Automatically Add Album Artwork when adding new music

Does anyone know how you can have iTunes automatically discover the album artwork, if you already have it?
I am backing up CDs and music which I already have converted to some digital format, and trying to compile all my music together from my wife and myself in a central location.
Many of the artist music folders already have an artwork image there associated with it.
So when adding a folder, is there a way to have iTunes automatically "see" that album cover? Would it be a convention for naming the file? Or a file size/picture size thing? Or place it in a specific location when importing?
Yes, I do know you can manually do it, which is fine for an album or two. But our collective media libraries are a mess, and there are hundreds of albums to import.
Also, I know you can use iTunes to "Search for missing album art work" but I also know that process is flawed, does not always turn up the correct art, and also does not code the artwork along with the track, so if you move music later on, the whole process starts over again.
I would imagine there has to be a way to kick iTunes to recognize the associated artwork automatically upon import. Any suggestions?
(ps - i use Windows XP Pro, iPhone 3G 16GB, iTunes 9.0.3.15)

ed2345 wrote:
Smart Playlists allow you to add tracks from the library to the playlists, according to rules. If the track is not in the library, Smart Playlists will not do anything with it. They do not help iTunes to notice that new files have been added to folders.
If it's not in the library, iTunes won't play it...
If you're adding music to iTunes, use the Add to Library function. That's what it's there for. iTunes will be happy that way and if you have smart playlists set up, they will be filled with the new additions.
Tracy

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Apple's automatic get album artwork worked pretty well, but only found about 80% of my albums. Pretty good considering the weird crap I listen to, but I'm pretty anal, and if 80% is gonna have artwork I want the rest to also.
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        private int size;
        private int priority;
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            this.priority = priority;
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            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy + shift, 0, shift);
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            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy, dx, 0);
            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy + shift, dx, shift);
            // Horizontal line.
            if (descending) {
                g.setColor(color.darker().darker());
            } else {
                g.setColor(color.brighter().brighter());
            g.drawLine(dx, 0, 0, 0);
            g.setColor(color);
            g.translate(-x, -y);
        public int getIconWidth()
            return size;
        public int getIconHeight()
            return size;
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        public SortableHeaderRenderer(TableCellRenderer tableCellRenderer)
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        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,
                                                       Object value,
                                                       boolean isSelected,
                                                       boolean hasFocus,
                                                       int row,
                                                       int column)
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                    value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column);
            if (c instanceof JLabel) {
                JLabel l = (JLabel) c;
                l.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.LEFT);
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    private static class Directive
        private int column;
        private int direction;
        public Directive(int column, int direction)
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            this.direction = direction;
}any input will be appreciated.
thanks
Peter

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