What's new in Album Art Downloader 1.04
Jan 26, 2020
- Recompiled under .NET Framework 4.7.2 to avoid crash with unusual new Windows 10 locales
New in Album Art Downloader 1.03 (Mar 7, 2018)
- Fixed bug where editing presets could crash
New in Album Art Downloader 1.02 (Jan 28, 2015)
- Fixed bug where clicking on a source to highlight results might crash, if the sources results are filtered out.
- Fixed bug in the file browser where a path-too-long error might prevent further folders from being searched.
- Fixed scripts: 45cat, absolutepunk, Amazon (common), Archambault, buy.com, eCovers.to, deejay.de, HMV Canada, Qobuz, Take2
New in Album Art Downloader 1.01 (Jan 28, 2015)
- Fixed bug where the Automatic Downloader might, in rare circumstances, associate the save a result to the location of a wrong album
- Added new column to file and foobar browsers: "Modified", to show the last modified date of the image file if one is found). This is hidden by default - right click on any column header to show the columns menu
- Fixed scripts: YesAsia, Amazon MP3 (.com), Buy.com, Discogs, hitparade.ch, Juno, PsyShop, Kalahari, 45cat The Orchard
- Removed scripts: MegaMedia, Hyperion Records
New in Album Art Downloader 1.00 (Sep 4, 2013)
- Added a new "group by" option: Category. This groups results by the category of the source they are from.
- Fixed scripts: AllCDCovers, buy.com, eCover.to (formerly Cover-Paradies), DJShop, Hyperion Records, Psyshop, Take2, The Classical Shop
- Removed scripts: SFR Music
New in Album Art Downloader 0.46 (Apr 22, 2013)
- Fixed crash when specific sorts of corrupted image file are encountered
- Added option to Local Files Source to automatically set the minimum image size filter equal to the largest image found by this source (so if you only want to find images bigger than those you already have, enable this option in the Local Files Source settings)
- Added scripts: The Classical Shop, Hyperion Records, MusicBrainz
- Updated scripts: AllCDCover, hitparade.ch, deejay.de, Amazon (common), Amazon Audiobooks (now uses common), ArkivMusic, Kalahari, 45cat
New in Album Art Downloader 0.45 (Sep 24, 2012)
- Source categories now listed in alphabetical order in the sources list
- File size of images is now shown next to the pixel size in the Image Size field. This is only available once the full sized image has been downloaded.
- Clicking on a source in the source list will now briefly highlight the results that came from that source
- Updated scripts: 45cat, Cover-Paradies, eMusic, Google Images, CD Baby, Psyshop, EB Reggae, eClassical
- Added scripts: Amazon Audiobooks, Amazon MP3, The Orchard (was IODA), SoundStation
- Removed scripts: CD Universe, GigaCrate, Yes24
New in Album Art Downloader 0.44 (Sep 24, 2012)
- Added support for setting the replacement character for invalid filename characters. The default is changed from _ to - for compatibility with foobar2000 album art display component.
- Foobar browser now also checks for embedded images within files (but only for the first file in each album)
- Several scripts updated: Archambault, CDBaby, DJShop, eMusic, Kalahari, Last FM Artist, Take2 Darktown and MioMusic scripts removed, as no longer operational
New in Album Art Downloader 0.43 (Sep 24, 2012)
- Added support for Windows 7 taskbar features: jumplists and progress indicators
- Added 45cat and Audio Preservation Fund scripts, restored ManiaDB script.
- Fixed Discogs script
New in Album Art Downloader 0.42.1 (Sep 27, 2011)
- Fixed bug where, with certain combinations of filters and sorting, a crash would occur when automatically downloading full sized images
New in Album Art Downloader 0.42 (Sep 27, 2011)
- Improved re-sorting behaviour of results list to reduce unnecessary re-sorting. Results should now only move in the list if they are actually being sorted or grouped on a field whose value changes
- Added checkbox in Options to allow the auto re-sorting behaviour to be disabled, so once an result is added to the list, it won't be filtered or sorted if it changes
- Added eClassical script
- Updated Amazon scripts to include customer images
New in Album Art Downloader 0.41.1 (Aug 22, 2011)
- Improved single-instance code to be even more robust to simultaneous multiple launches (now even less likely to fall back on separate instances)
- Added visible categorisation to scripts in script list and script notification window
- Fixed preview behaviour with images with non-standard DPI settings
- Added iTunes/Google, Nuclear Blast, MioMusic and SFR Music scripts
New in Album Art Downloader 0.41 (Jul 25, 2011)
- Improved single-instance code to be even more robust to simultaneous multiple launches (now even less likely to fall back on separate instances)
- Added visible categorization to scripts in script list and script notification window
- Fixed preview behavior with images with non-standard DPI settings
- Added iTunes/Google, Nuclear Blast, MioMusic and SFR Music scripts
New in Album Art Downloader 0.40.1 (Jul 25, 2011)
- Fixed bug where preset menu items would be disabled in the Preview window
- Fixed crash where multiple copies of AAD were launched simultaneously and scripts needed recompiling
New in Album Art Downloader 0.40 (Jun 27, 2011)
- Added "Booklet" as one of the standard types. Currently, Cover-Paradies is the only source that uses it.
