#1 2025-08-10 01:58:40

marens

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From: World without M$

Registered: 2023-02-02

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RadioTray-NG - Album Art

I created a small application RT Album Art (46.07 KB) that searches for album art during RadioTray-NG playback.
The application is based on my radiotray-ng script, which is known to the guys from the Conky section of the BL forums.

Version 1                               Version 2
 

How to install?

1) You can download the application here:
https://workupload.com/file/T6bYjFh59Yt

2) Go to ~/Downloads > Right-click on RT-Album-Art.tar.xz > Extract Here

3) You will get RT-Album-Art folder > Copy > Paste inside ~/.local/share

4) If you don't have an applications folder inside ~/.local/share, create one.

5) Open the applications folder and create the rt-album-art.desktop file inside:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=RT Album Art
Comment=RadioTray-NG Album Art
Icon=radiotray-ng-notification
Exec=bash -c '$HOME/.local/share/RT-Album-Art/rt-yad'
#Exec=bash -c '$HOME/.local/share/RT-Album-Art/rt-yad2'
Categories=Utility;

Done, now RT Album Art is in your menu.

Notes *

1) My OS uses PulseAudio, but the radiotray-ng script can be adapted to work with PipeWire, which we have already done in the Conky section of the BL forums.

2) The application will only stop working if you click the Exit button, otherwise it will update again.

3) If you look at the Exec lines in the .desktop file, you will see that you have two versions as you can see above (screenshots).

The first version (default) includes manual album covers updates only when you want to see it.
The second version updates itself when the song changes, but I think it can be annoying sometimes because it's distracting (at least for me).
You can easily change versions by moving the '#' sign inside the Exec lines in the .desktop file.

4) The app will not work properly if you listen to local radio stations that do not play international music.

How to uninstall?

Delete the folder ~/.local/share/RT-Album-Art and the file ~/.local/share/applications/rt-album-art.desktop.

P.S.
Finding album covers is no easy task.
Sometimes you'll get the wrong image, but the next song is coming soon. 

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