Cover Flow View - By Genre/Playlist?

When I'm viewing a specific Genre using List View, then switch to Cover Flow, albums are displayed which don't match the genre/artist selected. Is it possible to use Cover Flow in a context sensitive manner, like artist, genre, or playlist?

The Browser selections don't carry over into Cover Flow.

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I have a tiny problem that is driving me mad. When I am playing an album in iTunes using cover flow view (with the playlist beneath the artwork picture) the picture is exactly above the album title. All is symmetrical. When I switch to full screen displa

I have a tiny problem that is driving me mad. When I am playing an album in iTunes using cover flow view (with the playlist beneath the artwork picture) the picture is exactly above the album title. All is symmetrical. When I switch to full screen display, the artwork moves a couple of inches to the left and the display is therefore asymmetrical. Why and how do I correct it? It would drive you mad to.
Thanks for any help,
Graham

I was having the same problem, but tried the "Top Button + Home Button" reset and that did work for me. My unofficial guess is that perhaps RAM caches get filled through daily use of various apps leaving no memory for cover flow. Resetting the phone on the phone itself seems to reset that RAM. I can't say it's a cure-all, but it solved my issue. Hope this helps.

Set cover flow view to all playlists

Hello,
Does anyone know how I can choose a view, say cover flow in my playlists and apply this to all playlists with out having to go through each playlist?. I would also like to choose certain columns (e.g track number etc) and apply this to all of my 350 playlists.
Does anyone know if this is possible on iTunes 10.7. I have searched on Google and it used to be able to be done on older versions of iTunes but the option is not availible on this version.
Thanks
Tony

Thank you for you help in advance!
Don't know if I quite understand your suggestion. Maybe I'm not making myself clear as well..
I don't want to cut my videos, I want to be able to see the content of my videos (without playing it) right after the intro - so then I can identify and give their ID numbers quickly and easier.

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 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.)

Stupid cover flow view gripe

When using the iPod function of my iPhone, held held horizontally, it goes to the cover flow view.
I hate this view, as it show me minimal controls, and not the tracks in the playlist.
What is worse, holding the iPhone vertical does not make it go away!
I doubt it, but is there any way to disable this stupid cover flow view?
I just want it simple and easy, track names, lists.
I use the Ipod function to LISTEN to music, not LOOK at it!

didn't really answer my question.
I want to disable cover flow, or at least find a way back to my PLAYLIST, not the current song's album list.
Really, I just want the iPhone to work like iTunes does. They had it right, but got too fancy with the silly cover flow. cool gimmick for a day or two, but thats it.

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Hi. No problems when I view my album covers in either [List View] or [Album View]. When I use [Cover Flow View] I get distorted lines, less than even a blurred image, in fact grey scale. Seems strange that iTunes can display in [List View] or [Album View], but not in [Cover Flow View]. Any ideas? Thanks.

I don't know the answer to this so a couple of suggestions, are you on the latest version of iTunes that is compatible with Windows 2000?
If not you can download it here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes732forwindows2000.html
Are you upto date with your DirectX for Windows 2000? Although looking at the MS website it doesn't look as though there is anything particularly new:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7c61e5da-8c60-43f6-9549 -65b93cf6f987&DisplayLang=en
Also check your computer manufacturer's support website to make sure you are upto date with your drivers etc.

Cannot locate the Cover Flow view in iTunes 11. Is it still active/available?

Cannot locate the Cover Flow view in iTunes11. Is it still available/active?

No. See this article for features killed-off in iTunes 11 including Cover Flow. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57556548-37/7-features-apple-killed-off-in-itu nes-11/

Scratchy Sound When Sliding Through Covers in Cover Flow View in iTunes 8

Anyone having problems with a scratchy sound as you slide through covers in the cover flow view in iTunes 8?
Also sliding too fast has caused app to crash.

The scratchy sound seems to have come up a few times with iTunes 8 (including in a couple of other threads that I can't find right now). It seems to have picked up around the last QT update, which was coincident with the iTunes upgrade.
(post updated)
I must admit, I didn't read closely at 7:30 in the morning, and didn't see this was just happening to OP with cover flow.
But there have been a number of people (including me) complaining of general scratchiness in iTunes 8 and AirTunes that seems traceable to the last QT update. Be glad you aren't in my situation, where it's ALWAYS scratchy.
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ITunes 7.0.1.8 locks up computer in Cover Flow view

I'm having a problem with iTunes locking up my computer when I click the right or left buttons in the cover flow view. I have updated all video and audio drivers, also DirectX but still am having the problem. I have also uninstalled and reinstlled iTunes with no luck.
Does anyone have a fix for this?

