#BEST ALBUM COVER FINDER INSTALL#
#BEST ALBUM COVER FINDER MANUAL#

#BEST ALBUM COVER FINDER INSTALL#

On Ubuntu and other Debian derivatives, you can install both with sudo apt-get install optipng jpegoptim. Install SACAD: python3 setup.py installĪdditionally, if you want to benefit from image crunching (lossless recompression to save additional space):.If you don't already have it, install setuptools for Python 3.If you don't already have it, install pip for Python 3.Arch LinuxĪrch Linux users can install the sacad AUR package. Windows users can download a standalone binary which does not require Python. Cover sources page or API changes are quickly detected, thanks to high test coverage, and SACAD is quickly updated accordingly.Music library scan supports all common audio formats (MP3, AAC, Vorbis, FLAC.).

Automatically retry failed HTTP requests.Automatically reuse TCP connections (HTTP Keep-Alive), for better network performance.Process several queries simultaneously (using asyncio), to speed up processing.Google Images), automatically download the first KB of the file to get its real size from the file header When the size of an image reported by a source is not reliable (ie.HTML parsing is done without regex but with the LXML library, which is faster, and more robust to page changes.SACAD is designed to be robust and be executed in batch of thousands of queries: Automatically convert/resize image if needed.Do everything to avoid getting blocked by the sources: hide user-agent and automatically take care of rate limiting.Cache search results locally for faster future search.Automatically crunch images with optipng or jpegoptim (can save 30% of filesize without any loss of quality, great for portable players).Smart sorting algorithm to select THE best cover for a given query, using several factors: source reliability, image format, image size, image similarity with reference cover, etc.Google Images (removed, too unreliable).

Currently support the following cover sources:.

Customizable output: save image along with the audio files / in a different directory named by artist/album / embed cover in audio files.

Can target specific image size, and find results for high resolution covers.

SACAD also provides a second command line tool, sacad_r, to scan a music library, read metadata from audio tags, and download missing covers automatically, optionally embedding the image into audio audio files.

#BEST ALBUM COVER FINDER MANUAL#

SACAD is a multi platform command line tool to download album covers without manual intervention, ideal for integration in scripts, audio players, etc. SACAD Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader

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