"Browse in Cover Flow"???

Itunes help says:
Cover Flow offers the option of “flipping” through your album and video artwork, or scrolling through the sortable list below.
The view I see now is a song list in alphabetical order. Great!
But sortable implies other ways of sorting. Are there any, if so what ways? Thanks.

Thanks for your reply though but I am not asking about 'how to edit the bookmarks' but rather 'how can I view my bookmarks in the 'cover flow' manner again'...

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Browsing the "Cover Flow" view

Hi There, Ihave the following message when I try to view the Cover Flow view:
"iTunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer"
This is strange because
a) All other graphics works just fine
b) The album covers appear in the smaller "Now Playing" window at the bottom right, and
c) The album covers also appear when I double click the "Now Playing" window for the full-size image.
Any help gratefully received. Thanks, all.

Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base and let us know if it brings you any combination of joy and/or satisfaction.

COVER FLOW EATS MEMORY

After hours and hours of troubleshooting my iMac with Leopard the following is definite:
With ACTIVITY MONITOR running and COVER FLOW used in FINDER the iMAC continually eats up system memory. In addition, the FINDER process increases memory usage as well.
FINDER can be force quit and then relaunched to clear its memory usage (which continues to increase as file browsing with COVER FLOW continues) but SYSTEM MEMORY is not freed after a relaunch of FINDER.
I ended up running w/ 2.5 gigs RAM usage when COVER FLOW was enabled regardless of program usage, etc....and the usage would hardly come down
There is a definite MEMORY MANAGEMENT issue with COVER FLOW.
Be warned. Check it out yourself. Apple, please fix these issues....soon.

I am noticing some increased memory, one of the bigger things that I am seeing is a greater processor load from the Quick Look Server process. I have also noticed that this process is only noticeable when in cover flow mode.
in addition to this I have noticed a much large CPU usage when the files being displayed are video files. in some cases windows media files and also files that quicktime would load.
doing some tests I have found that the format of the video files does effect the CPU usage.
mp4 files seem to be the fasest
mov files behind that
avi files next
wmv files (assume Flip4Mac is installed.)
also it does not seem that the Quick Look Server is doing any caching, load the directory let the cover flow view fully load (Quick Look Server process is not in the top processes list). click on a different directory let the cover flow view fully load(Quick Look Server process is not in the top processes list). click on the original directory, Quick Look Server appears to do the loading work again.
is anyone else seeing this?

Cover flow only works if all the library is selected

If I see my library as a list, I can select a group of songs by clicking in a genre, or a playlist. Then I can listen to the songs I have selected.
If I switch the view to cover flow, it automatically works with the whole library. It won't play only the selected songs. It's like after choosing cover flow it deselects the songs.
What should I do if I want to use cover flow only inside a group of selected songs?

If I see my library as a list, I can select a group
of songs by clicking in a genre, or a playlist. Then
I can listen to the songs I have selected.
If I switch the view to cover flow, it automatically
works with the whole library. It won't play only the
selected songs. It's like after choosing cover flow
it deselects the songs.
What should I do if I want to use cover flow only
inside a group of selected songs?
Yep, switching from Browser to Cover Flow removes your Browser selections. I suspect this is a mistake, since selections do carry over between Browser and List views; it doesn't make much sense for that to be true of two view modes and not the third. You'll need to make a playlist if you want to use Cover Flow for a portion of your library.

Cover FLow and Ejecting CDs

Can anyone tell me how I can stop a CD I was browsing in Cover Flow view from loading images? I think it's preventing me from ejecting the disc since it is busy. Advice other than relaunching the Finder?

I've actually closed all Finder windows and that didn't help. It seems Leopard loads tiny thumbnail images even in list view. Previously you would see a TIFF or JPG icon.

"Greatest Hits" confuses Cover Flow and Playlists

Hi,
I have several albums by different artists titled "Greatest Hits" on my nano.
When I browse by Cover Flow or Playlists all the songs from every album titled "Greatest HIts" are listed.
My nano has the latest software. Does anyone have a cure?
TIA

There's a workaround you can use, there's no definitive "cure" as such that I can quote for you. Add the Artist name to the title such as "Artist A - Greatest Hits", "Artist B - Greatest Hits" etc. Possibly some future version of the software may come along to sort the problem out permanently

Is there a wy to turn off cover flow?

I know its a great way to browse music. But I just never use it. I find it faster to just select the song or artist of what I want to listen to. I don't like when I'm lying down or just trying to use it when I'm on my side and I can only browse in cover flow. Is there a way to shut it off? if not apple should maybe consider making it an option for the people that don't use it.

