Description: Copy the cover of current playing track to the song's dir. Does not overwrite existing images in this folder. The filenames can be configured with the "Configure" dialog. By default, it's the album's name, with spaces replaced by underscores.
An "offline" version is also included. If you have amaroK >= 1.2.3, launch it and run the script on the command line. It will find all the downloaded covers and copy them in the right directory, just as the amarok plugin would have done. It also creates the desktop files. Make sure you first run the script with the "-d" option (debug mode), in which the actions will only be printed, not commited. A --help option is available. AmaroK >= 1.2.3 and python >= 2.3 are required for this offline version.
The copycover-offline.py and addcoverdirs.sh scripts are NOT meant to be run through Amarok's script manager.Last changelog:
ChangeLog: Version: 1.9 Date: 2007/10/21 - fix queries when the database is in MySQL - tell the session manager not to restart the script on login
Version: 1.8 Date: 2007/02/17 - fix the copycover-offline.py script to use the new device path feature of Amarok. Thanks to all those who sent me a patch.
Version: 1.7 Date: 2006/10/19 - fixes for Amarok 1.4 - progress bar on the offline version - use large images when available
Version: 1.6 Date: 2005/05/31 - bugfixes for the "remove covers" option Thanks a lot to Gleb Litvjak and KNT for that. - write debuginfo to ~/.xsession-errors by default
I have a gnome-desktop and I can't get it to work. I had to install pyqt3 otherwise it wouldn't start.
Is there anything I have to install in order to use the offline-script?
It just does this:
Quote:
$ python copycover-offline.py -c cover.jpg
copycover-offline.py:17: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
import md5
Done.
and there is a rotating little bar for a couple of seconds until it says "done",
but nothing has happened, cover-wise.
any help?
This script does not work with amarok's Dynamic Collection feature.
The following change (removing the devices table from the query) solves the issue for dynamic collection devices:
Quote:
--- copycover/copycover-offline.py 2007-10-21 07:04:22.000000000 -0700
+++ copycover_mine/copycover-offline.py 2009-01-09 15:52:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@
inc = inc + 1
if inc >= len(progress):
inc = 0
- dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, CONCAT(devices.lastmountpoint,'/',tags.dir) FROM tags, album, devices ''' \
- +'''WHERE tags.album = album.id AND tags.deviceid = devices.id AND album.name != '' AND tags.artist = %s"''' % artist_tuple[0])
+
+ dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, tags.dir FROM tags, album ''' \
+ +'''WHERE tags.album = album.id AND album.name != '' AND tags.artist = %s"''' % artist_tuple[0])
if not dcop_albums:
continue
Any advance on this? I would be very interested in this as i just did a distro upgrade and was looking forward to amarok 2-plays nice but copycover is essential to me!
Thanks for the script. The part integrated with Amarok works great.
My problem is with the offline version.
It does something and I have tried with both -d and -v to see but it does not copy the files over to the destination.
It just says processing artists... and their names.
I have python 2.5.2 and Amarok 1.4.10.
I also tried adding -c folder.jpg
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
No, I had the same issue. After some twiddling I found the problem: the script uses the "CONCAT" function, which sqlite does not provide- maybe the author uses mysql?
Here is a patch (replaces CONCAT (foo,bar)' with 'foo || bar').
Copy to file bar.patch and apply with patch -p0 bar.patch.
paste below sucks, no code format possible here, so grab it here: http://pastebin.com/f5e7bcc5fQuote:
--- copycover-offline.py.org 2008-12-29 21:50:41.000000000 -0500
+++ copycover-offline.py 2008-12-29 22:01:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ for artist_tuple in artists:
inc = inc + 1
if inc >= len(progress):
inc = 0
- dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, CONCAT(devices.lastmountpoint,'/',tags.dir) FROM tags, album, devices ''' \
+ dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, devices.lastmountpoint || '/' || tags.dir FROM tags, album, devices ''' \
+'''WHERE tags.album = album.id AND tags.deviceid = devices.id AND album.name != '' AND tags.artist = %s"''' % artist_tuple[0])
if not dcop_albums:
Thank you for that nice script. Worked quite fine. I used the offline version for copying the files and renaming them to "Folder.jpg".
