Tool to extract album art for iPod... great for PictureFlow

[vcardenas]

I made this little tool to extract album art embedded in music files and want to share it.

It stores the picture files in iPod_Control\Music\ with albumtitle as filename, which is perfect for PictureFlow.

http://vcardenasblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/ipod-album-art-extracter-for-rockbox.html

[yapper]

This is the type of information that would be better in the rockbox wiki, rather than the forums. I've just tried it, and it does what is claimed. It would be nice if it was possible to change the location where the bmps are going to be stored. In my case I merely wanted to see which (if any) of my files contained embedded art, and it successfully located 4 files I hadn't cleaned up.

[Chronon]

vcardenas, the AlbumArt page would be a good spot for it.

[vcardenas]

vcardenas, the AlbumArt page would be a good spot for it.

i think you are right... i will do that, thanks.

This is the type of information that would be better in the rockbox wiki, rather than the forums. I've just tried it, and it does what is claimed. It would be nice if it was possible to change the location where the bmps are going to be stored. In my case I merely wanted to see which (if any) of my files contained embedded art, and it successfully located 4 files I hadn't cleaned up.

Thanks for your suggestion. Allow to change the location is easy, i will implement it.  The default location is the best to have Album Art in WPSs and PictureFlow.

[delorean90]

i downloaded it, and it failed to run

[vcardenas]

i downloaded it, and it failed to run

Do you have .Net Framework 2.0 installed?
it is a requeriment.

Do you have the iPod connected when you are trying to run the program?
It is necessary because the programs tries to detect an iPod connected, and if doesn't, then it closes.

Did you have iTunes opened when trying to run the program?
iTunes must be closed because iPod database is locked by iTunes and cannot be read.

please provide more information about "it failed to run" so i can help you.

[gonzalexx]

Hi... first post here...
Read the long one about ipod playlist conversion... (old one)
Boy... that was a long rant from lots of people.
I really appreciate your contribution...
The converter worked like a charm...
had a number of playlists converted, and now I can continue experimenting using rockbox... with no hiatus in my daily listening to audiobooks in my commute.
I have an old 3G, and I have really used it way beyond its cost.
Rockbox gives me the control over everything that the native Apple software didn't.
If there's ever improvements in your conversion program... please let me know.  I am a gratefull fan now... and volunteer to be a guinea pig if you like.
That goes for you VCARDENAS, and any of you guys that have so much fun tweaking the box's brain. (any box for that matter).  I wish I had the time to do it myself, that is why I will back you guys on your endevours.
Take good care, and above all, have fun !!!
Good to know there's folks out there that do not conform... we need more minds like that in the world.
Cheers and thanks!

[karltpb]

Thank you, it worked great for me. However I noticed it does not replace double quotes with single quotes as required by rockbox. It's mentioned in the wiki (link). I figured I'd point that out.

EDIT: I just noticed that it does indeed replace double quotes but not exactly the way Rockbox requires. Currently it replaces a double quote ( " ) with two singles quotes ( ' ' ). From what I can tell by looking at the source code, a double quote is meant to be replaced by only one single quote. Hope you can fix that in the next release.

~ Karl

[vcardenas]

gonzalexx:
thank you very much... i'm glad that my litle contribution is useful for you too. I will be posting updates in this page:
http://vcardenasblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/ipod-to-rockbox-playlist-converter.html
and feature requests are very welcome, just leave me a comment in that page.

Thank you, it worked great for me. However I noticed it does not replace double quotes with single quotes as required by rockbox. It's mentioned in the wiki (link). I figured I'd point that out.

EDIT: I just noticed that it does indeed replace double quotes but not exactly the way Rockbox requires. Currently it replaces a double quote ( " ) with two singles quotes ( ' ' ). From what I can tell by looking at the source code, a double quote is meant to be replaced by only one single quote. Hope you can fix that in the next release.

~ Karl

thanks for the feedback, i just made a test with double quotes in the name and it was correctly replaced by a single quote.  Maybe you can post or mail me the problematic file, so i can inspect it and make some tests to fix the problem.

[revnull]

Added recommendations to the project page.

Thanks for all your work!