Album Art

JamX · Post by **JamX** » September 10th, 2020, 1:48 pm

Normally I have a skin for spotify with "WebNowPlaying" to get the Artist/track info and the album art.

Now I wanted to try to use NowPlaying plugin.
I do not need the repeat / shuffle function but I would like to have the album art!

To get the album art I was planning to use Last.fm API. It's free of use so I registered and got the API key.

Then I started RainRegExp for the parsing and used:
URL: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&api_key=4e7773d5b02916ac17a5f95fdd604xxx&artist=Beach House&track=Lazuli
(note: the last 3 numbers of the API key are replaced by xxx)
and
Regexp: (?siU)<image size="medium">(.*)</image>

This gives me the string of the album art URL: 1 => https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/90ff02d4495f4c50a1b7b2a64798d892.png

Capture1.JPG

When I insert this URL in EDGE I see the album art displayed.

Capture2.JPG

OK this is working I thought...so I started coding in rainmeter as follows:

Code: Select all

[Rainmeter]
update=1000

[Variables]

Artist=
Track=
ArtURL=https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/90ff02d4495f4c50a1b7b2a64798d892.png

fontface=Verdana
stringstyle=normal
stringeffect=none
stringalign=right 
fontcolor=ffffff 
fonteffectcolor=000000

--------------------- Measures

[MeasureArtist]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll 
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute="":"N\A"

[MeasureTrack]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=TITLE
Substitute="":"N\A"
OnChangeAction=[!SetVariable Artist "[MeasureArtist]"][!SetVariable Track "[MeasureTrack]"][!CommandMeasure MeasureGetArtURL "UpDate"]

[MeasureGetArtURL]
;UpdateDivider=-1
Measure=WebParser
Url=http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&api_key=4e7773d5b02916ac17a5f95fdd604xxx&artist=#Artist#&track=#Track#
RegExp=(?siU)<image size="medium">(.*)</image>
StringIndex=1
FinishAction=[!SetVariable ArtURL "[MeasureGetArtURL]"][!CommandMeasure MeasureGetArt "Update"]
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureGetArt]
UpdateRate=-1
Measure=WebParser
URL=#ArtURL#
Download=1
DynamicVariables=1

------------- Meters

[MeterArt]
Meter=IMAGE
MeasureName=MeasureGetArt
ImageRotate=-20
X=300
Y=58
H=159
W=159
antialias=1
Tile=0
PreserveAspectRatio=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,200

[MeterTrack]
Meter=STRING
StringAlign=#stringalign#
MeasureName=MeasureTrack
X=-5r
Y=r
FontColor=#fontcolor#
fonteffectcolor=#fonteffectcolor#
stringeffect=#stringeffect#
stringstyle=#stringstyle#
FontSize=14
FontFace=#fontface#
AntiAlias=1

[MeterArtist]
Meter=STRING
StringAlign=#stringalign#
MeasureName=MeasureArtist
X=r
Y=40r
FontColor=#fontcolor#
fonteffectcolor=#fonteffectcolor#
stringeffect=#stringeffect#
stringstyle=#stringstyle#
stringcase=upper
FontSize=12
FontFace=#fontface#
AntiAlias=1
dynamicvariables=1

But somehow I do not get the MeasureGetArtURL string

Capture3.JPG

Anybody an idea what I'm doing wrong?

Post by **Yincognito** » September 11th, 2020, 11:06 am

JamX wrote: ↑September 10th, 2020, 1:48 pm Normally I have a skin for spotify with "WebNowPlaying" to get the Artist/track info and the album art.

Now I wanted to try to use NowPlaying plugin.
I do not need the repeat / shuffle function but I would like to have the album art!

To get the album art I was planning to use Last.fm API. It's free of use so I registered and got the API key.

Then I started RainRegExp for the parsing and used:
URL: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&api_key=4e7773d5b02916ac17a5f95fdd604xxx&artist=Beach House&track=Lazuli
(note: the last 3 numbers of the API key are replaced by xxx)
and
Regexp: (?siU)<image size="medium">(.*)</image>

This gives me the string of the album art URL: 1 => https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/90ff02d4495f4c50a1b7b2a64798d892.png
Capture1.JPG

When I insert this URL in EDGE I see the album art displayed.
Capture2.JPG

OK this is working I thought...so I started coding in rainmeter as follows:
Code: Select all
[Rainmeter]
update=1000

[Variables]

Artist=
Track=
ArtURL=https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/90ff02d4495f4c50a1b7b2a64798d892.png

fontface=Verdana
stringstyle=normal
stringeffect=none
stringalign=right 
fontcolor=ffffff 
fonteffectcolor=000000

--------------------- Measures

[MeasureArtist]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll 
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute="":"N\A"

[MeasureTrack]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=TITLE
Substitute="":"N\A"
OnChangeAction=[!SetVariable Artist "[MeasureArtist]"][!SetVariable Track "[MeasureTrack]"][!CommandMeasure MeasureGetArtURL "UpDate"]

