Cover Flow doesn't work

My computer crashed and I had to restore all my music from my back up discs. Before my computer crashed, I was able to view my albums on Cover Flow, now I cannot. I get a message that says "unable to view cover flow on this computer."
How can I get cover flow to work??? Help!

It's not exactly the message you are getting but have you had a look at this troubleshooting page? It may be of some help: iTunes 7 for Windows is unable to display album covers in Cover Flow

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Whenever I switch to view cover flow it just removes the whole top section where the Play, FF, Volume buttons etc are...the cover flow doesn't even show up. Which is pretty lame because the -only- reason I am using iTunes is because of the cover-flow. If I wanted to see my album artwork stacked vertically I'd just use WMP instead of apple's insanely awkward interface.
Any tips on what I can do here? I thought 10.2.2 would fix this but alas :-(

Malware can cause digital signing issues, I would run a malware check with the free version of MalwareBytes:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
After that, the is a Microsoft fixit for:
The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. (Tell me why this testing is important.)
This software will not be installed. Contact your system administrator.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798
It might be worth trying it.

Cover flow doesn't work with Nano Firmware update 1.03

Is anybody facing this problem... the cover flow pictures don't show up now.. with firmware 1.03. Even if I re-ad the CD cover images to the songs... somehow or rather it doesn't show up with this firm ware...
Any help?

Sorry all...
I think this problem is highlighted in this later thread after mine...
*http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1851781&tstart=0*

Cover Flow doesn't work in 7115?

I just upgraded iTunes to 7.1.1.5 today, and when I ask it to display in cover flow mode, I get an onscreen message saying that "iTunes cannot browse album covers on this computer." This is odd, because it did so without any complaint before this upgrade. Has anyone got a clue what's going on? Has some Vista-targeted upgrade set a new arbitrary benchmark on what system specifications will support this feature?

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Cover Flow doesn't work fine.

After I downloaded video podcasts (Best of youtube) I can't see my albums in Cover Flow. I see my videos! Only when I select an album, the correct picture appears. I also tried to Restore my iPod and after restore, when I downloaded again the podcast, the same error appeared. Furthermore, I tried resetting my iPod and restaring it, but it was useless. Note that this is my first iPod ever and I have it only for 3 days. I am really annoyed! Please help me!

Thanks for the reply. Glad to know it's not just me.
Do you know if it's planned to be fixed in the near future or if it's way down the priority list?
thanks
DELL Windows XP

My cover flow does not work on my 3rd gen 64 gb ipod touch

My cover flow does not work on my 3rd gen 64 gb ipod touch and neither does shake to shuffle.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Cover flow view wont work

can anyone help me as to why my cover flow view wont work ive tried everything i know
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I had the same problem. Video worked fine until a couple of weeks ago, then I was unable to play any video in the cover flow window. I tried updating everything (itunes, Quicktime, DirectX) with no luck. Then I turned off DirectDraw acceleration and everything works fine. To do this in Windows, click start/run/then type in dxdiag. Go to the Display tab and click disable next to direct draw acceleration. Worked for me - good luck!

Cover Flow won't work on Windows XP Computer

I have a Windows XP computer (Wanting to get a Mac as soon as I can buy one) and when I was on iTunes I have been trying to use the cover flow option, and it keeps saying "Cover Flow will not work on this computer" and I was wondering if there was anything I could use to fix that?

Try unistalling then reinstalling.

Cover Flow doesn't alway work in finder windows...

