trace('sBuffer: '+ one );

//Debug.Trace('sBuffer: '+sBuffer.ReadString(0));

objShell.ShellExecute('C:\\Program Files\\Samurize\\SamurizeServer.exe', "i=mcover c=msnc.ini close", "", "", 1);

MsgPlus.AddTimer ("check",3000);

}

function OnEvent_Timer(TimerId)
{
    if (TimerId == "check")
    {
   
    Debug.Trace( one);

    var lBuffer = Interop.Call('user32', 'GetWindowTextLengthW', playerHwnd)+1;

    var sBuffer = Interop.Allocate(2*(lBuffer+2));

    var Title = Interop.Call('user32', 'GetWindowTextW', playerHwnd, sBuffer, lBuffer);

    two = sBuffer.ReadString(0);
   
    Debug.Trace('sBuffer: '+ two + one);
   
   
    if (two == one)
    {
   
    objShell.ShellExecute('C:\\Program Files\\Samurize\\SamurizeServer.exe', "i=mcover c=msnc.ini", "", "", 1);
    //MsgPlus.AddTimer ("samur",2000);
}


//function OnEvent_Timer(TimerId)
//{
  //if (TimerId == "samur")
  //{   
  //Debug.Trace('CHANGE ');
    //Messenger.MyDisplayPicture = "C:\\Program Files\\Samurize\\samurizeoutput.png";
    //objShell.ShellExecute('C:\\Program Files\\Samurize\\SamurizeServer.exe close', "i=mcover c=msnc.ini -close", "", "", 1);

//} 
//}
}   
}


function OnEvent_Uninitialize(MessengerExit)
{
objShell.ShellExecute('C:\\Program Files\\Samurize\\SamurizeServer.exe', "i=mcover c=msnc.ini trayiconvisible=0 close", "", "", 1);
             
}

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As i'm Devoleping Sharp Media (a Media Player)
i allway's like to intagrate things into Messenger's.
while reading this sparked an idea.
i can do this from my player, without askign the user for an image.
if anyone is intrested you can pick up a light version of Sharpmedia at
www.5070live.com

if you do use it, check for update's often it just might be released very soon.

Guys, this thing of  Now Playind album art to DP is already done.... only works for WMP.... Its a script by Veggie, Sadly, I cant link you to it, its on a private subforum...

This was implemented weeks ago by CAD RC4.
www.closetosoftware.com

Check the forums for the latest build.

I could now sign in and saw my untested script working

It's very simple, take it, develop it, publish under your name if you want. I did it to use myself.

I havent tried CD Art Display In a long time, well it does basicly the same thing as my current samurize scrip, but I remember when I tried it I whould only get pictures for entire folders so if you have various singel mp3s in the same folder it whould not work, while Samurize had a folder tu dump all the single mp3 covers, I dont know if CD Art Display RC4 has this feature. I will try it.

I had a half built code, I've edited it a bit more and this is more reliable. Just a simple solution, but at least a solution, and works absolutely great with me!

code:

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//Music DP by can16358p
//Make your Display Picture the cover of the album of the song you are listening to!
//Edit the path to your My Music folder
//For any reason, if another filename is used for album arts instead of folder.jpg, change it there
//Tested with Windows Media Player 11, but should work with any configuration that has the songs and the album art file in My Music/Artist/Album/
//Do anything you want with this code. Play with it, change things in it.
var initial="";
var path="D:/Documents/My Music/";
var imgfile="";
var imgname="folder.jpg";
var name="";
var artist="";
var album="";
var id="";
var existcheck=new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var sinfo="<ScriptMenu>"
sinfo+="<MenuEntry Id=\"mddp\">Make current DP default</MenuEntry> ";
sinfo+="</ScriptMenu>";

function OnEvent_Initialize(MessengerStart){
    initial=Messenger.MyDisplayPicture;
    Debug.trace("Script Started!");
    Debug.trace("Default DP: "+initial);
}

function OnEvent_MenuClicked(id,loc,orig){
    if(id=="mddp"){
        initial=Messenger.MyDisplayPicture;
        Debug.trace("Default DP Updated.");
        Debug.trace("Default DP: "+initial);    }
}