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Is Cover Flow the only way to browse music?

I hate Cover Flow. It's ugly, gaudy and difficult for me to use. Does the iPhone require Cover Flow to browse music at all, or can you do it in any way that resembles the old iPod interface?

The vertical interface (non-coverflow) looks pretty much just like the other ipods. There are some minor differences but you browse the same way as on an ipod. But instead of moving your thumb in a circle around the scroll wheel you just flick it up and down on the screen to move through files. I think it works better, faster, and more accurate than the scroll wheel.

Cover Flow Slow when browsing - but works just fine if internet is open

Hi:
I have installed and am using itunes 7.0.2. When I select the Cover Flow view, the album covers come up and everything seems to work but there is a major lag and my dual core processor computer running Windows XP MCE is maxed out at between 70-90%. If, however, I open up Firefox or Thunderbird and then try it, my processor chugs along at 10-17% and everything in itunes works without any lag at all. Shutting down the internet connection brings the lag and system resource hogging back to critical.
Any ideas what is happening or how to fix it?
Thanks

Did you post from the system that has the problem? (Your "More System Details" list shows Flash 11.7 instead of 11.8 for some reason.)
This is some standard guidance that addresses the most common issues with Flash in Firefox. I'm sure you've seen some of it before, but just in case:
(1) Make sure all recorders/downloaders that interact with Flash media are as up-to-date as possible, or disable them.
(2) Disable hardware graphics acceleration in Firefox and in Flash ''(I see from your post that you've done this part)''
(A) In Firefox, un-check the box here and restart:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced > General > "Use hardware acceleration when available"
(B) In Flash, see this support article from Adobe: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html#main_Solve_video_playback_issues
(3) Disable protected mode (Windows Vista/7/8)
See this support article from Adobe under the heading "Last Resort": [http://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround Adobe Forums: How do I troubleshoot Flash Player's protected mode for Firefox?]

Cover flow (cover browser) problems

I posted this yesterday, but rarely is a topic adressed on the discussion board. I haven't seen this problem addressed.
Does anyone know why my artwork is appearing in artwork/video viewer but not in the cover flow. I have a screenshot of what I'm talking about.
It's not for all albums, just random ones that don't work. Do the tag versions matter much for this?
Dell Latitude Windows XP

even though you're not getting an error message with this, perhaps let's check through the suggestions from the following troubleshooting document:
iTunes 7 for Windows is unable to display album covers in Cover Flow

Cover Flow sorting is wacky (not a compilations issue).

I just purchased a 120GB Classic with the hope that I'd be able to browse my collection of music by album artist. After all but giving up hope, it looks like Cover Flow is almost doing it (on purpose or not, I don't know).
Here's the issue: I tag my .mp3s so that on tracks with multiple artists, they're separated by a "/" -- so, for example, on my Aesop Rock album, "None Shall Pass", track 6 has an artist field of, "Aesop Rock/Breeze Brewin/Cage". I always include the artist in the artist field before I put any of the guest artists.
When I sync this to my iPod, the Cover Flow only shows this as one album (there are four tracks scattered throughout the album with different artists). If Cover Flow was sorting purely by artist, it would have multiple covers. So I'm thinking that I figured out a way to get what I want.
Except the iPod seems to randomly decide which albums it wants to treat this way -- some, such as the Kid Rock album "Cocky" (the one with "Picture" with Sheryl Crow"), are shown as two separate albums in Cover Flow. This doesn't make any sense to me.
All the "sort" fields are blank for all the files, so that can't be what's doing it. If I go under the Artist menu, it shows all the artists just as they're written in the tags.
So what's the deal here? How does Cover Flow really work?
[EDIT] Nevermind, I figured it out. Apparently when you sort by artist, it will give me all the songs with just the artist, and then give me the songs with that artist and any other artist (the slash comes after all the letters alphabetically). So if the artist has more than one album, it doesn't group them together by album.
I guess the "sort field" is the only way to fix it for now.
Message was edited by: Psyact

Using the sort field to try to force things together doesn't quite work, and certainly not when the album artist has more than one album with guests. I think you'll also find there are some enumeration issues in the album menu which may cause the wrong cover to be displayed as you progress through the library. See my recent post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums for a somewhat long, but hopefully comprehensive, exposition of the issues.
tt2

Can Cover Flow view be limited to playback of only one album at a time?

