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FetchArt Plugin
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===============
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The ``fetchart`` plugin retrieves album art images from various sources on the
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Web and stores them as image files.
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Fetching Album Art During Import
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--------------------------------
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To automatically get album art for every album you import, just enable the
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plugin by putting ``fetchart`` on your config file's ``plugins`` line (see
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:doc:`/plugins/index`).
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By default, beets stores album art image files alongside the music files for an
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album in a file called ``cover.jpg``. To customize the name of this file, use
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the :ref:`art-filename` config option.
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To disable automatic art downloading, just put this in your configuration
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file::
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[fetchart]
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autofetch: no
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Manually Fetching Album Art
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---------------------------
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Use the ``fetchart`` command to download album art after albums have already
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been imported::
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$ beet fetchart [-f] [query]
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By default, the command will only look for album art when the album doesn't
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already have it; the ``-f`` or ``--force`` switch makes it search for art
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regardless. If you specify a query, only matching albums will be processed;
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otherwise, the command processes every album in your library.
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Album Art Sources
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-----------------
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Currently, this plugin searches for art in the local filesystem, on the `Cover
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Art Archive`_, on Amazon, and on AlbumArt.org (in that order).
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.. _Cover Art Archive: http://coverartarchive.org/
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When looking for local album art, beets checks for image files located in the
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same folder as the music files you're importing. If you have an image file
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called "cover," "front," "art," "album," for "folder" alongside your music,
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beets will treat it as album art and skip searching any online databases.
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When you choose to apply changes during an import, beets searches all sources
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for album art. For "as-is" imports (and non-autotagged imports using the ``-A``
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flag), beets only looks for art on the local filesystem.
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Embedding Album Art
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-------------------
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This plugin fetches album art but does not embed images into files' tags. To do
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that, use the :doc:`/plugins/embedart`. (You'll want to have both plugins
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enabled.)
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