Sometimes users have added rather large Cover images (e.g. png 18 MB, png 35 MB and so on) as the album's main cover image to the database mp3tag's MusicBrainz source is using. Downloading these covers takes very long, sometimes up to 5 minutes :frowning: Would it be possible to check the file size…

I've added an option to configure the MusicBrainz cover size via File → Options → Tag Sources with Mp3tag v3.11h .

+1 :+1: An option to choose the size of the cover would be nice too. At least MusicBrainz offers the cover art in 250×250 Pixels, 500×500 Pixels, 1200×1200 Pixels and the original size. The picture name for the various available sizes only change in the additional MBID-250.jpg or MBID-500.jpg or …

Yes, maybe that's a nice solution. Right now it seems to always download the original size version…

I automated an action in Photoshop to resize and save a 600x600 “web size” copy of the artwork for embedding.

There is no need for Photoshop for this task. You can use the existing resize function in Mp3tag: [image] Resize album art? Support Starting with Mp3tag v3.00, you can resize embedded cover art with Mp3tag using an action of type Adjust cover . Since v3.01, this functiona…

Actually, in most cases when you do get these original sized images you NEED Photoshop. Because these mostly are completely unprocessed raw images from scanners / digital cameras. So just resizing them does not really help :frowning:

This doesn't happen in "most cases", but from time to time you find such a raw image. This leads to another feature request: Let the user choose the Cover Art TYPE This way you could exclude the raw/unedited cover art that you need to manually crop first. MusicBrainz offers this 14 Types: 2 L…

Once you drag and drop artwork, you can right click it and designate type.

I have a plugin for MusicBee called “Album Art Downloader”. It was a real game-changer for me. It allows you to search the sources you specify for the artist and album given. Using it, I rarely download from MusicBrainz. My typical sources are iTunes, Qobuz, and Deezer for the basic cover-art. …

[image] abijahmaniaco: I have a plugin for MusicBee called “Album Art Downloader” Here is a thread on using Album Art Downloader with MP3tag: [image] How to use AlbumArtDownloader in Tools for Cover Art Web Sources Scripts AlbumArtDownloader is arguably one of the b…

This is getting rather offtopic :slight_smile: There is a really easy solution to the problem. mp3tag stores the sources definitions in .\AppData\Roaming\Mp3tag\data\sources\MusicBrainz.src Just edit the file, find the code accessing the CoverArtArchive and replace say "/front" by say "/fron…

MusicBrainz album Covers are sometimes quite large (and take LONG to download)

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ohrenkino January 2, 2022, 6:21pm 10

Here is a thread on using Album Art Downloader with MP3tag: