Sacada is a GUI front end to SACAD which downloads album art for a given album.
Sacada can be called as a stand-alone application or called with parameters from another appication such as foobar2000.
Sacada installation instructions are on the main README page.
The app can pass in options when it is called. Usage:
sacada [options]
The options are:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -h, --help | Displays help on commandline options. |
| --help-all | Displays help including Qt specific options. |
| -v, --version | Displays version information. |
| -a, --artist ALBUM_ARTIST | Specify album artist. |
| -l, --album ALBUM | Specify album. |
| -s, --size SIZE | Specify size in pixels. |
| -i, --image FINAL_PATH | Specify path to save album art image file. |
| -n, --no-gui | The output will be displayed to the console, not using a GUI. |
| -w, --wine | The album art path is a WINE (Windows) path and will be converted using winepath. |
| -p, --sacad-path SACAD_PATH | Specify the full sacad command path. |
| -o, --sacad-option SACAD_COMMAND | Specify sacad command options. Split arguments (with quotes) into separate options incuding the splitting of options with arguments. eg. -o "-v" -o "quiet". |
For example:
sacada -a "The Beatles" -l "Rubber Soul" -s "500" -i "cover.jpg"
Sacada was designed to be used with foobar2000 in Windows and Linux.
In Linux, foobar2000 must be run as a WINE application as there is currently no native version. Sacada can be installed as a native Linux application (recommended) or installed as a WINE application (may have some graphical glitches).
To set up foobar2000 to run Sacada, open foobar2000 and go to the menu option File -> Preferences. On the left tree, select Tools -> Run services. On the right side, eneter a label such as "Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader Assistant" or "SACADA". Check the minimize checkbox. For the path, enter the following depending on which OS Sacada is running in:
| OS | Path | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Windows, WINE | "C:\Program files\Sacada\sacada\sacada.exe" -a "%artist%" -l "%album%" -s 500 -i "$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)cover.jpg" |
The path to the Sacada installation is shown as "C:\Program files\Sacada\sacada\sacada.exe": adjust accordingly. |
| Linux | cmd /c start "SACADA" /unix "/home/[name]/sacada/sacada.sh" -a "%artist%" -l "%album%" - s 500 -i "$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)cover.jpg" -w |
The path to the Sacada installation is shown as "/home/[name]/sacada/sacada.sh" where [name] is the Linux user running WINE: adjust accordingly. |
| macOS | n/a | The foobar2000 for Mac application doesn't have the run service function. |
Change "500" to the preferred size of the image as desired.
Change "cover.jpg" to the preferred image name as desired.
To test in foobar2000, right-click on a song and select Run services -> Sacada. The Sacada application should appear with the artist, album, size and image name filled in.
The Sacada run service can be linked to other parts of foobar2000 such as a tool button or keyboard shortcut.
Copyright © 2020 Robert J. Joynt.
The Sacada license uses the QT GPLv3 Open Source License