Album artwork when playing CDs

If I play a CD using iTunes (but don't import it), album artwork will not display. If I import the CD, or even just one track from the CD, the artwork is displayed immediately.
Is this the correct behaviour ? Why can't it display the artwork even though it knows what it is ?
Chris.

I too have similar problems but feel it may be related to the way in which the videos are encoded. Here's my story:
I have iTunes set to play videos in full screen, and the art window is set to "Now Playing". I have put all my videos into a normal playlist, and when I select one to play it plays it full screen. If the next video single is one purchased from the ITMS it will continue to play in full screen. If it is one that I have ripped myself (e.g. from a "bonus DVD" that accompanies an album) then the screen reverts to the iTunes window and the video plays in the album art window below the Sources pane.
However, when the next video comes on, it will play full screen regardless of how it was encoded. This is due to the "Play videos full screen" option being on.
This is irritating but appears to be a bug rather than anything any settings will fix. However, if anyone does have any tips I'd be happy to hear them!
PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 15" Mac OS X (10.4.3) iTunes 6.0.1 (3)

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