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Use of %path% to add Album-Art to lame mp3s

Hi All,

First post! ;-)

I'm using foobar to generate mp3s via LAME, using my flac archive as the source.

My flac archive contains album art (folder.jpg) etc.

What I want to do is use lame to add the album art to the mp3 file via its --ti switch.

So the converter options I use in foobar to reference the source folder.jpg is something like:

-V 2 --ti "%path%\folder.jpg" --<other_lame_tag_switches>

However, I see from the command line that foobar generates that %path% is not expanded - and so lame doesn't get to see the folder.jpg file as intended. (Similarly, I can't get any of the directory related %% variables to expand).

Does anyone know how I can get the %path% variable to expand propoerly in the converter command line?

(And separately, is there a way I can view the command line that foobar generates - Currently I can only see it when lame generates an error)

Many thanks for any help!

mickg

Use of %path% to add Album-Art to lame mp3s

Reply #1 –
Quote from: mickg on
Does anyone know how I can get the %path% variable to expand propoerly in the converter command line?

That's not possible.

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And separately, is there a way I can view the command line that foobar generates

It is printed to the console.

Use of %path% to add Album-Art to lame mp3s

Reply #2 –
Thanks Frank

I notice with interest that other %% variables expand ok in the converter command line, such as %artist% and so on.

Is the lack of %path% expansion a bug with the intention to fix at some point? Or is it a more fundamental limitation (in an otherwise outstanding application) that will never be addressed?

Cheers,
mickg

Use of %path% to add Album-Art to lame mp3s

Reply #3 –
a simple solution is with foo_run.

Use of %path% to add Album-Art to lame mp3s

Reply #4 –
Quote from: paradog on
a simple solution is with foo_run.

that's the only solution, i think so!?

@mickg: the others are $meta not everywhere accessible, but i also wonder about the %path%

and about the %path% it would be const. won't give you anything if it isn't parsed by some command script

edit: to be more precise %path%\folder.jpg will give you i suppose something like this [drive:\>artist\album\track.mp3\folder.jpg]

Use of %path% to add Album-Art to lame mp3s

Reply #5 –
Quote from: 2E7AH on
Quote from: paradog on

a simple solution is with foo_run.

that's the only solution, i think so!?

@mickg: the others are $meta not everywhere accessible, but i also wonder about the %path%

and about the %path% it would be const. won't give you anything if it isn't parsed by some command script

edit: to be more precise %path%\folder.jpg will give you i suppose something like this [drive:\>artist\album\track.mp3\folder.jpg]



Thanks both for the replies

Paradog: I'll definately give foo_run a go - this certainly sounds promising - thanks

2E7AH: Yes, %path% may not have been perfect, but there were other directory related variabes that would have fitted nicely, producing the source path without the filename. (If I could have got them to expand, of course ;-)