Help!! iTunes wont download album artwork

itunes will not upload artwork from the cd's (albums) that were already loaded in my pc (before I added itunes and my ipod). It certainly uploaded EVERYthing else. It says that I don't have directX downloded so, I downloaded it. When I try to get it to download missing artwork, it wont. Now I'm just ill about the whole thing. Please help. Thanks

just go to amazon, find the cds you want, drag the photo to the desktop of your pc and then hook it up to your itunes, tell which songs you want it with and you're done.

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Don't want iTunes to download Album Artwork

Hi all,
Since I add all the album-artwork by hand (and include it in the mp3-file) I don't want iTunes to download the artwork automatically.
So I think i made all the neccessary settings
(unchecked the 'Automatically download missing album artwork' option in the 'preferences/Store' tab)
, and cleaned the 'iTunes/Album Artwork/Cache/' and 'iTunes/Album Artwork/Download/' folder.
But today I noticed that after start of iTunes, there already/again where folders/files in the 'download' folder, these takes unnecessary disk-space etc, so how can i prevent/enable this?
grts, Peter
(ps, i don't download music from itunes, I rip my own cd's, put them in a separate folder and add these folders to Itunes library, so

I have just the same question. I don't want iTunes to store that album artwork, it takes that disk space for nothing, I don't mind if iTunes would have to analyze that data every time I open it

ITunes cannot download album artwork

I am using iTunes 7.5 on Windows XP, and have imported my music from my CD collection using iTunes. While iTunes is able to detect the album, artist, and song titles and download that information from the Internet, it does not do so automatically. (The option is set to automatically check in Preferences, but the information is still not retrieved unless 'Get CD Track Names' is selected from the menu.) The iTunes Store does not appear in the 'store pane' at the bottom of every window, and is only accessible through the 'iTunes Store' option on the left.
In iTunes, when 'Get Album Artwork' is selected from the menu, the following message appears after processing all of the albums: *"Could not get artwork for some albums."* When the "##+(total number of albums)+ notifications" is expanded, the following error is shown for every album in the library: *"Artwork for "+(Artist Name - Album Name)+" could not be found. An unknown error occurred. (-609)"* This happens even when the option is selected from the menu manually, and CD track names can still be downloaded. This problem only occurs on a certain computer; another computer running iTunes 7.5 on the same network works fine without any of the problems mentioned.
I noticed that several other users had posted similar questions a few months ago in other forums, but none of them had found a solution. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and are there any known ways to correct it?

I think that the iTunes database in your Windows user profile might be corrupted. I managed to solve the problem by creating a new database and reimporting my songs into the library. The album art downloaded automatically after that.
1) Check the Automatically download missing album artwork is selected on the General tab in iTunes preferences
2) Close iTunes
3) Rename the iTunes folder (usually found in +My Music+)
4) Reopen iTunes (this creates a new iTunes folder in +My Music+)
5) Copy and paste the contents of your music folders (+iTunes Music+ folder) into the newly created +iTunes Music+ folder
6) Reopen iTunes and select File > Add Folder to Library > Browse to your iTunes folder in +My Music+ > OK
Your music will then be imported into the new iTunes database and the album art should be downloaded automatically.

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I recently bought 3 cd's and imported them into iTunes. Whenever I try to right click on the album and get it's artwork it does nothing. The albums are "Way to Normal" by Ben Folds, "Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart" by Rachael Yamagata and "The Glass Passenger" by Jack's Mannequin. All three albums are in the US iTunes store so that shouldn't be the problem. Is anyone else experiencing the same problem? And yes, I know I can drag the picture in from somewhere else but I don't like that it takes up space on my harddrive. Anyone have any suggestions?

There certainly are mysteries involved in iTunes looking up artwork on the Store.
Is it possible that iTunes can't find the artwork, but you've turned off that warning message? If so, you can turn it back on (and all the other ones, unfortunately).
iTunes Preferences, Advanced panel, Reset all dialog warnings.
Then at least you might get something more illuminating than stony silence
Good luck!
BTW -- artwork takes up hard disk space whether it's downloaded by iTunes or pasted in from somewhere else. Pasting from somewhere else takes a bit more space, since the artwork is copied into every song file rather than just kept once in the Library file. Even so, it's a fraction of 1% of the total space.

