# Howto download albumartist images with AAD and save them one folder up?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 29, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232 "2024-03-29T10:28:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@useonlythedrugs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/useonlythedrugs)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/1 "2024-03-29T10:28:07Z")
Thank you so much for this! 😃
Worked through it again and have it working... almost!
I'm in just downloading the artist image and saving this in the artist folder. Currently it will save it to the album folder, do you know if it's possible to change the syntax to save it up one folder?
e.g. save to "/Arcade Fire/"
rather than the album folder "/Arcade Fire/Funeral"
Thanks again for your help 🙂
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### Author:  [@g.p.m](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/g.p.m)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/2 "2024-03-29T11:20:25Z")
You're welcome!
I wrote this more than a decade ago and never touched it since. I'd first have to look into the scripting language of MP3Tag again to understand what I did then. Maybe you're quicker than me with that.
I'm pretty sure It can be done the way you want it.
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### Author:  [@useonlythedrugs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/useonlythedrugs)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/3 "2024-03-29T11:54:00Z")
had a play round with chatGPT but was unable to get it to create the syntax correctly.
seems like it should be possible but my knowledge is lacking!
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/4 "2024-03-29T12:19:46Z")
`AlbumArt.exe` has a lot of command line parameters.
The one to control the path to save cover art is
`/path` or the abbreviation `/p`
You would have to try to find the matching Mp3tag parameter for your "save it up one folder":
Maybe you can try it with `%_parent_directory%` or `%_directory%` instead of `%_path%` in the Mp3tag Tools Parameter definition?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/5 "2024-03-29T12:25:02Z")
would this work?
/path `"..\folder.jpg"`
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### Author:  [@useonlythedrugs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/useonlythedrugs)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/6 "2024-03-29T12:49:13Z")
from the original syntax in the guide:
```auto
/ar "%artist%" /p "$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)%%artist%%.jpg"
```
this is what I have modified so far which pulls in the album artist rather than artist which is what I want and also adds the correct file extension based on the downloaded file.
```auto
/ar "%albumartist%" /p "$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)%%artist%%.%%extension%%"
```
Ohrenko could add your suggestion to include the whole line so it's clear exactly what to modify?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@g.p.m](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/g.p.m)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/7 "2024-03-29T13:10:30Z")
This is what I found so far:
```auto
/ar "%artist%" /p "$replace(..\,%_filename_ext%,)%%artist%%.%%extension%%"
```
It saves the pic one folder up from the track files folder. It also keeps the original extension of the pic.
It depends how your files are organized. If the parent folder isn't what your looking for - I can't help further.
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### Author:  [@useonlythedrugs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/useonlythedrugs)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/8 "2024-03-29T14:06:05Z")
Thanks @g.p.m
This works!
my only change for my use case is albumartist instead of artist
```auto
/ar "%albumartist%" /p "$replace(..\,%_filename_ext%,)%%artist%%.%%extension%%"
```
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/9 "2024-04-01T14:04:36Z")
> [@useonlythedrugs](#):
>
> `%artist%" /p "$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)%%artist%%.jpg`
This seems like what I'm looking to do, but I am not that knowledgeable, maybe someone can help? All of my music is in a "D Drive" so it's D:\New Audio followed by artist, album, files... I want to apply the band or singer photo to the folders. Is this possible? If so can anyone offer help?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/10 "2024-04-01T14:15:12Z")
@djerniehoule: After going through this thread with a number of suggestions of what to to - what have you tried and what was the result?
The more details you supply, the better the further ideas will probably be.
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/11 "2024-04-01T14:27:09Z")
Haven't really tried anything yet as I am not that knowledgeable. I was hoping someone could tell me how to make it work. I have downloaded AAD, but that's as far as I got...
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/12 "2024-04-01T14:30:53Z")
There is a tutorial about the albumart downloader:
> [@Downloading artist images to file using album art downloader - possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-artist-images-to-file-using-album-art-downloader-possible/64211/5):
>
> The original post is truncated, don't know why... Here's the complete tut from my backup: After working hours to find my almost perfect solution to pick up album art and include it into my mp3 files I decided to make up a little tutorial how I did it. Because I'm really noob this maybe can be refined by others with more knowledge than me. What you need: Mp3Tag - latest version can be found [here](http://www.mp3tag.de/download.html). Album Art Downloader - latest version can be found [here](http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/album-art/index.php?title=Main_Page). Install both progs. For Album Art Do…
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/13 "2024-04-01T14:34:06Z")
Thank you, I'll look at this after work!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-download-albumartist-images-with-aad-and-save-them-one-folder-up/64232/14 "2024-05-01T14:34:40Z")
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