Howto: Music album covers in Thunar Nautilus and everywhere!

[isaacj87]

Hey,

How did you rotate the widgets like in your pictures?

Thanks!

[Yuzem]

You have to Drag and drop an album to the widget. The album will be added to the playlist.

[DarkJesus]

Could someone help me figure out how to make the CD and vinyl covers without using this program, just imagemagick?

[Yuzem]

If you have avatar-factory installed the themes are located in:
/usr/local/share/avatar-factory/themes

For example, you can view the source for the cd theme with:

gedit /usr/local/share/avatar-factory/themes/cd

Here it is the source for the cd theme:

#!/bin/bash

create_theme ()
{
convert  \
           /usr/local/share/avatar-factory/themes/CD/base.png -geometry  +0+0  -composite \
           /tmp/thumb$$.png  -geometry  +19+5  -composite \
           /usr/local/share/avatar-factory/themes/CD/top.png  -geometry +0+0  -composite \
           "$icons_PATH/$avatar_filename.png"
}
picture_aspect=$(($(identify -format %w "$grabber_picture") - $(identify -format %h "$grabber_picture")))

if [ "$picture_aspect" = "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
elif [ "$picture_aspect" -gt "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 300x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+$(( ($(identify -format %w /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))+0  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
else
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x500 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+0+$(( ($(identify -format %h /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
fi
create_theme

rm  /tmp/thumb$$.???

Now, you must replace the $grabber_picture variable with the path to the picture that you want to use as the cover.
You could just add this to the beginning:

grabber_picture=/path/2/picture.jpg

Finally replace "$icons_PATH/$avatar_filename.png" with something like:
/folder/2/save/album.png

This should work for almost all themes.

[DarkJesus]

I replaced "$icons_PATH/$avatar_filename.png" with ~/cover.png and I get:

convert: missing an image filename `~/album.png'.

Thanks for helping so far.

[Yuzem]

mmm... it is working here.
Here it is the code:

#!/bin/bash
grabber_picture=~/cover.jpg

create_theme ()
{
convert  \
           /usr/local/share/avatar-factory/themes/CD/base.png -geometry  +0+0  -composite \
           /tmp/thumb$$.png  -geometry  +19+5  -composite \
           /usr/local/share/avatar-factory/themes/CD/top.png  -geometry +0+0  -composite \
           ~/album.png
}
picture_aspect=$(($(identify -format %w "$grabber_picture") - $(identify -format %h "$grabber_picture")))

if [ "$picture_aspect" = "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
elif [ "$picture_aspect" -gt "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 300x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+$(( ($(identify -format %w /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))+0  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
else
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x500 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+0+$(( ($(identify -format %h /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
fi
create_theme

rm  /tmp/thumb$$.???

Take a look at the lines 2 and 10.
You only need a picture named "cover.jpg" in your home folder.

[DarkJesus]

Changed it just a teeny bit:

#!/bin/bash
grabber_picture=~/cover.png

create_theme ()
{
convert  \
           /home/shane-arch/Desktop/avatar-factory-0.4.2/themes/CD/base.png -geometry  +0+0  -composite \
           /tmp/thumb$$.png  -geometry  +19+5  -composite \
           /home/shane-arch/Desktop/avatar-factory-0.4.2/themes/CD/top.png  -geometry +0+0  -composite \
           ~/album.png
}
picture_aspect=$(($(identify -format %w "$grabber_picture") - $(identify -format %h "$grabber_picture")))

if [ "$picture_aspect" = "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
elif [ "$picture_aspect" -gt "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 300x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+$(( ($(identify -format %w /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))+0  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
else
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x500 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+0+$(( ($(identify -format %h /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
fi
create_theme

rm  /tmp/thumb$$.???

And as you can see from the screenshot, it doesn't work.

[Yuzem]

Strange...
Try this:

#!/bin/bash
grabber_picture=$HOME/cover.png

create_theme ()
{
convert  \
           /home/shane-arch/Desktop/avatar-factory-0.4.2/themes/CD/base.png -geometry  +0+0  -composite \
           /tmp/thumb$$.png  -geometry  +19+5  -composite \
           /home/shane-arch/Desktop/avatar-factory-0.4.2/themes/CD/top.png  -geometry +0+0  -composite \
           $HOME/album.png
}
picture_aspect=$(($(identify -format %w "$grabber_picture") - $(identify -format %h "$grabber_picture")))

if [ "$picture_aspect" = "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
elif [ "$picture_aspect" -gt "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 300x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+$(( ($(identify -format %w /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))+0  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
else
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x500 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+0+$(( ($(identify -format %h /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
fi
create_theme

rm  /tmp/thumb$$.???

If it doesn't work try this:

#!/bin/bash
grabber_picture=/home/shane-arch/cover.png

create_theme ()
{
convert  \
           /home/shane-arch/Desktop/avatar-factory-0.4.2/themes/CD/base.png -geometry  +0+0  -composite \
           /tmp/thumb$$.png  -geometry  +19+5  -composite \
           /home/shane-arch/Desktop/avatar-factory-0.4.2/themes/CD/top.png  -geometry +0+0  -composite \
           /home/shane-arch/album.png
}
picture_aspect=$(($(identify -format %w "$grabber_picture") - $(identify -format %h "$grabber_picture")))

if [ "$picture_aspect" = "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
elif [ "$picture_aspect" -gt "0" ]; then
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 300x98 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+$(( ($(identify -format %w /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))+0  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
else
        convert "$grabber_picture"  -thumbnail 98x500 /tmp/thumb$$.png
        convert /tmp/thumb$$.png -crop 98x98+0+$(( ($(identify -format %h /tmp/thumb$$.png) - 98) / 2))  +repage /tmp/thumb$$.png
fi
create_theme

rm  /tmp/thumb$$.???

[DarkJesus]

Neither work. I still get:

convert: missing an image filename `/home/shane-arch/album.png'.

[Yuzem]

You got a P.M.