Get cover art from the iTunes Store without using iTunes

Java!

http://jroller.com/page/rummage

you dont really need to port this to applescript. with a little knowledge of how html forms work, you may be able to have applescript basically fill that form out with info from itunes and take you to the resulting page.

tell application safari to open location
http://whatever.com/coverart/&artist=[[artist]]&album=[[album]]
I'm sure this syntax is wrong, but i'm away from my mac right now, but the idea is sound

I might play around with the php version of this and create an applescript to go with it

I used Clutter (freeware) to grab album art. Works great. So far, iTunes 7 is fine for grabbing the album art. No problems...yet.

I've been using GimmeSomeTune since the beginning, the cover art fetching-feature is just great! http://www.eternalstorms.at

there's nothing better in my opinion.

I've setup up a page on my blog site since Jesper released the code yesterday.

http://anothermac.com/itunes7artwork/itunes7cover.php

Danny, i think you need switch to PHP5. I got the same error before.

Unable to get the php script to work on my server.

arse error: parse error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /home/danny/public_html/albumart.php on line 78

there are MANY album covers not available from itunes, including most of the BEATLES and other stuff...that's just one big reason why we need alternatives....

If you notice, downloading artwork through iTunes doesn't actually attach the artwork to the individual song, it stores the artwork in a folder "Album Artwork" and creates a link in the "iTunes Library" database file. I've heard this breaks things such as the itunes artwork screensaver (who knows what else). Downloading though 3rd party apps attaches the artwork to the actual song, and often gives you higher res artwork (as others have noted), and can often find albums the iTS couldn't.

I've been using Corripio. Quite good, and free: http://nclasssoftware.com/index.php/nClassSoftware/corripio/ . Loads of features. Check out the site for details.

@tom "why would you use this INSTEAD of iTunes 7?"
if you say, live in a country that dont got iTS access... such as where i live (New Zealand) :[

why not using growltunes?