Folders as Albuns

[manoelcastillo]

Hello all! Is there any way to handle folders as albums? If not, where I can start looking at in order to implement this feature? Many thanks. Great job BTW

[manoelcastillo]

I don't know if there is another way, but I solved it creating a script that set the album name based on folder in all music files in the folder (.mp3 and .flac).
Here is the code if someone needs it:

import os
import sys
from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
from mutagen.flac import FLAC
from mutagen.id3 import ID3, TIT2, TALB, TPE1, APIC, ID3NoHeaderError
from mutagen.flac import Picture

def find_album_cover(folder_path):
    for file in os.listdir(folder_path):
        if file.lower().endswith((".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png")):
            return os.path.join(folder_path, file)
    return None

def update_metadata(folder_path, artist_name):
    album_name = os.path.basename(folder_path)
    album_cover = find_album_cover(folder_path)
    
    for file in os.listdir(folder_path):
        file_path = os.path.join(folder_path, file)
        
        if file.lower().endswith(".mp3"):
            update_mp3_metadata(file_path, album_name, artist_name, album_cover)
        elif file.lower().endswith(".flac"):
            update_flac_metadata(file_path, album_name, artist_name, album_cover)

def update_mp3_metadata(file_path, album_name, artist_name, album_cover):
    try:
        audio = MP3(file_path, ID3=ID3)
        try:
            audio.add_tags()
        except ID3NoHeaderError:
            pass
        
        audio.tags["TALB"] = TALB(encoding=3, text=album_name) 
        audio.tags["TPE1"] = TPE1(encoding=3, text=artist_name) 
        
        if album_cover:
            with open(album_cover, "rb") as img:
                audio.tags["APIC"] = APIC(
                    encoding=3,  # UTF-8
                    mime="image/jpeg" if album_cover.endswith(".jpg") or album_cover.endswith(".jpeg") else "image/png",
                    type=3,  # Cover front
                    desc="",
                    data=img.read()
                )
        
        audio.save()
        print(f"Updated MP3: {file_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error updating {file_path}: {e}")

def update_flac_metadata(file_path, album_name, artist_name, album_cover):
    try:
        audio = FLAC(file_path)
        audio["album"] = album_name  # Set album name
        audio["artist"] = artist_name  # Set artist name
        
        if album_cover:
            with open(album_cover, "rb") as img:
                picture = Picture()
                picture.type = 3  # Cover front
                picture.mime = "image/jpeg" if album_cover.endswith(".jpg") or album_cover.endswith(".jpeg") else "image/png"
                picture.desc = ""
                picture.data = img.read()
                audio.clear_pictures()
                audio.add_picture(picture)
        
        audio.save()
        print(f"Updated FLAC: {file_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error updating {file_path}: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print("Usage: python update_metadata.py <album_folder_path> <artist_name>")
        sys.exit(1)
    
    album_folder = sys.argv[1]
    artist_name = sys.argv[2]
    
    if not os.path.isdir(album_folder):
        print("Error: Provided path is not a directory.")
        sys.exit(1)
    
    update_metadata(album_folder, artist_name)