1. Album art didn't transfer 2. Audiobooks

Two issues:
1. When I converted my music library fr Windows Media to iTunes, I've since found that most of the original album art did not transfer and is gone. Suggestions for (easily) finding and loading art for a couple of hundred albums?
2. I've bought a number of audio books on iTunes. However, in my Library (& on my iPod), they're just part of my overall list of albums. Isn't there a way to have them load into onto my HD and also into my iPod as a discrete group, separate from my music files?
Fyi, I'm using the version of iTunes which immediately preceded ver 6.
Thx,
micknyc

Here is how I did it.
1. Open iTunes and set the size of the window to half of your display
2. Open your browser of choice, make its size the other half of your display
3. Highlight all songs on the album in iTunes(click first song, SHIFT-Click last song)
4. Right click in the selected area, select "Get Info", its the first option
5. Go to your browser after the iTunes info window opens and Google image search for your album art, find a decent size thats not large in file size (I found around 500x500 pixels work well but that may be overkill).
6. Click on the image and while holding the mouse button, drag it over to the square in the iTunes "More Info" box that opened.
7. Click OK
8. Sync music
Hope that helps. Its quick and easy once you do it a time or two and so far has worked very well for me.
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Hope I'm not the only one to have noticed this.
I recently updated iTunes to v10.6 from 10.0. Since then, any album art that I have manually added in the past no longer shows up on my iPhone or iPod Classic. However, album art that was retrieved via iTunes (purchases, etc) does appear. I first noticed this on my iPhone, which was running iOS 5.0.1 at the time. I updated to iOS 5.1 afterwards, thinking that it might solve the problem but nothing changed.
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In case anyone is wondering, the method I used to download my art was by finding the cover using Google Images, hilighting every track in the album, and pasting it in. Again, I never had this problem until upgrading iTunes to v10.6.
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In my experience, the only way for the album artwork to stay associated with the actual music file, is to use the "Update album artwork" feature in iTunes. This means, that to get the artwork from iTunes, the artist name, song title and album name MUST match exactly the information of the song in the iTunes store. If the art is not available, you can add your own. If you add your own, then run the update album art feature again so that the album art becomes part of the songs meta data. It should transfer to just about any device after that. However, some devices (Nokia comes to mind) will not display art metadata over 64K in size.

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My new iPod 5th gen is working smashingly except for the fact that all my new downloaded album art from iTunes 7 isn't transfering over. It's weird because occasionally some album art shows up on the iPod but definately not often and even when it does not all of the art I have on my PC shows up. Anybody dealing with this problem or have a solution?
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I was having issues before. The easiest way to get the album art to transfer over is to delete everything on the iPod, make sure everything has art that you want to in itunes, and then retransfer all the music back to the ipod. Sometimes when it updates songs, it doesn't update all the information.
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About a month ago, most of the Album art on my iPod just up and disappeared.

