Album art screensaver question

I love this album art screensaver. I have a lot of album covers on itunes becuase of hte new downlaoding feature. But...even though i have the album in itunes, only a few show up when i run the screensaver. this is sort of annoying....and i dont understand why it is happening.

Yes, I have this issue as well. The art downloaded in iTunes does not register with the Album Art Screen Saver. The only art that is registered is that which was obtained through third party widgets. I can only assume that the missing art is not being stored in the proper folder. I hope someone has a fix for this.
Thanks for reminding me about this issue, I meant to post it some time ago.

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