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Most modern music database software contains a way to lookup album cover art from sites like Amazon.com automatically. I used to display these covers full screen while my music was playing so I could see them from across the room. Unfortunately, most of the downloaded scans were not of great quality and ended up pixelated on my screen.
And this would never do.
To resolve the issue, I had written a simple Perl script to comb Walmart.com for covers because they tended to get me better scans than Amazon. For giggles, I have been meaning to rewrite the script to pull album covers from multiple sources for comparison purposes, but that has yet to materialize.
So, until I get around to upgrading it, my crappy, first draft code is up on the site for anyone to use. The code ain’t pretty, it’s probably somewhat buggy, but it should pull nice, 500×500 pixel covers for most albums.
Let me know how it goes…
WalMart Album Cover Grabber v. 0.2
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February 21st, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Awesome little script you gots there sir. Works dandily.
June 20th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Thanks mate! I was aware of this strange Wal-Mart irony….all that high rez covert art…..WEIRD. I can’t express my gratitude enough; no more navigating that horrible website to grab the good stuff. THANKS!