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Album Art for Radio3.0 and Enhanced Sound applets

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Last commit: [631cb4ca] AlbumArt3.0 v2.4.0: Correctly resizes the album cover (#1679)

A digital photo frame desklet to display an album art, if available

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Album Art 3.0

Desklet used by the Radio3.0 and the Enhanced Sound applets to display the album art of the song being listened to, if available.

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Kqt1000
Kqt1000-3 months ago
Is it possible to stop a specified player from displaying album art. For example I only need the album art from spotify not the thumbnail of a youtube video from the browser.
Saman Farasat Talab
Saman Farasat Talab-7 months ago
hey there! sorry if this is a noob question, as im completely new to linux, but for whatever reason this desklet seems to be compeltely invisible for me? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/290381056694157322/1368516203143757856/image.png any help would be appreciated
Saman Farasat Talab
Saman Farasat Talab-7 months ago
functioning link https://ibb.co/4nNTd1MB
claudiux
claudiux-7 months ago
Are you using the Enhanced Sound applet? You should remove the `sound@cinnamon.org` applet from panel. Use v12.0.3 of Enhanced Sound applet. Please tell me if that works fine now.
Saman Farasat Talab
Saman Farasat Talab-7 months ago
yes, i am https://ibb.co/Df0C35k5
Saman Farasat Talab
Saman Farasat Talab-7 months ago
https://ibb.co/xnC0Sm9 not sure how relevant this is but the enhanced sound applet recognises the album art and metadata just fine
claudiux
claudiux-7 months ago
Great! I regularly work on the Enhanced Sound applet to improve it.
Saman
Saman-7 months ago
I'm not sure if you understood me correctly, but I'm saying that while the Enhanced Sound applet works greatly, the album art desklet is still failing to display on my desktop. I've also made sure to double check that "Show Album Art on desktop" was enabled in the Enhanced Sound settings
claudiux
claudiux-7 months ago
Open this desklet settings. Check "Activate Album Art display at startup". Move the desklet to a desktop area where it appears entirely. Log out then log in. Retry playing a song with celluloid or VLC (the song file must contain an image).
Saman
Saman-7 months ago
the metadata does show when i play music through vlc or celluloid! but the cover art is still not displaying, unfortunately. https://ibb.co/rKR8ff29 also, are streaming services like spotify not supported? that's how i listen to the vast majority of my music
claudiux
claudiux-7 months ago
All that works fine for me with - sound150@claudiux version 12.0.3 (2025-05-04 13:10:48) - AlbumArt3.0@claudiux version 2.3.1 (2025-05-05 16:57:38) - Spotify version 1.2.59. I'm also using the applet Radio3.0@claudiux version 3.4.4 (2025-05-05 16:57:38).
claudiux
claudiux-7 months ago
https://github.com/claudiux/sound150/blob/main/sound150%40claudiux/Screenshot_with_album_art.png
justtonow
justtonow-8 months ago
Hello. Thank you so much 4 this. A strange thing is, on my desktop this Desklet appears 2 times, one near the left corner / and on as it should be with all the settings for Desklets and moveable. The left one is not reachable with the mouse and settings are not possible. (although it takes the setting from the 2nd (normal) one on restart of Radio3) Maybe it has something to do with the albumcover setting in the Radio3 rightclick menu? Thank you, best regards.
claudiux
claudiux-8 months ago
Hello, Make sure you have the latest versions of this desklet and of the “Enhanced Sound” and “Radio3.0” applets. Using the context menu of one of these two applets, open the “Album Art” settings and move this desklet to the desired location. Log-out then log-in. The problem should be solved. Thanks for using these Spices! Best regards
All-StarsDev
All-StarsDev-8 months ago
I'm new to Linux and love this! I come from using Wallpaper Engine on Windows and this has one of my favourite features? Do you think it would be possible to add more elements from Enhanced Sound like the Album name and Song name? The Album cover looks a bit empty without the name next to it. Amazing work!
claudiux
claudiux-8 months ago
v2.2.0 is for you. Enjoy it!
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