Hi all,
I've been using the Cover Flow view in my iTunes Library more and more lately (after years of suffering owning a slow machine). But there has been a question regarding playback that has been slightly nagging me for a little while. I couldn't come up with effective search results, so I'll pose the question to the masses.
Cover Flow playback (by default) seems limited to playing through one album and jumping straight into the next album in the Library without stopping. Scroll through the track listing in the lower screen and you'll notice that iTunes lists every track from every album in your Library.
(picture one of those digital bar jukeboxes and an unlimited bankroll...)
Conversely, when clicking the album's title in the default List view, iTunes will only play the tracks in that particular album's playlist, and stop playback once this is finished. I have grown used to this option when desiring to fall asleep to one particular album only... and not the 476 albums which follow it.
Is there a workaround in place to emulate this "List View" playback behavior for Cover Flow playback?
Just curious... if not, it isn't the end of the world - List View will still continue to serve its specific purpose for my needs.
I just have a thirst for knowledge.
Thanks,
Steve

Hi Jeremy,
Conversely, when clicking the album's title in the default List view, iTunes will only play the tracks in that particular album's playlist, and stop playback once this is finished.
I'm not sure I follow you here — if I click a track in list view, iTunes always goes on to the next track when it's over (assuming Shuffle is off). If that's the next track on an album, great, but when I come to the end of an album it moves on to the next one.
Or are you talking about the Browser? Selecting an album in the Album browser pane will indeed produce the results you're describing, since the rest of your library will be excluded.
Yes that's correct - my apologies, I was at work at the time and was working from memory. I've had the Browser enabled since day one that it almost becomes second nature.
My iTunes interface, while displaying in List mode with the Browser active, limits the upper display fields to only Artist and Album panes.
And exactly as you said, once the album finishes playing, iTunes ceases playback.
Is there a workaround in place to emulate this "List View" playback behavior for Cover Flow playback?
Yes, but it's a bit clunky: use the Search box to narrow down your library until only one album is displayed.
Yes you are correct - it is a bit clunky. But it does work for the most part, provided that the album title is unique from a song title on another album.
Thanks for the info Jeremy!
Steve

Cover Flow in iTunes 8

Last weekend, I was asked to DJ my company's Christmas party at a bowling alley. I took my computer and hooked it up to their PA System, and everything went well. But since returning home, my iTunes 8, in the Cover Flow view, says "iTunes is unable to browse covers on this computer." I have run dxdiag, testing both DirectDraw and Direct3D, and both are working fine. I have gone to the website for the manufacturer of my video card, but was unable to open any page with drivers on it. Does anyone have any more ideas?

you should just reinstall it again, usually it fixes bugs on its own.

Can't see Artwork when in 'cover flow'

Hello
I can see my ablum artwork when playing songs in the 'Now playing' box. However I can no longer view artwork under 'cover flow' option. Instead I just get a black background and in white lettering I get this..
"iTunes is unable to browse Album Covers".
I have uninstalled & re-installed the latest itunes for windows on apple website but makes no difference. The pics show up in 'Album grid' but I don't like this view. Can anyone help?
Many thanks

Thanks to a post 'Dave Sawyer' left on a different topic I have now managed to solve this. under dxdiag 'Directdraw Acclerator' was disabled. I enabled it and all back to normal

Cover Flow... Style Over Substance

I don't know about you but I think that someone, somewhere deep in halls of Cupertino have got themselves into a right royal frenzy over Cover Flow.
We all remember that Cover Flow first appeared as a shareware plug-in for iTunes. Sure, it looked good but in all honesty, after playing with it for a minute or so it became obvious that as a means of actually selecting music, Cover Flow was pretty useless. I dumped it.
Similarly, those of us who have experienced using Cover Flow to select music on the new 6th Gen iPods have also realised that it is more a gimmick than a useful addition to the UI.
Now Leopard... After less than 24 hours using the the new operating system, I've once again reached the same conclusion. As a method of selecting files in the Finder, Cover Flow – in my opinion –is once again pretty useless.
Doubtless many out there will disagree but I think that Apple really should get over this Cover Flow fixation. Yes, we all know that it looks pretty and all that. But as a productivity tool it's worthless.
That's my ten penneth. I'd be interested in what others have to say.

Then don't use it - no one is forcing you to.
However I would say that you should keep an open mind and think past previous ways of doing things. For example I have a 'manuals' folder where I save downloaded manuals and docs. Coverflow is one way of browsing through that folder then when I see the document I want (which is one of the ideas of coverflow) I can page through it in coverflow view or, more likely, just press the spacebar to bring it up in Preview.
It works, and more importantly I have the choice.
Do I have coverflow set as default view for looking at folders - no of course not, it is not necessary and it consumes resources to render each image. But it's there if I want it - and for some folder/documents it is very nice.

"Browse in Cover Flow"???

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