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downloading cover art

  • 04-09-2009 3:06pm
    #1
    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭


    I have transferred all my cds to mp3 over the yrs aswell as a few thousand albums from various mates over he yrs. However i am missing tonnes of artwork for various albums. Does anyone know of a site that i can download the cover art for free?? Any help appreciated

    frAg


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  • #2
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    frag420 wrote: »
    I have transferred all my cds to mp3 over the yrs aswell as a few thousand albums from various mates over he yrs. However i am missing tonnes of artwork for various albums. Does anyone know of a site that i can download the cover art for free?? Any help appreciated

    frAg
    Yeah, iTunes. If you add all your music and sign in to your iTunes account, click "Get Album Artwork" and just wait.


  • #3
    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    yeah considered itunes but i dont have account and cant get one without credit card and me and credit cards do not go well together.

    Any other suggestions


  • #4
    eddiem74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭eddiem74


    Try MP3Tag, although I have never used it for a batch process, usually just album by album. I am sure their forums can help if needed.


  • #5
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Winamp does the job as well without having to sign up for any bollix... Right click on an mp3 > view info > artwork > download

    Would be serious hassle trawling through a site for individual album covers...


  • #6
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,459 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Nothing to do with Broadband so moving it


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  • #7
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    frag420 wrote: »
    yeah considered itunes but i dont have account and cant get one without credit card and me and credit cards do not go well together.

    Any other suggestions
    You don't need one to get an account and for getting all your artwork, iTunes does it well.

    Create an iTunes App Store account without a credit card


  • #8
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    I've tried two apps called Album Art Downloader and Album Cover Art Downloader with varied success, can't remember which one worked the best (I think the 2nd one), but they're both free.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/
    http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/

    Screw Apple and its crappy software! :D


  • #9
    Toyota_Avensis
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Toyota_Avensis


    iTunes is your best bet, once all your music is on that.
    It's possible to creat a free account, and once its set up you just set iTunes up that it automagically adds new Album Artwork.

    Make sure your album info / artists etc. is filled in correctly in order to get the right album artwork

    Simply Google how to set up a free Apple iTunes Account without using a credit card. You start by downloading an App for iPhone / iTouch. :D

    Very trouble free and can be set up in Minutes :)


  • #10
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    And if itunes doesn't get them for you just copy and paste from Amazon.


  • #11
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    BopNiblets wrote: »
    I've tried two apps called Album Art Downloader and Album Cover Art Downloader with varied success, can't remember which one worked the best (I think the 2nd one), but they're both free.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/
    http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/

    Screw Apple and its crappy software! :D
    +1 for which ever one of these I used!


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  • #12
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    Mediamonkey

    Right click on the album and auto tag.
    or
    Google the album, find the cover and add it in properties in mediamonkey(works for me)

    http://download.cnet.com/MediaMonkey-Standard/3000-2141_4-10109807.html?part=dl-101733&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=11002265


  • #13
    devinejay
    Registered Users Posts: 639 ✭✭✭devinejay


    Sort-of bumping here,

    I was wondering does anyone know why, though practically all my music has album art in the folder icon in Windows Explorer, I can't actually find the corresponding image files? I've used the Album Art Downloader mentioned above, and it seems to find a folder.jpg for everything, but I can't! I can't then manage to add the album art as a tag, cause I don't know where to point mp3tag to unless I download the cover myself.

    I know there's other ways around this, iTunes etc, but it's frustrating to think I have all the album art somewhere, but I can't tag it properly!


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