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Album Art Widget. Show off your albums. Rate your music. Find missing artwork. All in a tiny pacakge.

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Introduction

A fast and compact album art and song rating displaying widget. It displays the album cover art of songs playing in iTunes. It can automatically fetch album art from internet sources and save them to iTunes. Additionally, you can jump easily to the iTunes Music Store page of the current playing song or artist, rate your songs with a single click and pause/skip/play songs without opening the iTunes window.

Features

  • Display album art from iTunes.
  • Display and rate songs (and also unrate!)
  • Display the same tracks of the playing album.
  • Optionally fetch album art from Amazon, Google and YesAsia.
  • Save fetched artwork to iTunes directly.
  • Customisable interface.
  • Control iTunes via keyboard shortcuts (space = pause/play, '<' = previous, '>' = next)
  • Jump to iTunes Music Store to find the playing song.

Latest Version (2.9.5)

  • Fixed Google Images album art fetching.
  • Fixed Amazon album art fetching.
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whit says
50
"itunes is not running" yes, it is
  • 3 weeks, 3 days ago (08/08/2010)
Johnny D says
49
this widget is a piece of shit
  • 3 weeks, 5 days ago (06/08/2010)
CoCo214 says
48
Works well with my iTunes at finding album art, but I have some songs from Artists that don't have album name &amp; the ones I do have doesn't show album tracks. All in all very helpful, thanks.
  • 1 month ago (01/08/2010)
Warwick says
47
Same as others -- "iTunes not playing" message with 10.5.8 on a G4 and iTunes 9.2.
  • 1 month, 2 weeks ago (16/07/2010)
Colin says
46
Same as others. Although previous versions worked perfectly, this version of Album Art Widget does not work. I also get the "iTunes not playing" message on 10.5.8 Server with version 9.1.1 of iTunes.
  • 2 months, 2 weeks ago (14/06/2010)
Carlos Go says
45
Not working for me, either. I get the "iTunes not playing" message. I'm running 10.5.8 - G5, with iTunes 9.1.1.
  • 4 months ago (02/05/2010)
MSW says
44
I downloaded release 2.95 and it does not fetch anything. Claims iTunes is not currently running.

Powerbook G4 w/ Leopard 10.5.8 iTunes 9.0.3 (15)
  • 5 months, 1 week ago (28/03/2010)
Tommy says
43
I've managed to fix the bug with the album list not showing up.
You need to change the z-index for the background class to "-1". Then it works.

I've also made some changes to the widget, so that it can now be localized.

But what I can't seem to figure out is why I can't change the track directly from the album list. I can see that you're trying to use playTrack method on the AlbumArt object but i can't see any call to that method in the log. I don't know if it isnt properly implemented or if if simply doesn't get called.
  • 5 months, 2 weeks ago (22/03/2010)
Brian says
42
Nice Widget but I seem to be having the same issue as others. My 2.9.2 displays existing artwork and can't fetch as noted, but 2.9.5 won't recognise iTunes, the most recent version for my PPC OS 10.4. I have tried it in the system library widget folder as well as the user library widget folder (Not at the same time) but nada either way
  • 6 months, 1 week ago (24/02/2010)
Russ says
41
It would be helpful to show SOMEWHERE how to add the artwork. I have it on the widget. Now what do I do to get it into iTunes?
  • 6 months, 1 week ago (21/02/2010)
Russ says
40
It would be very helpful to show SOMEWHERE how you can add the artwork to iTunes. I have the widget showing the artwork. Now what do I do? Don't see any info here or on the widget. sigh.
  • 6 months, 1 week ago (21/02/2010)
CJ says
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I just tried this, and it is not working. I have iTunes playing a song, and the widget only states that "iTunes Not Playing". This is version 2.9.5 of the widget on a PowerPC G4 Mac Running OS X v10.5.8.
It would have been nice to have this working, but it will be deleted for now.
  • 6 months, 2 weeks ago (18/02/2010)
Jeni says
38
Not working!. I'm running 10.4.11 with iTunes 9.0.2
  • 6 months, 2 weeks ago (16/02/2010)
JW says
37
Not working for me, either. I get the "iTunes not playing" message. I just re-downloaded 2.9.5. I'm running 10.4.11 with iTunes 9.0.2.
  • 7 months, 2 weeks ago (19/01/2010)
Tiki_Man says
36
This have been been my fav for a long time, with rarely a problem. I've added to my desktop instead of my dashboard. Make the 1/2 stars rating with I've activated would be nice.
  • 7 months, 3 weeks ago (14/01/2010)
Angel75c says
35
This product has never worked for me. I just downloaded the latest version, and was hopeful that it would finally start to function as advertised. Amazon Album Art works much better and has successfully found 95% of the art work I was looking for and only had to revert to a google search the remaining 5%.
Mid 2007 iMac with SL 10.6.2, I have been using the widget praying it will start working since I was running 10.5.4, through several version of the widget.
  • 7 months, 3 weeks ago (10/01/2010)
Budzeg says
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I just installed v2.9.5 today and i guess it now works SL 10.6.2
Thanks for making this lovely app work again!!!
  • 8 months, 2 weeks ago (18/12/2009)
voo says
33
Mine is busted as well, Terry. I only noticed recently v2.9.2 had stopped displaying any artwork but displays the track information no problem. While v2.9.5 wont recognize iTunes is running, so no artwork either. This is on Leopard 10.5.8, iTunes 9.0.2.

