I have checked various sources and forums and see alot of talk about tagging, Columns UI's and default UI's and i assume this is all related to what i want but i cannot find the simple A - Z of how to add album art.
Please help.
I have the same question. I'm currently using an external program (Mp3tag) to add album art, but I'd like to do it from within foobar2000.
@Durch: As far as I am aware you cannot embed album art using foobar.
@karlosh: Do you want to embed album art into your audio files or just get album art to show up in Foobar?
For embedding album art see response above. To display album art using the Default UI, place the relevant art into the folder with the files in and rename the file to front.jpg (I'm not sure whether any other filetypes are supported) and it should show up in your albumart viewer. If you prefer to use a different naming scheme you can search for the foo_covers component that allows for the implementation of differently named art in the Default UI.
Also see this topic for more info: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=65972 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=65972)
@karlosh: Do you want to embed album art into your audio files or just get album art to show up in Foobar?
As i am new to this and playing with different stuff i'd probably want to embed into my audio files in case i use other media players.
I am currently ripping my cd collection and have been using Exact Audio Copy and ripping into .Flac if that helps. I will most likely use Foobar as my default player but i'm quite clueless at the mo!
As i am new to this and playing with different stuff i'd probably want to embed into my audio files in case i use other media players.
I used to embed album art. Now it just seems simpler and 'cleaner' to just have the folder.jpg. If you don't store your tracks as albums that would change things. I thnk the folder.jpg is fairly standard. Most players would recognise it.
I have a question regarding displaying album art using Columns UI.
I've been in the habit of naming my album art (in each album folder) after the album title. I have hundreds of album folders, so going through each one and changing the image name to folder.jpg or front.jpg is wayyy too much work.
Is there a way I can change Columns UI so it searches for %album%.jpg ?
Thanks!
Preferences --> Columns UI --> Artwork tab --> "Add..."-Front Cover and enter:
$directory_path(%path%)\%album%
I have the same question. I'm currently using an external program (Mp3tag) to add album art, but I'd like to do it from within foobar2000.
I use foo_run services to use metamp3.exe to embed art for mp3 files. In my examples, the "folder.jpg" needs to exist in the folder already. Here is my code for mp3 files:
Metamp3 - embed Front:"C:\Program Files\foobar2000\tools\metamp3.exe" --pict {3}"$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)folder.jpg" "$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,*.mp3)"Slightly OT, but only due to file types, you can use NeroAacTag.exe to embed or remove files:
NeroAacTag.exe_AddFrontCover:"C:\Program Files\foobar2000\tools\NeroAacTag.exe" "$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,*.m4a)" -add-cover:front:"$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg)"
NeroAacTag.exe_AddBackCover:"C:\Program Files\foobar2000\tools\NeroAacTag.exe" "$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,*.m4a)" -add-cover:back:"$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,Back.jpg)"
NeroAacTag.exe_REMOVECover:"C:\Program Files\foobar2000\tools\NeroAacTag.exe" "$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,*.m4a)" -remove-cover:front"
Hope that helps.
Preferences --> Columns UI --> Artwork tab --> "Add..."-Front Cover and enter:
$directory_path(%path%)\%album%
Thank you for the reply, but for some reason this didn't work.
Not only that, but I downloaded mp3tag and tried embedding album artwork in the mp3...foobar still doesn't display it!
Does anyone know what the deal is?
How exactly are the external album art named?
For example: The artist is AAA, the album BBB. Is your album art named "AAA - BBB.jpg" or only "BBB.jpg"?
In the first case the string has to look like: $directory_path(%path%)\%artist% - %album%
In the second case: $directory_path(%path%)\%album%
and it should work...
To display embedded album art in columns UI you have to do the following:
Go to Preferences --> Columns UI --> Artwork tab and set the "Built-in foobar2000 artwork reader mode" to "Embedded and external artwork".
How exactly are the external album art named?
For example: The artist is AAA, the album BBB. Is your album art named "AAA - BBB.jpg" or only "BBB.jpg"?
In the first case the string has to look like: $directory_path(%path%)\%artist% - %album%
In the second case: $directory_path(%path%)\%album%
and it should work...
To display embedded album art in columns UI you have to do the following:
Go to Preferences --> Columns UI --> Artwork tab and set the "Built-in foobar2000 artwork reader mode" to "Embedded and external artwork".
The album art is named after the album only, so "BBB.jpg" I used the proper string, still don't understand why it doesn't work.
For the embedded artwork, I made sure the "Embedded and external artwork" option was chosen.
I'm flabbergasted.
Your artwork tab should now look like that:
(http://www.abload.de/img/artworkx0dg.png) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=artworkx0dg.png)
I tried it and it works as it should...
Or do you use ELPlaylist and wants to display album art in it?
Then you have to set up ELPlalyist itself because it is independent from Columns UI artwork settings.