Album Artwork

Ok...I'm not an idiot.
I've had my iPod Video since December 2006. When I add music, I always download the album artwork if it's available. If it is not, I scan in the CD cover (as a jpg) and import it. I've done this ever since the first CD I imported. It's cool being able to see the artwork on my iPod.
I noticed this week that all the new CDs I imported did NOT sync the album artwork. All the music is there, but NO album artwork - although the artwork is showing up in iTunes. It is not showing up on my iPod. I've done nothing different.
Any suggestions on why this is happening now, after 9 months?

Here's how to setup multiple playlists for your iPods:
1. Create a new iTunes playlist for each one of your iPods. This may be a good opportunity for a Smart Playlist.
2. Configure the iPod Options in iTunes so that each iPod only gets updated with a specific playlist.
"I have all the songs from the library I want, some of which overlap with my wife's and kid’s, saved into a single playlist. I have all the songs my wife wants on a separate playlist and the kids on their own playlist. If you select all songs in the library and uncheck them, nothing will write onto the iPod under AutoSync. BUT, if you then click on the correct playlist, select all songs and check selection, they will be checked both in the playlist AND in the library. Switch the correct iPod to AutoSync and, poof, you can AutoSync your iPod with only the checked songs. Repeat the procedure with the other playlist and you can AutoSync two iPods on the same computer. Now there's no Johnny Cash or Kidz Bop on my iPod) and we're all happy." ~ Kenneth

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