So, about a month ago, for no apparent reason at all, almost all of the album art on all of the music on my iPod just disappeared and was replaced by the default white art. It even happened to most of my purchased music! As time passed, some of it gradually re-appeared, which is really weird, but most of it is still gone. I have 174 albums on my ipod and about only 1/4 of them have art. Before this problem happened, almost every single album had art. I meticulously spend HOURS adding really nice album art to the music on my iPod, and then this happens.
I'm genuinely quite upset. I use my iPod a LOT and have put a lot of money into Apple. A problem like this should not be happening. I'm actually very tech-savvy (going to be getting a CS degree) but this problem baffles me at every turn and it's extremely frustrating.
So, last night, I tried to fix the problem again. I made an album in my music folder and added the proper information to each song, with an album cover (500X500 - all of my album art is 500X500) in the folder where the songs reside. I then plug my iPod in and open iTunes. I then go into file and add the album to my iTunes library, and then I go to the songs and add the album cover to their information via the "add artwork" submenu of the get info on the songs. I then sync the songs to my iPod normally, and the album art shows up on them. Great. Wonderful.
I then think, "Oh, maybe I can fix all of my OTHER album art manually!".
So I go to my artists on my iPod and find an album titled Asteroid (it's a song by Rameses B) which doesn't have a cover but should. I deleted it off of my iPod. I then plugged my iPod back into my computer and tried to re-sync the song Asteroid back onto my iPod but nothing happened. It WOULD NOT, and I mean WOULD NOT sync that **** song to my iPod. It just sat there like I never did anything at all. My method of syncing is that I find the song and drag-drop it to the iPod menu on the right side of my screen.
So then I kind of gave up for the night. It was midnight and I was done with this **** after trying to get that song to sync for at least 20 minutes.
So I eject the iPod from my computer (SAFELY) and close iTunes normally, bla bla bla, go to sleep.
I get up this morning and go to my music app and ALL OF MY ALBUM ART ON EVERYTHING IS GONE. *POOF*, gone. Including the songs that I'd synced last night! What the ****! How does that even happen?!
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I'm running Windows 7 with a fully updated iTunes. My iPod is fully updated as well. As in iOS 7.1.0, non-Beta. It's an iPod touch 5th generation.
So, my question is, how the heck do I get my album art back on my darn iPod?! I have tried manually re-syncing individual songs after deleting them off of my iPod and they won't re-sync. I have also tried re-syncing my entire music library to my iPod, and the result was the same as before. Most of the album art didn't transfer to the iPod.
I'm extremely frustrated at this point. I'm at the very verge of jailbreaking this thing and iFunbox-ing all of my album art over to it forcefully. If Apple can't fix my problem, I will. I'm at that point right now.
Please help.
Thank you so much in advance.

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I assume the N95 supports album art as there is functionality for it in the music menus.
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I'm having the same problem.
The album art is saved as a tag within the track.
I can see the album art in Nokia Music Manager when it is listed or played in the "My Music" section.
When I convert the track to M4A and add it to "My Collection" it retains the other 'tags' but you can no longer see the Album art.
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ITunes 11.0 doesn't transfer album art to an iPhone

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Does anyone know how or why iTunes would delete or corrupt the album artwork on an MP3 file?

This might fix you're problem, but might not. I've only checked this for my solution.
Steps:
1. Go to iTunes
2. Click iPhone
3. On the Summary tab, UNCHECK "Convert higher bit rate songs to... AAC"
4. Delete all songs without album art on iPhone
5. Reupload deleted songs from iPhone back onto iPhone
I've checked this with my iPhone plugged in, and when synced over wi-fi. Both worked fine and reuploaded my album art back on my iphone.
I believe the reason why the album art does not transfer to the iPhone is because when the "convert higher bit rate songs" tab is checked, it pre-converts. Meaning, it converts the bitrate and I'm guessing the Metadata with the artwork. Thus, it removes the artwork because it's only recognizable on the original bitrate. Hopefully this works for you!

Nokia N95 8GB Album Art and Album Folders Issue

I have been hunting for for a resolution for two issues with the N95 8GB Media Player all over the web.
1. Adding artwork (CD Covers) to audio tracks (or albums) seems to be at best hit and miss. Most of the time it just does not work.
2. Deleting an album delete all the tracks but deleting the album folder seems almost impossible.
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1. Set the conversion format to AAC. I have been using 'Ultra high' quality setting. Options Menu >> Setting >> Conversion Tab.
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To get Nokia Music Manager 2.0 I uninstalled the version of Nokia Phone Suite that came with my phone and went to
http://europe.nokia.com/A4144905I (or seach Google for "nokia phone suite"
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I was originaly using this and suffered all the problems you guys have. After searching the web and finding no solution I decided to do some experimenting.
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PS If you need to delete all your legacy album folders, this is the fix I found on this same site. You can do this at any time.
1. Enable the option to be able to see Hidden Files and Folders in your Windows Explorer.
2. Connect your n95 8gb to your computer and choose data transfer mode.
3. Go to My COmputer >> Nokia Phone Browser >> Nokia N95 8GB >> Memory Card E:
3. If you have selected Show Hidden Files and Folders (see 1) you should see a folder called Private.
4. In the Private folder you need to delete the contednts of three folders
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Basically there are two methods
Method 1.
You do it on the phone. Load the album art pictures to the memory card. (Must be JPEG NOT BMP)
Load also the music files.
Open Music application in the phone. Open an album then select Options->Album art then Options-> Add, browse for the picture and select Ok.
Repeat for each ALBUM
Method 2.
You do it on the PC.
Get a Tag editing software like Tag&Rename, WINAMP, etc.
Edit the files Metadata to include Album Art picutres (again they should be jpeg and also they should be set as Cover Front).
Transfer the files that have Album Art using File transfer (usb mass storage) don't use MTP or PC Suite as these methods may convert the files and Album Art will be lost.
Or you can continue using your Method
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Serious playback defect due to incorrect handling of album art