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Try the following user tip:
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Hi, it seems as though every time I open iTunes these days the stupid window pops up asking if I want it to automatically download album artwork. I click "No, blah blah blah." And then iTunes opens. At the left is the "Download" option thing (in green under the "Store" section), when I click it, a window pops up saying "Would you like iTunes to check if you have any unfinished downloads?" or something like that. I say, again (and of course) "No."
The "Download" button subsequently goes away and that is all that happens. But it happens repeatedly, every time I open the program! Obviously these settings are not saving--and it seems to be even more of a fundamental problem than that, perhaps some file is corrupted somewhere.
Any thoughts?

Same here. And it doesn't seem to matter which way
you answer the question, it just keeps asking.
HOWEVER -- I had not seen this post before I restored 6:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=531850&tstart=0
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I think that the iTunes database in your Windows user profile might be corrupted. I managed to solve the problem by creating a new database and reimporting my songs into the library. The album art downloaded automatically after that.
1) Check the Automatically download missing album artwork is selected on the General tab in iTunes preferences
2) Close iTunes
3) Rename the iTunes folder (usually found in +My Music+)
4) Reopen iTunes (this creates a new iTunes folder in +My Music+)
5) Copy and paste the contents of your music folders (+iTunes Music+ folder) into the newly created +iTunes Music+ folder
6) Reopen iTunes and select File > Add Folder to Library > Browse to your iTunes folder in +My Music+ > OK
Your music will then be imported into the new iTunes database and the album art should be downloaded automatically.

Can't download album artwork in iTunes

Hi All,
I used to be able to download album artwork but it doesn't work anymore. When I try, I get an error message that says "Artwork for “XXXXX” could not be found. An unknown error occurred (-609)." where XXXXX is the name of the album. I tried installing iTunes on a new computer (on the same network) and it works just fine on that computer. I'd just switch computers but I have many albums, podcasts, etc. on the computer that isn't working so switching systems isn't a viable option. Do any of you wizards have any ideas what might be causing the problem and how to fix it. My experiment suggests to me that it isn't a problem with my network router or internet connection.
Oh, I'm running the latest version of iTunes on Windows XP Home but it wasn't working before I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes.
Thanks in advance to all,
Medic101

Do the songs have the album art in your iTunes library?
If you answer is yes, I had the same problem, fixed it manually by copying the album art from the song in iTunes library and then choosing the Get Info for that song, and then pasting the album art into the Artwork tab.
This was the only way I found to get album artwork onto my iPod. If anyone else has a suggestion, I am listening.

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To all Apple support people: rather than say 'once it's in recovery mode you lose all data' try saying 'replace your battery and see if that works first'!!!!

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Hi
Typically these are added toy our iPhone by synching with iTunes and that is the only way to "unsych" them.
In your Itunes tab for photos you can uncheck the albums you do not wanted synced to your iPhone. Then resynch your computer and your iPhone and they will not be added to your iPhone.
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Do you know I have the same problem.
I go to HMV with my daughter and spend time browsing music together. We come home and inport our music. It always finds the track and album names but cannot find the Artwork. This does not seem to apply to odd or old stuff, even chart CDs.
To add insult to injury if you type the album name into Itunes it is there, with the artwork.
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Just wondering if someone could help me out. I was trying to download album artwork for my collection and the Itunes store said that I must first create an account....which requires a credit card number. Just making sure I don't get charged for the utility.

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iTunes wont download at all, at first I have no idea why! ive been trying to get it for over a month now. In which it downloaded once, but would not open. Someone please help me! I have windows vista.

if it helps at all...
I downloaded Quicktime seperately from iTunes and i got that with no problem and it worked just fine but i cant get iTunes at all
and i have follwed the instructions on the website about uninstalling everything but nothing seems to be working
...is there any possible way that anybody can help me out with this.
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Help!! iTunes wont download album artwork

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