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In my case, this allows displaying live album art from iTunes/Apple Music on a 64x64 rgb led matrix connected to my raspberry pi.\n\nFiles go in `C:\\Users\\\u003cusername\u003e\\Documents\\Rainmeter\\Skins\\monstercat-visualizer\\Song Information\\Cover`\n\n### Notes\n\n* send-image is from the [flaschen-tachen](https://github.com/hzeller/flaschen-taschen/tree/master/client) project and may need to be compiled in your own WSL environment (my compiled version is included in case it just works)\n* the powershell script executes the send-image command using WSL (version 1)\n* if the skin shows album art for an alternative media player, it's compatible\n\n![pi screenshot](screenshot.png)\n![matrix screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/YwgyrJU.jpeg)\n\n\nIf you have modified the skin already or just want the changes to Cover.ini, here you go!\n\n`[Rainmeter]` \\\n`OnRefreshAction=...[!CommandMeasure MeasureUpdateArt \"Run\"]`\n\n`[MeasureUpdateArt]` \\\n`Measure=Plugin` \\\n`Plugin=RunCommand` \\\n`Program=PowerShell.exe` \\\n`Parameter=-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command \".\\UpdateArt.ps1 [MeasureCover]\"` \\\n`OutputType=ANSI` \\\n`DynamicVariables=1` \\\n`FinishAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureUpdateArt \"Run\"]`\n\n---\n\n#### Edit: April 15, 2022\n\nMy album art display has been updated many times since this original posting. After programming the Rainmeter approach myself, I discovered that there are tons of existing projects that bond music and matrices!\n\nFor Apple Music users, I would recommend the following project: https://github.com/idcrook/shairport-sync-mqtt-display. Using the development branch of shairport-sync, you can make your matrix an AirPlay 2 destination, and select it alongside your speakers! I used this configuration for months and loved it.\n\nFor Spotify users, I would recommend my latest project: https://github.com/kylejohnsonkj/rpi-spotify-matrix-display. It supports showing additional metadata such as title, artist, and track time.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fkylejohnsonkj%2Fft-artwork","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fkylejohnsonkj%2Fft-artwork","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fkylejohnsonkj%2Fft-artwork/lists"}