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The issue either lies in how iTunes 'optimizes artwork' for the iPod, or in how the iPod reads and displays artwork from its database. Basically, the problem occurs when you select a song with album artwork and, for whatever reason, the iPod cannot handle the reading and displaying fast enough and it chokes momentarily, resulting in a very noticeable skip in the music playback.
This isn't all artwork, mind you - I see the problem more frequently with larger size and higher complexity pieces of artwork. I'm not sure why size and content are a factor, as the iTunes software supposedly 'optimizes artwork' to whatever extent is necessary so the iPod can utilize it properly, but there is definitely a correlation between the music skipping and the quality of the file.
For songs that also have lyrics, the iPod is brought completely to its knees. My 60GB 5G Video iPod consistently completely skips over songs with artwork and lyrics (if I select them, songs that are simply next in line on a playlist always play fine because there is more than enough time for them to be loaded into cache while the previous song plays).
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I've restored the iPod numerous times, toggled display artwork on and off to force it to re-optimize near a dozen times now, and even this afternoon completely uninstalled iTunes, iPod software, and Quicktime from my computer, restarted, and reinstalled everything. I tried a friends computer the other day and same results every single time.
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Good detective work....
Thanks for the heads up.
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Album Art in Zen Vision M / How did you do

This question is for those of you who have actually gotten the Album Art to show up in the Zen Vision M.
I have been trying to figure it out for 3 days straight and I need some serious. My firmware version is .0.0 is this the right firmware?
I have made an attempt with WMP 0 using the Advanced Tag Edit, and I can get the Album Art to show up in WMP "Now Playing" tab, but when I sync to my Vision M, the album art does not transfer into it. I have tried, manually dropping the album art in several directories, the root / album / and photo directories but the album art does not appear.
I have even tried RealPlayer and a few Album Art programs on this message board and I get the same results.
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Sharing doesn't "share" album art.

I tried the new iTunes sharing feature. I used the import feature to bring some cds from a library on our home network to another PC's library on the same network. The songs transferred fine, but the album art didn't.
Is anyone else having this problem and is there a way to fix it?

carsokk wrote:
Is anyone else having this problem and is there a way to fix it?
It is not a problem in as much as it's the way it's supposed to work. Sharing has never included artwork. One assumes that it's to keep the amount of bandwidth used to a minimum. So, as it isn't technically broken, there is no way to fix it. Sorry.

Album art troubles.

I manually downloaded music from a friends music library to my ipod touch, unfortunately they didn't have album art for any of it. I tried to manually add the album art through itunes while my ipod was plugged in. iTunes showed that it processed the tracks when I added it and my ipod showed that it was syncing but the album art didn't show up. Please help, I'm about to throw the stupid device out the window.

You can edit the song information correct? Do you get any error messages?

Why this new version of iTunes doesn't have Album Art or It didn't show up?

