The latest version of Amarok (1.4.8) suffers from a side effect of a feature called "Dynamic Collection" (
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159663). This results in a initial dot "." to every file in the collection.
EmbedCover script for Amarok works great for embedding album arts directly in the mp3 file. But it will report "Song is not in your collection" if the file paths are incorrect in the database due to that bug.
I've provided a temporary fix in the script for that problem till the bug in Amarok gets fixed. The patched EmbedCover.rb is here:
- file to patch: $HOME/.kde/share/apps/amarok/scripts/embedcover/
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# amaroK Script for embedding album cover images in MP3 files.
#
# (c) 2005 Mark Kretschmann <markey@web.de>
# License: GNU General Public License V2
################################
# This is my patched version #
# Perfectly working my ubuntu. #
# So, Good luck !! #
################################
require 'md5'
require "uri"
MenuItemName = "EmbedCover Embed!"
def cleanup()
`dcop amarok script removeCustomMenuItem #{MenuItemName}`
end
trap( "SIGTERM" ) { cleanup() }
`dcop amarok script addCustomMenuItem #{MenuItemName}`
loop do
message = gets().chomp()
command = /[A-Za-z]*/.match( message ).to_s()
case command
when "configure"
msg = '"EmbedCover does not have configuration options. Simply select a track in the '
msg += 'playlist, then start EmbedCover from the context-menu (right mouse click)."'
`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "#{msg}"`
when "customMenuClicked"
if message.include?( MenuItemName )
args = message.split()
# Remove the command args
3.times() { args.delete_at( 0 ) }
# Iterate over all selected files
args.each() do |arg|
uri = URI.parse( arg )
file = URI.unescape( uri.path() )
dcopfile = file
hds = `dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT lastmountpoint FROM devices"`.split()
for n in hds
unless n == "/"
g = /(^#{n})/.match(dcopfile)
if n = g
dcopfile = dcopfile.sub(/(^#{n})\//, './')
break
else
end
else
end
end
dcopfile = dcopfile.sub(/^\//, './')
file = dcopfile
#`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "#{file}"`
file.gsub!( /[']/, '\\\\\'' ) # Escape for SQL
puts( "Path: #{file}" )
backend = File.dirname( File.expand_path( __FILE__ ) ) + "/addimage2mp3.rb"
# Query is two parts, first ID, then name
artist_id = `dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT artist FROM tags WHERE url = '#{file}'"`.chomp()
artist = `dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT artist.name FROM artist WHERE id = '#{artist_id}'"`.chomp()
album_id = `dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album FROM tags WHERE url = '#{file}'"`.chomp()
album = `dcop amarok collection query "SELECT DISTINCT album.name FROM album WHERE id = '#{album_id}'"`.chomp()
puts( "ArtistId : #{artist_id}" )
puts( "Artist : #{artist}" )
puts( "AlbumId : #{album_id}" )
puts( "Album : #{album}" )
if artist_id.empty?() and album_id.empty?()
`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "EmbedCover Error: This track is not in your Collection."`
next
end
md5sum = MD5.hexdigest( "#{artist.downcase()}#{album.downcase()}" )
imagefolder = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.kde/share/apps/amarok/albumcovers/large/"
image = "#{imagefolder}#{md5sum}"
puts( "Imagepath: #{image}" )
unless FileTest.exist?( image )
`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "EmbedCover: No image found for this track."`
next
end
file = file.sub(/^\.\//, '/')
#`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "#{file}"`
output = `ruby #{backend} "#{image}" "#{file}"`
if $?.success?()
`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "image embedded SUCCESSFULLY !!!."`
else
reg = Regexp.new( "Error:.*", Regexp::MULTILINE )
errormsg = reg.match( output )
`dcop amarok playlist popupMessage "EmbedCover #{errormsg}"`
end
end
end
end
end
