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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes Apps
I use Clutter to get artwork for iTunes. Clutter fetches the appropriate artwork and then the user can add it to his library via a menu command -- but Clutter can't add it automatically.

This AppleScript automates this process. It reads each track for a few seconds, gets the artwork, and then adds it to the Library.

Simply quit the script to terminate.

[robg adds: If you have trouble with this script, you might try changing the number in the delay 7 line -- increase it to give Clutter more time to find the covers.]
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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: jctull on Oct 04, '05 07:55:03AM

Can this applescript be modified to only copy artwork when there is none for the track that is playing?



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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: BOlle on Oct 04, '05 12:25:31PM
Probably, but for now a workaround is first use the script Tracks without Artwork to Playlist (dougscripts.com) and select the No Artwork playlist before you run the Clutterscript.

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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: jctull on Oct 04, '05 02:33:39PM
This is fine if I only want to listen to songs that don't currently have artwork. I prefer to listen to Party Shuffle or my own smart radio station. I guess I will have to poke around with the script and see if I can come up with anything.

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Why not use FetchArt
Authored by: joshturse on Oct 04, '05 08:41:48AM

There's a handy app called FetchArt, that performs this function (putting art into iTunes): http://members.cox.net/afriesen/fetchart/



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Why not use FetchArt
Authored by: jctull on Oct 04, '05 09:34:53AM

FetchArt seems to require user intervention to add the image to your library, unless I am missing something. That is the reason why the applescript was made for clutter: to avoid having to intervene.



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Why not use FetchArt
Authored by: blubbernaut on Oct 04, '05 04:51:37PM

You only need to press that copy to itunes button once and it copies all the selected artworks over!



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Why not use FetchArt
Authored by: jmontana on Oct 05, '05 04:10:16AM

... that's not automated.



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Crashes iTunes
Authored by: olclops on Oct 04, '05 10:02:28AM

This script (or maybe clutter?) crashes my iTunes every time it gets to a new album. Tried lengthening the search time, no luck. Any ideas? I'm running v. 5.0.1 on 10.3.9.



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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: DaveA on Oct 04, '05 10:25:43AM

Huh? The Clutter File menu includes "Copy Cover To iTunes" and it's worked fine for me hundreds of times. Does your script do something this doesn't?



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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: cudaboy_71 on Oct 04, '05 10:32:36AM

did you even read the hint? it acknowledged the menu in the first sentence. then it said the script automates the process. i dont know how it could have been stated any simpler.

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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: Bakari on Oct 04, '05 04:01:23PM

Wow, I never noticed the Copy to iTunes. I've been digging the artwork out the folder that Clutter puts them in.



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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: DaveA on Oct 04, '05 06:13:16PM

Sorry, guess I didn't pay close enough attention to that; just trying to be helpful.



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An AppleScript to copy Clutter artwork into iTunes
Authored by: loren_ryter on Oct 05, '05 07:38:14AM

I suppose this would work -- if you want iTunes to play part of a track every 7 seconds. While I'm sure some people appreciate this script, it seems like a pretty clunky way to batch process adding images to me.

Even if you ran it over night (8 hours) and even if you allowed generously that it could do each one in 7 seconds, you'd only get through 4,000 songs. Plus there's the issue of it playing parts of each song and tying up iTunes.

For automated batch processing try iTunes Catalog, I think -- though it's $$.

Or take a look at (disclosure: my) WBC iTunes Scripts Collection (freeware). There's a hotkey command to add artwork, inlcuidng from Clutter and iTunes Catalog caches but also direct Amazon searching, to the entire current album at once. It could easily be modifed to run as a repeat loop by anyone interested in doing something like that, and without having to play each track to do it.



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