First, if you have not used Strawberry Music Player , it's the best file based music player IMO. It can query these sources and optionally embed the album art in the media file... [Screenshot 2024-03-02 at 8.06.28 AM] ...and the source code for how this is done is publicly available here: strawbe…

See here: [image] Import Tags from Online Tag Sources Documentation Mp3tag allows for importing tags and cover art from two online databases — Discogs and MusicBrainz — via Tag Sources → Discogs and Tag Sources → MusicBrainz. The last used Tag Source can be triggered by ⌘ …

[image] t4gg3r: like adding embedded album art to an entire collection at once! You have eventually added pictures to your whole collection if you go album by album - this is the function already available in MP3tag. The way it is implemented at the moment lets you pinpoint exactly that rele…

@ohrenkino I cannot use AlbumArtDownloader on a Mac, it is Windows only. Is there another way to retrieve album art and to embed it in the files for a Mac MP3Tag user?

[image] t4gg3r: Is there another way to retrieve album art Yes, as described: album by album with a suitable web source script. For the whole collection with just 1 function call - no, not with MP3tag functions.

@ohrenkino could you point me toward documentation on how to use this feature? I don't see it in MP3Tag's Mac settings and I am not sure where to obtain these scripts you speak of?

Just to point out an alternative: I always use this tool to quickly look up cover art online as it yields more and better results than AlbumArtDownloader (for me at least). As it only uses a website it should work on mac, but I have not tested that it does. Good luck!

Retrieve album art from web and save it embedded in files

Mac

ohrenkino March 6, 2024, 1:51pm 6

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