PROBLEM: Some files actually are png-files and now are named with the wrong file type causing problems with my mp3 player.
"Bug" or bad usage?
Christoph
Several versions of the copycover-offline script didn't working for me - including checkob's above. I first tried sqlite, and now I am using mysql. After it didn't work with mysql, I decided to play muck around with the SQl a bit, even though I SQl was new to me.
What I found was that the dcops_album = line was failing for me due to the fact my devices table was empty:
mysql> SELECT * FROM devices;
Empty set (0.00 sec)
So I removed the references to devices in that line and fixed later spots so that they didn't depend on devices. Obviously that isn't the best way to fix things, but it worked for me.
Does anyone have any better suggestions?
Hi,
I use Ubuntu 8.04 and when I run the script in Amarok 1.4.9 there is this error:
sh: kdialog: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/bake/.kde/share/apps/amarok/scripts/copycover.py", line 27, in <module>
from qt import *
ImportError: No module named qt
I installed pyqt4. What can I do?
Sorry if this a very stupid question but I'm a Linux newbie.
hi,
I've developed an bug fix for the 'concat' problem in the offline-copycover script.
the fixed script should now work for any database backed cause the string concatenation is made in python now, and no more in the database language.
here is it, just replace the old copycover-offline.py with that one:
http://attachr.com/private/d55ec021e8df30cbe0f922821554d57b
At first: I love this script!!!!!
Is it possible to give the folders a non-absolut path for the foldericon?
something like "/cover.png", insteat of "/media/hda3/music/artist/album/cover.png"
I think it's not really pretty, if i want to use the same harddrive on my other pc and they are only folders without any icons, because the absolut path is a different on the second pc.
To show "Cover.png" from current directory as icon:
Icon=./Cover.png
To show "Artist - Album.png" from parent-directory's subdirectory named "Covers":
Icon=./../Covers/Artist - Album.png
I have Amarok 1.4.9.1 (Ubuntu Hardy) running Sqlite. I've done the modifications to copy-offline.py but the covers are not copied. Are there other modifications needed to my version of Amarok?
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Is there any news about this? Because I am rely interested. I have also email the author to aske him if he plan this..
in fact! I have done a clone of this for amarok 2 and it is here : http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=113293
I have a gnome-desktop and I can't get it to work. I had to install pyqt3 otherwise it wouldn't start. Is there anything I have to install in order to use the offline-script? It just does this: Quote:$ python copycover-offline.py -c cover.jpg
copycover-offline.py:17: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
import md5
Done.
and there is a rotating little bar for a couple of seconds until it says "done",
but nothing has happened, cover-wise.
any help?
ok, if I use -v i get all the "processing artist xxx"-stuff, but that's it, changing the script like j4n said doesn't work either, same as before.
This script does not work with amarok's Dynamic Collection feature. The following change (removing the devices table from the query) solves the issue for dynamic collection devices: Quote:
--- copycover/copycover-offline.py 2007-10-21 07:04:22.000000000 -0700
+++ copycover_mine/copycover-offline.py 2009-01-09 15:52:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@
inc = inc + 1
if inc >= len(progress):
inc = 0
- dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, CONCAT(devices.lastmountpoint,'/',tags.dir) FROM tags, album, devices ''' \
- +'''WHERE tags.album = album.id AND tags.deviceid = devices.id AND album.name != '' AND tags.artist = %s"''' % artist_tuple[0])
+
+ dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, tags.dir FROM tags, album ''' \
+ +'''WHERE tags.album = album.id AND album.name != '' AND tags.artist = %s"''' % artist_tuple[0])
if not dcop_albums:
continue
Please port the script for Amarok 2 Thank you
Any advance on this? I would be very interested in this as i just did a distro upgrade and was looking forward to amarok 2-plays nice but copycover is essential to me!
Yep, I would also definitely be interested in an Amarok 2 port of this essential script.
Thanks for the script. The part integrated with Amarok works great. My problem is with the offline version. It does something and I have tried with both -d and -v to see but it does not copy the files over to the destination. It just says processing artists... and their names. I have python 2.5.2 and Amarok 1.4.10. I also tried adding -c folder.jpg Am I doing something wrong? Thanks!
No, I had the same issue. After some twiddling I found the problem: the script uses the "CONCAT" function, which sqlite does not provide- maybe the author uses mysql? Here is a patch (replaces CONCAT (foo,bar)' with 'foo || bar'). Copy to file bar.patch and apply with patch -p0 bar.patch. paste below sucks, no code format possible here, so grab it here: http://pastebin.com/f5e7bcc5f Quote:
--- copycover-offline.py.org 2008-12-29 21:50:41.000000000 -0500
+++ copycover-offline.py 2008-12-29 22:01:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ for artist_tuple in artists:
inc = inc + 1
if inc >= len(progress):
inc = 0
- dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, CONCAT(devices.lastmountpoint,'/',tags.dir) FROM tags, album, devices ''' \
+ dcop_albums = commands.getoutput('''dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name, devices.lastmountpoint || '/' || tags.dir FROM tags, album, devices ''' \
+'''WHERE tags.album = album.id AND tags.deviceid = devices.id AND album.name != '' AND tags.artist = %s"''' % artist_tuple[0])
if not dcop_albums:
Thank you for that nice script. Worked quite fine. I used the offline version for copying the files and renaming them to "Folder.jpg". PROBLEM: Some files actually are png-files and now are named with the wrong file type causing problems with my mp3 player. "Bug" or bad usage? Christoph
Several versions of the copycover-offline script didn't working for me - including checkob's above. I first tried sqlite, and now I am using mysql. After it didn't work with mysql, I decided to play muck around with the SQl a bit, even though I SQl was new to me. What I found was that the dcops_album = line was failing for me due to the fact my devices table was empty: mysql> SELECT * FROM devices; Empty set (0.00 sec) So I removed the references to devices in that line and fixed later spots so that they didn't depend on devices. Obviously that isn't the best way to fix things, but it worked for me. Does anyone have any better suggestions?
That is where the script is having problems for me also. Would you mind sharing the changes you made?
Sure, you can have my version. I put it at: http://sites.google.com/site/stuff009/files/copycover-offline.py
Thank you very much for sharing that. It worked perfectly!
You rock. That script (especially with the update) was massively helpful. Thanks.
Hi, I use Ubuntu 8.04 and when I run the script in Amarok 1.4.9 there is this error: sh: kdialog: not found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/bake/.kde/share/apps/amarok/scripts/copycover.py", line 27, in <module> from qt import * ImportError: No module named qt I installed pyqt4. What can I do? Sorry if this a very stupid question but I'm a Linux newbie.
sudo apt-get install python-qt3
hi, I've developed an bug fix for the 'concat' problem in the offline-copycover script. the fixed script should now work for any database backed cause the string concatenation is made in python now, and no more in the database language. here is it, just replace the old copycover-offline.py with that one: http://attachr.com/private/d55ec021e8df30cbe0f922821554d57b
a guy from irc ( Ramblurr ) was that nice to host the script at an permanant place here it is: http://binaryelysium.com/code/copycover-offline.txt thanks again
At first: I love this script!!!!! Is it possible to give the folders a non-absolut path for the foldericon? something like "/cover.png", insteat of "/media/hda3/music/artist/album/cover.png" I think it's not really pretty, if i want to use the same harddrive on my other pc and they are only folders without any icons, because the absolut path is a different on the second pc.
To show "Cover.png" from current directory as icon: Icon=./Cover.png To show "Artist - Album.png" from parent-directory's subdirectory named "Covers": Icon=./../Covers/Artist - Album.png
I have Amarok 1.4.9.1 (Ubuntu Hardy) running Sqlite. I've done the modifications to copy-offline.py but the covers are not copied. Are there other modifications needed to my version of Amarok?