- Added ability to sort and group by the URL associated with results (generally the page the result was found on).
- Added the file size and dimensions of the existing file to the Overwrite confirmation dialog.
- Added "Options" link to the Overwrite confirmation dialog, to allow customization of the automatically suggested filename.
- Added button to easily toggle all filters (size and cover type) on and off
- When using a preset to save a result, the default path pattern to save to is now always used (rather than any specific filename already assigned to that result)
- Fixed performance/memory issue when running the File Browser over very large collections (during the post-scan various artists detection stage)
- Added EB Reggae, eMusic, Qobuz and GigaCrate scripts.
New in Album Art Downloader 0.39.1 (Jun 14, 2011)
- Fixed undesirable overwriting behaviour when attempting to save multiple results to the same file before the first has finished saving.
New in Album Art Downloader 0.39 (Jun 13, 2011)
- Fixed bug where, if a search window was reused for a new search while a full-sized image was being downloaded for saving, that image would be saved with the filename for the new search, not the old one.
- Fixed bug with non-blank default preset values
- Improved dialog for confirming whether to overwrite an existing file or not when saving artwork6
New in Album Art Downloader 0.38.2 (May 29, 2011)
- Now saves jpeg images as ".jpg" again, rather than ".jpeg" (as introduced by 0.38)
- Improved behaviour with auto-download of new scripts enabled, when both new and updated scripts are available
- Fixed several scripts, and removed some that can no longer be made functional
- Changed installer to have specialist scripts unchecked by default
New in Album Art Downloader 0.38.1 (May 29, 2011)
- Fixed bug dealing with invalid image data
New in Album Art Downloader 0.38.0 (May 29, 2011)
- Removed dependency on GDI+ (all image handling is now done using WPF/WIC)
- Fixed bug in File Browser with Various Artists and embedded images
- Added Chartstats and 7digital scripts
- Fixes to various scripts that needed updating
New in Album Art Downloader 0.37.1 (Nov 11, 2010)
- Fixed bug introduced in 0.37 which stopped the Foobar browser working under x64.
New in Album Art Downloader 0.37 (Nov 11, 2010)
- Added scripts for Take2 and Kalahari, South African sites.
- Fixed Kalahari, Archambault, ArkivMusic, Amazon, Discogs and Juno scripts,
- including performance issues with Discogs and Amazon
- Added /minimized parameter to specify that the window should open initially minimized
- Added /new parameter to prevent reuse of an existing search window
- Added configuration file option (UseSystemCodepageForID3Tags) to attempt compatibility with tags that have been incorrectly encoded using non-unicode, non-latin1 encodings. False by default.
- Added /config parameter, for easy access to the user settings configuration file.
New in Album Art Downloader 0.36 (Aug 28, 2010)
- Added script for VGMdb, a Video Game Music site
- Fixed Discogs, Juno, Metal Library and Encyclopaedia Metallum scripts
- Added /fetchAll parameter to command line version (aad.exe)
- Command line version now only hides the cursor during script compilation
- Added read-only support for tag-embedded artwork to the file browser and local files source
- Added support for Alternates (separated by |) to local files source path pattern
- Allowed the cover type of a result to be manually corrected by clicking on it
New in Album Art Downloader 0.35 (Jun 28, 2010)
- Interaction between context menu and auto select all in artist and album search boxes fixed
- Stop All during Search First bug fixed
- Removed Lala and MusicMight scripts, as the services are no longer availble
- Updated scripts: ArkivMusic, Cover-Paradies, Coveralia, Juno-Records, Yes24
New in Album Art Downloader 0.34.1 (Jan 4, 2010)
- Fixed bug where %artist% and %album% placeholders were not replaced in Automatic Downloader
New in Album Art Downloader 0.34 (Jan 4, 2010)
- Added Lala script
- Fixed CoverIsland, Encyclopaedie Metallum and Archambault scripts
- File and Foobar existing image file searching now applies more restrictive
- pattern matching rules for %extension%, %size% and %type% placeholders
- Fixed bug with Various Artists detection for multi-folder albums
New in Album Art Downloader 0.33 (Dec 24, 2009)
- Fixed LastFM Artist search script
- Added support for filtering by cover type to both UI and command line
- (/coverType from the command line)
- Removed AlbumArtExchange.com script (at request of site owner)
- Fixed bug where Delete command would not work under a 64bit OS
- Fixed bug with radiobuttons not properly updating
- Added Automatic Download and Save feature (for batch downloading)
New in Album Art Downloader 0.32 (Nov 16, 2009)
- Tweaked Medium size group to be 520-700 instead of 540-700
- Removed debug code from Cover-Paradies script that would produce a cover-paradies.log file