Hi,
I have several folders full of photos, most of them are .jpegs. When I open a folder in a finder window I have my standard views displayed at the top:(Icons/List / In columns / Cover Flow). When I click the cover flow button sometimes it will show my photos properly and other times it just shows a blank sheet with .jpeg written on it.
Any ideas why sometimes it work correctly and other times it doesn't??
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Gary

I've noticed this occasionally myself, and discovered that there are actually two different problems. One, which is fixable, is that occasionally I run into folders where I get generic jpeg icons in all views, and recently figured out there is something peculiar about those files. In this case all views, all the time, fail to show a thumbnail. The fix is to select all the errant files, and only the errant files, in the folder, bring up the inspector (Command-Option-i), select the wee little multiple files icon at the top, and press Delete. Presto changeo the Finder will now draw the thumbs in Icon and Coverflow views.
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Francine
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Cover flow doesn't display

When selecting the cover flow view iTunes is not willing to display any covers. I only see some gray frames, the black background but not one cover. Half an hour ago I downloaded the newest driver for my graphics card and I've got the newest version of iTunes (7.6.2). I would be extremely happy if anyone could help. Thank you very much.
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I see it’s due to downloading lots of stuff, which sometimes affects the system & Direct-X, (responsible for displaying cover flow in Windows OS)
Anyways all you gotta do is disk defrag your drive (C:)
For using the in-built Windows Disk Defragmenter: goto Accessories>Systems Tools
If it doesn’t work try Raxco PerfectDisk 2008® http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/pddownloadhome.cfm
It most likely will make cover flow work... atleast worked for me.

10.9.3 finder cover flow doesn't save image size

I went from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Mavericks 10.9.3. Everything went ok, but I have one annoying problem though.
Everytime I open a cover flow window in Finder I have to resize the image preview section. The Finder window size is saved,
but not the actual image size of the cover flow. It always goes back to a default, very small, size everytime I reopen the Finder window.
Didn't have this problem in Snow Leopard. It worked great. I just know one other person with the same problem. He just bought his MacBook Pro with Mavericks
and I am on a late 09 MacBook. So it shouldn't be a problem with just my Mac and Mavericks.
So my question is;
Will there be any solution to this soon? Maybe a program update to be released, regarding this issue?
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Cover Flow View - NOT working

Hello,
I have a problem with the cover flow view on iTunes. I don't know when this when happened but it was there before I updated to iTunes 10.
This is how it looks:
http://www.kwisvragen.com/itunesproblem/coverflowitunes.tiff
It's only under Music, if I go to any of my playlist cover flow is working.
So, does anyone know what is going on and how can I make the cover flow work again?
THANKS!
Thanks!

For me this worked:
1) I exported my Library: File -> Library -> Export Library
Saved the .xml file on my desktop.
2) Closed iTunes.
3) I went to /Users/your user/Music/iTunes and deleted the following files:
iTunes Library
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Music Library.xml
4) Reopened iTunes.
File -> Library -> Import Playlist -> Navigated to my desktop and selected the .xml file from step 1.
5) Waited few minutes (Depends on the library size, I guess. Mine is huge.)

Cover Flow Doesn't show some covers

When iTunes imports a CD on a popular album, I click on Download Cover Art, and 75% of the time it can't find a cover art.
I usually can find the cover art easily on www.allmusic.com and transfer it into iTunes.
When I sync the Nano, I've noticed that there are a couple of album covers that don't show in the Cover Flow, although, when I go to artist or albums, it shows up there.
Any ideas on this?
Thanks

I've had this problem also. This problem usually happens when I update new artwork to the iPod. SOLUTION: Try deleting the entire album from the iPod, then re-transfer the whole album from iTunes with the new artwork. This solution has worked for me every time (so far). Best of luck.
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When I'm listening to my iPhone and using the shuffle feature, Cover Flow will not update the album image when one song finishes and another one begins. If I turn iPhone to vertical mode, the album image is updated.
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Yep, I save seen this (and so has other people). I submitted this through the feedback link as a bug.

Cover Flow; Won't Work On My Computer. Why?

Everytime I try to use iTunes' Cover Flow I get the message "iTunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer." and it freezes.
Would anyone know why?

hi amanda!
so i deleted itunes from my computer but when i tried to redownload it, it didn't work but all my music was still there it just didn't work
you mentioned before you used Norton. was that Norton Internet Security 2005? if so, and you're currently getting
b no error messages whatsoever,
try the "Lorraine" technique:
Lorraine M, "NIS/i-tunes problem rectified" #2, 12:51am Oct 17, 2005 CDT
keep us posted.
love, b

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