iPod touch iPod Touch album artwork thread

[pulsewidth947]

I'm wondering if the python coverArtServer script isn't loading correctly. When I "sudo ./coverArtServer.py" it asks for the password and then just goes to the next terminal entry line (Jack:coverarttom$). I would expect it to go to a blank line until I control-c. I notice that later in the instructions it says to control-c to kill the server, but that obviously doesn't do anything in my case. No idea if any of my description just made sense, but that's where I stand.

What version of Python are you using? Are you using OS X 10.4 or 10.5? Did you download the newer version of the script (towards the bottom of the page). Have you edited any of the files? Have you signed up for Amazon Web Service?

Most importantly, are you using a web server - either Apples web sharing or MAMP or anything on port 80? The fact that it goes back to Jack:coverarttom$ does suggest that it's unable to start the server. Did you flush the cache after editing the hosts file ("dscacheutil -flushcache" in 10.5, "lookupd -flushcache" in 10.4)?

This is all I can think of right now - I'm no expert

 

[Slip]

Yeah I have to admit that I fall into the catergory of artwork and ID3 tags OCD. I usually check Wiki first to see how good it is and if its not up to much then I do a google search and then pick out the highest quality - either image quality or if they're all similar then the best res.
One tip for people who don't know how to apply artwork to the whole album (like myself ) is to select the whole of the album then either a) Press Cmd + G to open the little artwork browser in the bottom left hand corner of iTunes and then paste your artwork from google or wherever into there (make sure you click on the text above the little browser so it says 'Selected Item') or b) Select the whole album again and then hit Cmd + I to set the info for all of the selected tracks and then paste the artwork into the 'Artwork' section (also useful if the tags aren't correct such as wrong album or the spelling is incorrect and want to change the whole album info in one go)
Hope that helps

 

[imgonephishin]

One more thing, is there anything wrong with this? My hosts file is set up like:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net
127.0.0.1 a1.phobos.apple.com

 

[Slip]

^ Errr...

 

[pulsewidth947]

One more thing, is there anything wrong with this? My hosts file is set up like:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net
127.0.0.1 a1.phobos.apple.com

Nope thats just fine.

 

[imgonephishin]

What version of Python are you using? Are you using OS X 10.4 or 10.5? Did you download the newer version of the script (towards the bottom of the page). Have you edited any of the files? Have you signed up for Amazon Web Service?

Most importantly, are you using a web server - either Apples web sharing or MAMP or anything on port 80? The fact that it goes back to Jack:coverarttom$ does suggest that it's unable to start the server. Did you flush the cache after editing the hosts file ("dscacheutil -flushcache" in 10.5, "lookupd -flushcache" in 10.4)?

This is all I can think of right now - I'm no expert

Thanks for the responses. To answer the questions: I'm not positive what version of Python I'm on, but I'm running 10.5.1 if that narrows that down. I downloaded the newer version of the script (although it says it's good for iTunes 7.4 and I have 7.5, could that be any problem? I doubt so, but just checking.) I signed up for the Amazon web service and edited that file to include my key.

AFIK, I'm not running any server on port 80 (I checked my sharing prefs, but is there anywhere else I should look?) And yes, I flushed the caches.

Don't worry if you don't know anything else to do, but I'm just checking. Thanks!

 

[pulsewidth947]

Hm thats odd. I'm using 10.5.1 and iTunes 7.5 also. You have the latest Python if you are using 10.5. Not really sure what else to suggest - maybe a restart or something?

 

[imgonephishin]

Update... Restarted and tried the process over from scratch. For some reason now I get the default Apache Web Page splash when I go to localhost instead of the file not found error I was getting before, but still no luck overall. I'll keep looking into a few things and be sure to let you know if I find anything. Thanks for the help.

 

[pulsewidth947]

Update... Restarted and tried the process over from scratch. For some reason now I get the default Apache Web Page splash when I go to localhost instead of the file not found error I was getting before, but still no luck overall. I'll keep looking into a few things and be sure to let you know if I find anything. Thanks for the help.

Oooooooh!! That's a step forward. Go in to system prefs - sharing and make sure personal web sharing is unticked. That apache web page means there is a web server on your mac, which just needs to be disabled.

 

[imgonephishin]

That's really bizarre, because I never turned on web sharing again. I guess the restart did it. Unfortunately, this puts me back where I started. Localhost can't find a page. Oh well, no need to waste any more time on me. I always find a way to screw these things up! Thanks for the help.

 

[pulsewidth947]

That's really bizarre, because I never turned on web sharing again. I guess the restart did it. Unfortunately, this puts me back where I started. Localhost can't find a page. Oh well, no need to waste any more time on me. I always find a way to screw these things up! Thanks for the help.

That's a shame. It's a really nice way of adding artwork. It's got to be something simple, but I know nothing about Python!