function OnGetScriptMenu(loc){
    return sinfo;
}

function OnEvent_Signin(mailaddrr){
    var initial=Messenger.MyDisplayPicture;
    Debug.trace("Initial Image is: "+initial);
    if(Messenger.MyStatus>=3){
        makedp(Messenger.MyCurrentMedia);
    }
}

function OnEvent_Uninitialize(MessengerExit)
{
    Messenger.MyDisplayPicture=initial;
}

function OnEvent_MyMediaChange(newsong){
    makedp(newsong);
}
function makedp(str){
    str=str.substring(str.indexOf("{1}\\0")+5);
    song=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
    str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
    artist=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
    str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
    album=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
    str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
    id=str.substring(0,str.indexOf("\\0"));
    str=str.substring(str.indexOf("\\0")+2);
    imgfile=path+artist+"/"+album+"/"+imgname;
    if(existcheck.FileExists(imgfile) && song!=""){
        Debug.trace("Artist: "+artist+", Song: "+song+", Album: "+album);
        Messenger.MyDisplayPicture=path+artist+"/"+album+"/"+imgname;
    }else{
        Debug.trace("File not found! Changing DP to "+initial);
        Messenger.MyDisplayPicture=initial;
    }
}

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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
and in general I think album art is usually stored in the same folder as the music as folder.jpg for winamp and wmp...?  I'm sure -dt- is up to that..

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Originally posted by cirix
I dont know if CD Art Display RC4 has this feature. I will try it.

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we have plugin for it in beta testing private forum from Veggie.

It works using Windows Media Player album arts and doesn't need to know folder paths or similar.

It's in beta now, stay tuned for release

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Originally posted by Voldemort
Guys, this thing of  Now Playind album art to DP is already done.... only works for WMP.... Its a script by Veggie, Sadly, I cant link you to it, its on a private subforum...

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Originally posted by -dt-

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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
and in general I think album art is usually stored in the same folder as the music as folder.jpg for winamp and wmp...?  I'm sure -dt- is up to that..

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not a clue , Ill look into it if not ill download and cache it from amazon

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Originally posted by giken
we have plugin for it in beta testing private forum from Veggie.

It works using Windows Media Player album arts and doesn't need to know folder paths or similar.

It's in beta now, stay tuned for release

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User choice a very good thing to add, I tag all my albums with tag&rename and it adds the albumart as folder.jpg to the folders.
WMP gives it all sorts of weird random numeral names and scales the art up/down to 200x200 files. On top of that: it picks the wrong art on numerous occasions, especially with lesser known albums.

oh and for the record:
I don't use Winamp, I use Foobar2000.
that's not a big issue, since Foobar has a plugin that emulates the Winamp API.
(you can find it at www.r1ch.net)

edit edit edit:
well color me suprised, cd art display does exactly what i wanted and it accepts id3v2 input, folder.jpg/cover.jpg and any other input.
just had to tell AMIP to stop sending the song information to msn and every worked peachy.

Told ya

CAD is my favorite desktop gadget

ive just released a script for winamp and wmp and possibly itunes (untested)

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=62115

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Originally posted by noroom
Told ya

CAD is my favorite desktop gadget

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Is it just me or does CAD use too much resources, I tried it and its using around 20mb of RAM, a second problem I found is that it changes the DP right after you select the track so if you change track fast looking for a song it will load a bunch of useless DP and even the searching and blank covers.
I will use Samurize and continue developing my script.

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Originally posted by cirix
Is it just me or does CAD use too much resources, I tried it and its using around 20mb of RAM, a second problem I found is that it changes the DP right after you select the track so if you change track fast looking for a song it will load a bunch of useless DP and even the searching and blank covers.
I will use Samurize and continue developing my script.

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Can this script take the cover image (always named "cover.jpg") from the same directory where the mp3 file is allocated?

Or, how can I retrieve in the makedp function the year?

Because my folder structure is:

code:

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artist\year - album\track - title.mp3

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