I couldnt find a simple utility that would extract Album art from my MP3 files and create Thumbnails so I wrote one using the open source Java Music Tag library. The latest documentation and code will always be available at http://mp3imagetagextr.sf.net/
This utility is ideal for building thumbnails of album art suitable for use with the XBOX Media player or XBOX Media Center..
+--MusicFolder +------ArtistOne +-----AlbumOne +-----AlbumTwo +------ArtistTwo +-----AlbumOne +-----AlbumTwo
On Windows platforms use the
supplied Mp3ImageTagExtractor.cmd batch file.
On Linux platforms use the supplied Mp3ImageTagExtractor.sh shell script.
MP3ImageTagExtractor Valid usage is: (Parameters in square brackets are optional parameters). Mp3ImageTagExtractor.cmd -srcDir d:/src [-targetFile d:/mythumbnails/folder.jpg] [-fileMask *.mp3] [-targetFileExtension .tbn] [-overwriteExisting] [-skipAlbumThumbnail] [-skipArtistThumbnail] [-skipTrackThumbnail] [-resize 64x64] OR Mp3ImageTagExtractor.cmd -srcFile d:/src/test.mp3 [-targetDir d:/mythumbnails | #parent | #current] [-targetFile folder.jpg] [-targetFileExtension .tbn] [-overwriteExisting] [-skipAlbumThumbnail] [-skipArtistThumbnail] [-resize 64x64]
Version History:
Version | Date | Who | Comments |
V1.0 | 30.07.2003 | Sanjay | First release |
V1.1a | 03.12.2003 | Sanjay | Added Linux shell script |
V1.2 | 03.02.2004 | Sanjay | Added XBMC targetFile folder.jpg and targetDir #current, #parent support |