Album Art import with solution

Hello,
After several search, I can't find an answer to my question.
I would like to import my collection to Itunes (Complete with artwork for all album, one directory per album with a jpeg file named cover.jpg)
How can I import the album art without having to manually drag&drop for each album? Is it possible to specify the name of the jpeg file to import while adding mp3s?
Winamp for example recognize a file named "cover.jpg" in the folder to be the artwork for that album. Make sense no?
Any ideas?
Many thanks.

So, I finally found a way to do this.
It's a batch process using MP3Tag on a PC. It will read the Jpeg and embed it in the mp3 for all your collection. It really rocks!

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