This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF24EF.277D2070 Content-Type: text/plain It's not that hard, I did it for DVD covers using us.imdb.com. I haven't done it for CD covers yet, but using album and artist name, you can pretty easily do a search query to a web site such as www.muze.com, parse the search result html for the first item found, load that page, parse for the IMG src line of the cover picture, then download the picture via http. It could take hours to run for a large list, and there are sure to be some false matches, but you can get the bulk of the covers without too much effort... well other than a couple of hours of programming. example: walk your database record by record, using the artist and album title, build a URL with the format below: http://www.muze.com/pop/pop_search_results.asp?artist=def+leppard&album= hysteria&song=&GENRE=ALL&x=0&y=0 load the page, and parse for first occurrence of text "album - %albumname", grab the <a href=....>, which is http://www.muze.com/pop/pop_album.asp?MUZENBR=++96110 load that page, parse the html for the "http://www.muze.com/albums/", grabbing the entire path: http://www.muze.com/albums/090/96110.jpg, then just download the picture, renaming to "def leppard, hysteria.jpg", then insert a image reference into your database. Checkout these API's in the Microsoft internet sdk for easy loading of web pages via your app: InternetOpen InternetConnect HttpOpenRequest HttpSendRequest HttpQueryInfo InternetQueryDataAvailable InternetReadFile InternetCloseHandle then just import the msado15.dll template library, and you've got easy database access. roll it all together and a few hundred lines of code later, your set. ;-) -Chris -----Original Message----- From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:45 PM To: m@wroth.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Cover Art I've looked at it and decided not to persue it. Most of the covers I've looked at are GIFs instead of JPGs, about 1.5 times bigger, and smaller in dimensions. They do look nice, though. ----Original Message Follows---- From: michael mcdermott <m@wroth.com> To: Slinke-List <slinkelist@nirvis.com> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Cover Art Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 19:08:30 -0500 Tom Hammond-Doel wrote: > > The deal is that my 600 covers, at a boring 1 and a half minutes per cover > is 15 hours of utterly boring wasted time. The only bad side-effect of > getting covers automatically is that the resolution that I've seen is > pretty lousy - which is why I'm still scanning my own covers into the > database between zzzzzzzz's (one beer, one scan, one beer, one scan....). > > Rein wrote: > > > What is all this trouble over cover art. Scanners are a dime a dozen > > these days so just scan the covers. No need for any fancy programs that > > don't work half the time. > > > > Marc Parker wrote: > > > > > Can anyone suggest additional sources beyond CDNOW for cover art? > > > > > > Parker > > > Has anyone tried to write a program that grabs cover art from amazon.com yet? The resolution is much better even if their naming convention is really obtuse. -- Is that you John Wayne? Is this me? _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF24EF.277D2070 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: [slinkelist] Cover Art It's not that hard, I did it for DVD covers using = us.imdb.com.
I haven't done it for CD covers yet, but using album = and artist name, you can pretty easily do a search query to a web site = such as www.muze.com, parse the search result html for the first item = found, load that page, parse for the IMG src line of the cover picture, = then download the picture via http. It could take hours to run = for a large list, and there are sure to be some false matches, but you = can get the bulk of the covers without too much effort... well other = than a couple of hours of programming.
example:
walk your database record by record, using the artist = and album title, build a URL with the format below:
load the page, and parse for first occurrence of text = "album - %albumname", grab the <a href=3D....>, which = is http://www.muze.com/pop/pop_album.asp?MUZENBR=3D++9611= 0 load that page, parse the html for the "http://www.muze.com/albums/", grabbing the = entire path: http://www.muze.com/albums/090/96110.jpg,
then just download the picture, renaming to "def = leppard, hysteria.jpg", then insert a image reference into your = database.
Checkout these API's in the Microsoft internet sdk = for easy loading of web pages via your app:
InternetOpen
InternetConnect
HttpOpenRequest
HttpSendRequest
HttpQueryInfo
InternetQueryDataAvailable
InternetReadFile
InternetCloseHandlethen just import the msado15.dll template library, = and you've got easy database access. roll it all together and a = few hundred lines of code later, your set. ;-)
-Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:45 PM
To: m@wroth.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Cover Art
I've looked at it and decided not to persue it. = Most of the covers I've
looked at are GIFs instead of JPGs, about 1.5 times = bigger, and smaller in
dimensions. They do look nice, though.
----Original Message Follows----
From: michael mcdermott <m@wroth.com>
To: Slinke-List <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Cover Art
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 19:08:30 -0500Tom Hammond-Doel wrote:
>
> The deal is that my 600 covers, at a = boring 1 and a half minutes per
cover
> is 15 hours of utterly boring wasted = time. The only bad side-effect of
> getting covers automatically is that the = resolution that I've seen is
> pretty lousy - which is why I'm still = scanning my own covers into the
> database between zzzzzzzz's (one beer, = one scan, one beer, one scan....).
>
> Rein wrote:
>
> > What is all this trouble over cover = art. Scanners are a dime a dozen
> > these days so just scan the covers. = No need for any fancy programs that
> > don't work half the time.
> >
> > Marc Parker wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone suggest additional = sources beyond CDNOW for cover art?
> > >
> > > Parker
> > >
Has anyone tried to write a program that grabs cover = art from amazon.com
yet?
The resolution is much better even if their naming = convention is really
obtuse.
--
Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?
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