- Added option to sort by Area (similar to size, but sorts by width x height)
- Added command line support for sorting by type and area, and for grouping
- Add "Remove" command to the results context menu. This allows for manually removing results
- from the list
- Experimental zoom support for popup preview (use the scroll wheel while it's visible)
- Added "Show Pixels" button to Preview window toolbar. This is an option to use Nearest
- Neighbour (Box) scaling when zoomed in. It does not affect the display at 100% or below
- Installer now points to "Program Files" rather than "Program Files (x86)" on 64 bit systems
- UI Fixes for Windows 7
- Added Archambault and HMV Canada scripts
- All scripts now strip the characters: &.;:?!'" from artist and album field. (this is under review)
- Improved Amazon script handling of character entities in titles
- Fixed bug with Cover-Paradies script
- Updated to latest version of Boo (0.9.2)
New in Album Art Downloader 0.31.1 (Sep 26, 2009)
- Fixed minor bug with Various Artists detection
- Added description of F: prefix to command line documentation
New in Album Art Downloader 0.31 (Sep 26, 2009)
- Added "Always download full size" option to source options. When checked for a source, thumbnails will be ignored and full size images downloaded immediately instead.
- Added a new "group by" option: Size. This groups results into broad size ranges.
- Search button now reads "Extend Search" if pressing it would result in adding new results to the existing search, rather than starting a new one.
- The /include and /sources parameter now accept source names prefixed with F:, to indicate that the source should have the Search First setting set for it.
- Added CDBaby script
New in Album Art Downloader 0.30 (Sep 14, 2009)
- Added context menu options for image file links in file and foobar browsers
- Options: Open in Explorer, Preview, Rename, Delete
- Added MusicMight and YesAsia scripts
- Updated CDUniverse and Yes24 scripts (fixes for site changes)
- Removed CDCoverHideout script (site has gone down)
- Changed Amazon scripts to use html scraping instead of API (as Amazon have blocked public access to their API)
- In the installer, organised scripts by general genre categories
- Added a "Search first" option to sources. If any sources have this option checked, sources without the option checked will only be searched if the first ones return no results, or when the Search button is clicked a second time
New in Album Art Downloader 0.29 (Sep 14, 2009)
- Further pre-SP1 compatibility fixes
- Clicking the Save button now uses the Default (first) preset, if presets are used
- Added Presets dropdown to save button in Preview window
- Fixed crash when /fileBrowser argument is used without path parameter
- Renamed term "Inlay" to "Inside", as it applies more generically to any artwork from the inside of the jewel case, not just the inlay
New in Album Art Downloader 0.28.3 (Jul 21, 2009)
- Fixed stupid Auto Download Images crash with 0.28.2
New in Album Art Downloader 0.28.2 (Jul 21, 2009)
- Updated discogs script
- Fixed crash when manually updating after automatically getting new scripts.
- Fixed bug with command line parameters ending in "
- Improved reliability of queued windows showing behind existing ones
- Restored compatibilty with pre-SP1 .net 3.5 when dequeing windows
- Fixed potential CPU over-usage scenario when dequeing windows
- Fixed memory leak introduced in 0.28
New in Album Art Downloader 0.25.00 (Jan 19, 2009)
- Fixed bug where empty quoted command line paramters would cause a crash
- Valid command line parameters for aad.exe that are not valid for AlbumArt.exe will now be silently ignored rather than reported as errors
- Fixed bug where Stop All would appear after modifying a search such that no further sources were searched
- Added /orientation parameter to aad.exe to require landscape or portrait results only
- Added "all" option to the /sources parameter to select all available sources (/sources all)
- Added %type% placeholder, which is substituted by "Front", "Back", "Inlay", "CD" or "Unknown"
New in Album Art Downloader 0.19 (Jun 12, 2008)
- Search results grouping (by source, or by local / online results)
- File and Foobar browsers now support multiple alternates (separated by a "|") for image path searching
- Added the ability to the File Browser path pattern matching function to specify the path should match folders rather than files (by ending the pattern with ".")
- Delete key now removes items from history lists
- Changed Local Files Source settings so that a path is always set, but added new "%folder%" and "%filename%" placeholders to it, which produce the folder and filename of the specified default path to save images
- Improvements to the generation of the default filename to save to when launching from file and Foobar browsers
- File path pattern matching box history list fixed
- Some keyboard accessibility bugs fixed