I had already loaded the latest drivers avalable from HP as well as the current BIOS Flash and the lastest from windows update.
I tried disabling the Direct X stuff as suggested in the http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303706 link you left but I am still having the computer lock-up when in cover flow view.
one further question... Does every one get a digaginal line from the upper right corner to the lower left corner of the artwork in shown in the cover flow? I think this may also be related to the problem I'm having.

Cover flow view in finder not displaying proper

Since I updated to Mavericks my cover flow view in the finder is showing the wrong document, usually the document right before or after the one I'm actually clicked on. How do I fix this?

No, there is no preference setting available to change that.
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Problem w/ cover flow view

To begin I'd like to say I'm not new to message boards and even a forum moderator for the company Streetglow. I've searched for hours trying to figure out my cover flow problem and I just can't get it to organize the way I like. I've had a few problems with itunes in the past but a store rep fixed them within minutes. This is my first big problem.
A few days ago I moved my entire library (I only have music files) to my external HD. The move went flawlessly and itunes even deleted itself in my "My Music" folder. Weird but everything was fine and I checked a song's location and saw that the location lead to my external. This is where the problem starts.
Yesterday, I opened itunes and my entire library is empty. It's as if I just installed itunes on my computer.
So, I re-imported all my files again and went to my cover flow view and I have multiple album art covers for each song. But, if I go to the grid view, its exactly how I want it. Artist....Album...in ascending order. But if I switch to cover flow, I have close to 500 album art covers.
Prior to this, every time I imported a CD, I filled out the info entirely. Kept the artist, and album artist the same. Cover flow view was perfect before this incident.
Now, I have to use the grid view because it's the way I'd like but I would like to use the cover flow.
Any ideas?

The albums will only stay grouped together when sort as *Album, Album by Artist* or *Album by Year*. Sort on Track title or Track No. and the order of covers will be pretty random. Sorting as Album by Artist groups all albums by the same alphbetically which tends to work for most people. What cues are your browsing for? Artwork, Album title, Artist, Track Name. You can use the search box to type in part of a track name if you're trying to find something specific. If you're just flicking through for something to take your fancy you might find grid mode more useful.
tt2

Annoying bug: Duplicate albums in the Cover Flow view

When viewing my music via the Cover Flow view (sorting Album by Artist) I frequently come across an album that appears twice. For example, I see two copies of Florence and the Machine's "Lungs" side by side. The first copy contains the first track on the album and the second copy has the remainder of the album.
My first thought was "Oh, I must have mislabeled the album field of that first track so it's being saved as a different album... maybe I put in an extra space or something." But when I view the album in the Finder, all the tracks are in the same album folder. Just to be sure, I selected all the tracks on the album in iTunes and made sure the Album info field was correct, checked the checkbox, and clicked OK. Still nothing changes.
I was finally able to fix this by selecting all the tracks on the album in iTunes and changing the Album info field to a completely NEW name (in this example "Lungs TEMP", then selecting them all again and renaming them BACK to the CORRECT name (Lungs). Ta da... Yea. Now there's only one "Lungs" album in Cover Flow.
No big deal if I only had to do this once, but this bug exists all over the place! 11,000 songs is a lot to sort through. It's almost like iTunes is caching bad data somewhere, but I don't know how to delete this cache.
Ideas? Anyone else seen this behavior?

It happens... See http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp for more.
tt2

Thumbnails in cover flow view are blurry

For some reason my main user account refuses to refresh its thumbnails in the Finder's Cover Flow view. The same file views fine in my Test user account. Merely copying/moving the file to a different folder or burning it the file directly to a cd does not remedy the problem.
However, the same file views fine if I burn it to a CD using iPhoto and then re-import it.
A similar problem began for me in iPhoto around the same time I got my new Aluminum iMac 24". I don't remember exactly when though. My iPhoto thumbnails started switching at their own will. A photo would get represented by an incorrect thumbnail. However, if I resized the thumbnail to a larger size it would snap to the correct thumbnail. I have several thousand photos in iPhoto and on my computer, so I was used to viewing thumbnails at the smaller magnifications. I feel that enlarging the the thumbnails to a larger magnification forces my iPhoto to create a new thumbnail.
Apple Tech Support on numerous occasions has run me through the full painful protocol of troubleshooting - up to being referred to a product specialist who finally concedes that I need to purge all of my images and just reimport and reorganize EVERYTHING.
THERE MUST BE a file/folder somewhere on my Mac holding a cache of these thumbnails that just refuses to refresh itself. PLEASE SHOW MERCY APPLE and MR. JOBS, please tell me where I can find the folder that needs to be refreshed.

Off and on I have the same problem with not seeing the image thumbnails in cover flow.
When this happens, I force quit the finder (commandoptionesc) and then I see the thumbnails.
Don't have a clue why this method works but it does for me!

Cover Flow View - By Genre/Playlist?

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