Raiden Extractor

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Raiden Extractor is a program used to RIP images from item tags for use in Rockbox, the free and open source firmware for MP3 players. Other programs exist that do the same things, but are either bugged in some way, are non-functional, or are completely unaccessable. This software solves that issue while also streamlining the experience.

Features:

• Exports in .bmp and .jpeg (with the option to use shorter .jpg file names if necessary.)
• Allows you to set the size of the images (300 x 300 by default)
• Abides by Rockbox's naming and formatting schemes for album art (listed here)
• Has the ability to recursively operate through large music libraries or individual albums depending on what directory the user chooses.
• Includes a GUI or CMD/Terminal based version, adding user flexability.
• Has the option to extract the art for the album only, or extract the art for every track. This helps with albums which have alternate track art.
• As of release v1.1.0 (v1.0.1 and v1.0.2 had it but the implementation was buggy), you can save art in your Rockbox "/.rockbox/albumart/" install directory.
  • As of release v1.1.0, you can use the above feature with the Rockbox Simulators.
• Built in .NET 6.0, which means it can be built on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. (GUI only supports Windows due to the use of Windows Forms)

Images:

Dependencies:

On all platforms, install the .NET 6.0 runtime. On MacOS, use the mono-libgdiplus Homebrew package on Apple Silicon.

Note

You do not need to do this on x64/Intel Macs as the files needed to launch this are included with the x64/Intel version of the application. On Linux, you must install the libgdiplus package for your respective distro.

Compile instructions:

Download the .NET SDK for your respective operating system and run the following command in your terminal in the project's directory:

For Windows, use:

dotnet build RB_Raiden/RB_Raiden.csproj -c Release --force --os win

and

dotnet build RB_TagArt/RB_Raiden.GUI.csproj -c Release --force --os win

Add -a x86 for 32 bit, or -a arm64 for ARM64.

For Linux, use: dotnet build RB_Raiden/RB_Raiden.csproj -c Release --force --os linux

Add -a arm64 for ARM64.

For MacOS, use: dotnet build RB_Raiden/RB_Raiden.csproj -c Release --force --os osx

Add -a arm64 for ARM64/Apple Silicon.

Note

More information regarding build targets here. You can also install Visual Studio 2022 or above and compile it from there.