[MeasureGetArtURL]
;UpdateDivider=-1
Measure=WebParser
Url=http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&api_key=4e7773d5b02916ac17a5f95fdd604xxx&artist=#Artist#&track=#Track#
RegExp=(?siU)<image size="medium">(.*)</image>
StringIndex=1
FinishAction=[!SetVariable ArtURL "[MeasureGetArtURL]"][!CommandMeasure MeasureGetArt "Update"]
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureGetArt]
UpdateRate=-1
Measure=WebParser
URL=#ArtURL#
Download=1
DynamicVariables=1

------------- Meters

[MeterArt]
Meter=IMAGE
MeasureName=MeasureGetArt
ImageRotate=-20
X=300
Y=58
H=159
W=159
antialias=1
Tile=0
PreserveAspectRatio=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,200

[MeterTrack]
Meter=STRING
StringAlign=#stringalign#
MeasureName=MeasureTrack
X=-5r
Y=r
FontColor=#fontcolor#
fonteffectcolor=#fonteffectcolor#
stringeffect=#stringeffect#
stringstyle=#stringstyle#
FontSize=14
FontFace=#fontface#
AntiAlias=1

[MeterArtist]
Meter=STRING
StringAlign=#stringalign#
MeasureName=MeasureArtist
X=r
Y=40r
FontColor=#fontcolor#
fonteffectcolor=#fonteffectcolor#
stringeffect=#stringeffect#
stringstyle=#stringstyle#
stringcase=upper
FontSize=12
FontFace=#fontface#
AntiAlias=1
dynamicvariables=1
But somehow I do not get the MeasureGetArtURL string
Capture3.JPG

Anybody an idea what I'm doing wrong?

It's difficult to test if we don't know how the source looks like, but in the screenshot you posted, the artist and track variables (which you use in the URL) are empty, despite their source measures being not, so this might give you a starting point in identifying the culprit.

JamX · Post by **JamX** » September 11th, 2020, 11:39 am

I have the correct regexp as you can see in the image above.
Strange thing to me is that I do not see the string of the url in Rainmeter webparser.
The variables artiest and track are set when the track change and even then I do not see the string.

But do not worry. I have it running now but I see that last.fm cover art is app 80% of the songs i'm listening. This is to low hitrate for me so I stoppen coding for this and stay at webnowplaying for Spotify.

JamX · Post by **JamX** » September 11th, 2020, 12:04 pm

dvo wrote: ↑September 11th, 2020, 11:50 am normaly we grab the info and work with it but could not use the key to get the info ... it's always trail and error...

You could also register and get your own free api key to use and test

Post by **Yincognito** » September 11th, 2020, 12:31 pm

JamX wrote: ↑September 11th, 2020, 11:39 amBut do not worry. I have it running now but I see that last.fm cover art is app 80% of the songs i'm listening. This is to low hitrate for me so I stoppen coding for this and stay at webnowplaying for Spotify.

Yep, it's hard to find something about music that will have a comprehensive database. Even if it would, it would be mostly for songs in English, and adding dozens of other sources for "localized" content isn't really a brilliant idea...

JamX · Post by **JamX** » September 11th, 2020, 3:00 pm

dvo wrote: ↑September 11th, 2020, 2:58 pm why should i? tell me y

The Challange

JamX · Post by **JamX** » September 12th, 2020, 4:27 pm

For those who are interested this is the code:

Code: Select all

[Rainmeter]
update=60

[Variables]

fontface=Verdana
stringstyle=normal
stringeffect=none
stringalign=right 
fontcolor=ffffff 
fonteffectcolor=000000

--------------------- Measures

[MeasureArtist]
Measure=NowPlaying
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute="":"N\A"

[MeasureTrack]
Measure=NowPlaying
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=TITLE
Substitute="":"N\A"
OnChangeAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureGetArt "UpDate"]

[MeasureGetArt]
Measure=WebParser
Url=http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&api_key=4e7773d5b02916ac17a5f95fdd604xxx&artist=[&MeasureArtist]&track=[&MeasureTrack]
RegExp=(?siU)<image size="large">(.*)</image>
StringIndex=1
Substitute="":"#CURRENTPATH#no_cover_itunes_by_stainless2.png"
FinishAction=[!Redraw]
DynamicVariables=1
ForceReload=1
Download=1

------------- Meters

 [MeterArt]
Meter=IMAGE
MeasureName=MeasureGetArt
X=300
Y=58
H=159
W=159
antialias=1
Tile=0
PreserveAspectRatio=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,200

[MeterTrack]
Meter=STRING
StringAlign=#stringalign#
MeasureName=MeasureTrack
X=-5r
Y=r
FontColor=#fontcolor#
fonteffectcolor=#fonteffectcolor#
stringeffect=#stringeffect#
stringstyle=#stringstyle#
FontSize=14
FontFace=#fontface#
AntiAlias=1

[MeterArtist]
Meter=STRING
StringAlign=#stringalign#
MeasureName=MeasureArtist
X=r
Y=40r
FontColor=#fontcolor#
fonteffectcolor=#fonteffectcolor#
stringeffect=#stringeffect#
stringstyle=#stringstyle#
stringcase=upper
FontSize=12
FontFace=#fontface#
AntiAlias=1
dynamicvariables=1

Just register at last.fm and get your own API key for free and past that key into the code:

Post by **Yincognito** » September 12th, 2020, 5:16 pm

JamX wrote: ↑September 12th, 2020, 4:27 pm For those who are interested this is the code:
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