mspaint.exe <file>

magick mogrify -resize "600x600>" -quality 80 <file>

mogrify

-resize 600x600

-resize "600x600>"

-quality 80

magick mogrify -resize "1200x1200>" -quality 85 <file>

magick mogrify -resize "300x300>" <file>

magick mogrify -resize -quality 80 <file>

Hello all,

In case it can be useful for others, I’ve seen some message about reducing size of image in tag and the only answer I’ve seen is about using option 4 in Album Art Tagger. Which firstly need other actions and for me work only for first image of file.

You can more easily reduce size of image in tag with option 14 of Album Art Tagger « Edit images one by one (no confirmation) ».
You just need to install ImageMagick https://imagemagick.org/download/#windows on your computer, in MediaMonkey select the music files you want, launch Album Art Tagger, select option 14 and replace the default command line
[code]mspaint.exe <file>[/code]
by (for example)
[code]magick mogrify -resize "600x600>" -quality 80 <file>[/code]
It will reduce all image in the music files to 600x600 respecting the ratio with quality 80.
Be careful, during the operation MediaMonkey4 will pop up a quick command line prompt disabling you to do something else on your computer. In my computer it took around 1 second by image so with 10 000 music files having each two images, it should take 5 hours when you could difficulty use your computer.

Some explanation
[code]mogrify[/code] : by default, image magick want to create another image you should define. This parameter allows to modify directly the source image. So, it’s necessary to the need.
[code]-resize 600x600[/code] will resize image to fit a square of 600x600 respecting the ratio. But by default, it will enlarged smaller image, that is useless in our case. So, you should add at the end “>” to only reduce bigger image and do nothing for smaller image. With this, you should enclose this part with double quotes (single quote in ImageMagick site but for Linux, double quote for Windows) to avoid any misinterpretation of “>” even if in my test it sems to work without in Album Art Tagger. So, it makes
[code]-resize "600x600>"[/code]
[code]-quality 80[/code] to change quality to 80 and normally reduce file size. I didn’t find a way to force the quality change only in reduction but avoid enlarging quality if smaller. Also, this value is good for JPEG, MPEG, HEIC image. If you have also PNG or WebP image you should avoid or put another value.

Other example of command line :
[code]magick mogrify -resize "1200x1200>" -quality 85 <file>[/code] :
Reduce image to 1200x1200 with quality 85[code]
magick mogrify -resize "300x300>" <file>[/code] :
Reduce image to 300x300 with not change of quality
[code]magick mogrify -resize -quality 80 <file>[/code] :
Changing quality to 80 without changing image size

Hi!

I'm trying to use this script so I could export my complete library artwork to a separate folder, let's call it ''artwork'' on my desktop.
Is it possible to do that? I haven't found a way.

Thanks!

I tried to install this addon on MediaMonkey 5.x and it does not work.
Apparently this is only for MediaMonkey 4.x

Are there any plans to make a version that works on the new MediaMonkey 5.x?

I would gladly help by donating when completed.

I don't use this Addon, so I don't know how it works. The problem may be that you're using per track Artwork instead of per Album.

Thanks Lowlander, right I believe I have the add-on working, but either I haven't got this configured properly, or the software doesn't do what I want it to do?!

Taking the example I have already used, for Sonic Youth's "Dirty" album, I need software that will extract the artwork from every track on the album, then export to a separate directory with an artwork for each track from the album, with the filename in the format of ARTIST-TITLE. So in this example, it would read Sonic Youth - Chapel Hill, Sonic Youth - Creme Brulee, and so on - is this something Media Monkey, or any other software could manage?

Thanks for your help.

Yes I did, and no it doesn't!

Did you check if the file already exists?

Thanks for that Lowlander, I have installed the Add On.

Are there any instructions for this?

I have tried a few times, and the closest option to that which I think I want is to 01. Extract artwork (copy from tag to mask) Though, not sure what a mask is?

When I try, I receive this error message: 01. Extract artwork (copy from tag to mask)
Mask: C:\Nathan\MediaHuman\Music\Sonic Youth - Dirty\
Key: Will be created - Duplicate or wrong type - File already exists
These images will not be extracted.
Only front cover images will be extracted.

What am I doing, right, wrong, or not at all please?

[quote=brookstone39 post_id=471252 time=1596815723 user_id=19685]
I have done the operation both ways, with and without the "Delete image files" option checked on. In all cases, the album art is never deleted from the ogg. You can see this from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUGCWUvhjk
[/quote]

I work only with MP3 and M4A files, not OGG.
Have you tried those?

I have done the operation both ways, with and without the "Delete image files" option checked on. In all cases, the album art is never deleted from the ogg. You can see this from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUGCWUvhjk

[quote=brookstone39 post_id=471247 time=1596812120 user_id=19685]
With regards to any operations that are supposed to DELETE existing artwork from music files, the Album Art Tagger does not appear to work at all. Here's a video that I recorded that shows the total failure of the script to delete any artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCUP_5JrhDI
[/quote]

I use process #3 all the time to remove crappy images from tags and it works perfectly.
But, in your video, I noticed you have the option "[ ] Delete image files" turned ON, while I use it always turned OFF.
Would this be the cause of different behavior?

With regards to any operations that are supposed to DELETE existing artwork from music files, the Album Art Tagger does not appear to work at all. Here's a video that I recorded that shows the total failure of the script to delete any artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCUP_5JrhDI

You'll need to crank up the volume when playing the video. My mic was not properly positioned while recording the video.

Does any one have an alternative solution to removing all artwork from a collection of music files (mp3/ogg)? I will have to give up using AAT.

Didn't want to be unfaithful, but I found a pretty neat solution using the proram MP3Tag.

I imported all files and filtered them using %_covers% MISSING, then I could solve most of the problem (around 9000 files) by simply selecting Action (Quick), "Import cover from file" and point to "folder.jpg" in the Format String. Took around 20min. Still some manual work left, but much less this way.....

Or can I ask the script to replace (only) the existing front cover art if any?

Hi,

Is there any way where I can ask the script to only embed art, where the jpg concerned is not already embedded? I have a large library (almost 25k) with a mix of music files with or without embedded art, but sorted per album folders and where each folder has the correct front cover art stored in a file named "folder.jpg". Accordingly, I would like to simply select everything and let the script embed the "folder.jpg" from each folder to all the music files in said folder in one go.

I am happy to note that the princple works, but in a test I just made I noted that it was also added, where the art was already embedded, i.e. it was duplicated. Can I avoid that somehow, or is there another script which can remove duplicate art?

I guess there are options to remove all art first, but I would like to avoid removing (all other) art than the front cover potentially being present or risk removing art in the hopefully rare case there might not be a corresponding "folder.jpg" present to add afterwards.

Thank you for any suggestions!

Best regards,

VRN