I guess Apple loves changing things?
  • 8 months, 3 weeks ago (10/12/2009)
Terry says
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I have the latest version of the widget. It says that Itunes is not playing while I am playing Itunes.
Advice?
  • 9 months ago (04/12/2009)
WebBetty says
31
This was a fantastic widget for years, until it stopped working. Now it just displays the art and doesn't let me add it to the track(s). Guess it's back to the Amazon album art widget. :(
  • 9 months, 3 weeks ago (09/11/2009)
MIke Linz says
30
Hi, grate widget!
Would't it be nice to have a checkbox like 'add artwork automatically if none is set'?
So one does not to have click 3 times to add it?!
Bye,
mike
  • 10 months ago (03/11/2009)
Max says
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once I upload an imagine I'm not able to change it if it is wrong...
can you helèp me please?
  • 10 months ago (03/11/2009)
Paul says
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What still does not work is when you select "show album tracks". The widget flips around but shows nothing.

Thanks.
  • 10 months ago (02/11/2009)
Paul says
27
Re-installed it, and seems to be working now. Thanks.
  • 10 months ago (02/11/2009)
Paul says
26
Worked fine in OS 10.4. Now with OS 10.6, it doesn't fetch the artwork! It just displays artwork that is already on the song that is playing. Thus artwork that is missing it does not fetch!
  • 10 months ago (02/11/2009)
Alastair Tse says
25
The previous versions are available in the "Previous Releases" link on the right. Sorry, I don't have the resources to test on 10.4.x. Are all of you who are having problems on 10.4.x?

  • 10 months, 1 week ago (27/10/2009)
TR says
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After trying to download and reinstall the new version several times with no success, I found the older version on your website. Downloaded &amp; installed and it is working fine. (I'm running 10.4.11 and iTunes 9.0.1 (9))
  • 10 months, 1 week ago (27/10/2009)
TR says
23
How do I go back to version 2.9.2? Just added latest version and get message that "iTunes not playing" bummer
  • 10 months, 1 week ago (27/10/2009)
Horst says
22
Hi Achim, same with me. App saying "itunes not playing" - which definetly is wrong.
  • 10 months, 1 week ago (25/10/2009)
achim says
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i tried 2.4 and it did only show artwork that was already in itunes.

now i upgraded to 2.9 and it shows nothing more at all. in fact i get the message "itunes not playing"

totally useless app. at least with osx 10.4
  • 10 months, 1 week ago (25/10/2009)
Designer Glasses says
20
Maybe your re installation was not perfectly done and that might have caused it not to work properly.Try to do it again and surely it will work as I find here working here good without any troubles.
  • 10 months, 1 week ago (24/10/2009)
HotTie says
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Is there a way to automatically integrate album artwork to the songs?
Pretty tedious if i have to click the "save album artwork" thing for every new album.
  • 10 months, 2 weeks ago (22/10/2009)
Alastair Tse says
18
Hi all.

I've just released a new version of this widget that fixes the Amazon album art fetching. If you have been having problems with the Amazon album art fetch,g please download 2.9.4.

The problem was due to a change in the Amazon protocols which meant I had to write and test a new implementation of the fetching code.

Many Thanks,

Alastair
  • 10 months, 2 weeks ago (19/10/2009)
gochi says
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I also tried reinstalling the iTunes version 8.0 but still the widget seems not working at all.What might be the reason behind it?Could anyone specify?
  • 10 months, 2 weeks ago (18/10/2009)
shari says
16
mine doesnt get artworks from the internet???
  • 10 months, 3 weeks ago (13/10/2009)
Mauby says
15
I miss this little guy...
  • 10 months, 3 weeks ago (11/10/2009)
Josh Capistrant says
14
Yeah, fix it, and I'll be clicking that little "make a donation" box. Right now I don't know anything else that works this well.
  • 10 months, 3 weeks ago (09/10/2009)
sjc says
13
completely useless at this point.
  • 11 months, 1 week ago (28/09/2009)
rage against the machine says
12
Reinstall itunes 8.0 but the widget still doesnt work anymore.
They must be something else
  • 11 months, 1 week ago (25/09/2009)
ppp says
11
stop working since update to itune 9
  • 11 months, 1 week ago (24/09/2009)
Vogie says
10
Not workin what's the story?
  • 11 months, 2 weeks ago (21/09/2009)
jkaaz says
9
It stopped working!!
  • 11 months, 2 weeks ago (17/09/2009)
MTS says
8
Now that iTunes supports half-star ratings (once you know how to turn them on), it'd be great if I could set them with this widget, too.
  • 11 months, 3 weeks ago (14/09/2009)
chrissy says
7
i used to use this ALL the time. but now its broken for me. :( need new update? grabbing art work from itunes store would be great improvement
  • 11 months, 3 weeks ago (12/09/2009)
Katy says
6
NOT WORKING?????
  • 11 months, 3 weeks ago (12/09/2009)
MrSlash says
5
Hey what's happened it doesn't work! :(
  • 11 months, 3 weeks ago (12/09/2009)
el jara says
4
it used to work perfectly... but now it is dead...
sad...
  • 11 months, 3 weeks ago (12/09/2009)
Eric says
3
This app don't work. I tryed with many different songs. Somebody can help me?
  • 11 months, 3 weeks ago (11/09/2009)
steve says
2
This was working great for a while, a sweet widget. Now it serves no purpose other than to show me the art I already have. What gives?
  • 12 months ago (06/09/2009)
Jimbo says
1
When is this going to be fixed for Amazon?
  • 12 months ago (05/09/2009)