Why this new version of iTunes doesn't have Album Art or It didn't show up?
Also, in my iPod Touch 4th, it erase all album art from my iPod, then i tried to put again a new Album Art, ...download again from the image sites and still ...it didn't show up.? What a waste!
I waste all my time to set all album art on my iPod, then it just gone. kindly pls fix this issue. hate this new version of iTunes, so complicated.
The first thing i saw after i install new version of iTunes, it showed only music files. I don't know where to look for the old version of Sidebar. I keep on trying to look for it where I can see or any sign off button just to show up this stupid SideBar. Also, why i couldn't find? The "Menu Bar" is also hide!
Until i found out in "View" tab. Then i saw the Show Sidebar. Question? why do you need to hide that Side Bar? For what?. it is so so so complicated specially to those people who can't relate for this. (Also the button (from previous iTunes) to show the Album Art, now it's gone. I check every Tab, but there's no way to see the Album Art.)
Another comment. I download also some of my songs to my iPod, I wasted my time to collect all of my favorite music files. Also some are came from CD's and friends. I had all that favorite music in my iPod. Then the version iOS 5.+ came then I updated my iPod, another options to save files (iCloud) but I think there are something that I MISS about updating my iPod. Then suddenly I checked my iPod... all music (with Album Arts) are gone. All Apps are Gone. Videos as well.
If you don't know how to use that iCloud (with only 5GB storage), you'll gonna miss/lost everything.
Then I start all over again, i still have my BACK UP, good to have that. Now it's all set until I update the latest iOS 6. And another version of iTunes.
Then I realized my computer getting slow. I uninstalled it. My laptop started to work fast again. Then I download again the iTunes. So now I know, it has the ability to slow my computer. Everytime I turn on my iTunes, it hang. (Not Responding). Solution... CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Then every second time to open the iTunes, and it works. (it means, to open iTunes, need twice)
Then suddenly my laptop is not working. All my files has been corrupted. My Hard drive doesn't work properly. Now I don't have any stupid BACK UPs. My music files usage is 18 GB, only contacts, documents, notes, or some other files that can only fit to your "iCloud" not my 18GB music files and other photos. Your solution is to BUY more storage. Another COST! Another wasting time to set everything then need to pay more?
If you let your unit (iPod,iPhone,iPad) to export music to PC, or any mini SDcard to use as storage, it won't happen.
There is another....
It has Bluetooth, right?
Use less! Doesn't work. There's no way to use it.
All I need is to install an application to use your bluetooth. (for same unit or Apple unit only). And pictures only can send via Bluetooth if you an application.
Even if you go to "Photos" check if there's a way to send pictures? there is no way to send via Bluetooth, even Photos, Songs.etc. It can't even share some other friends (even they have own iPad, iPod, iPhone or same products) who has a unit with Bluetooth.
And the last.. only one port. there's no way to watch videos through HDMI. No HDMI port, no SD or any card slot. Must to buy their products.
Very costly!
I know (like iPod) it's very friendly to use it, but you must spend more money first before it can use.

Yes, the old album art view is gone, bu you can see the album art for a song that's playing by clicking on the art image and it will open a bigger view.
Everything else in your post is a waste. I'm not going to spend time reading it. If - and I repeat if, you have a question on how to get the best out of the new look iTunes, post it. But don't spend your time in long rambling negative rants.

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I am in the process of adding a larger hard drive to my Mac Pro and did not want to do a complete transfer of the entire OS with all files to new hard drive. I am installing the OS and then installing each program and there are a few things I would like from my old hard drive. I was able to get my mail and now I want my itunes album art.
When updating the library I just did the add to library option. In doing that I remember how bad the album art chosen by itunes is! On my old system I had went and selected each wrong album art and used an app for correcting it one at a time. I assume the changed art is under my Album Artwork folder on my old system, but doubt it would be as easy as just copy and overwrite to the same folder on the new hard drive. If anyone knows of a good way to do this so I don't have to do the app thing again, just to correct art one album at a time, I would appreciate it!

... I'm having the same problem.
I'm going to try a few experiments, starting with just copying the contents of the older 'album artwork' folder into the new directory.
I'll let you know how I get on!
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