IPhone Album Art

I'm currently using iTunes 7.6.0.29 with a 1.1.3 iPhone. I've got a lot of lesser known albums that iTunes can't grab album art for, so I did the get info -> artwork fix to manually set the album art for all those albums.
Everything looks fine in iTunes, zero albums missing art, but all of the old problem albums I had in iTunes still don't show album art in my iPhone. I've already tried deleting the offending albums in the iPhone and resyncing, but they still don't show the album art that I see in iTunes.
Is there any way to manually select album art on an iPhone?

Having this problem as well. Surprised to see there's a huge number of threads on this problem, all between the end of January and now.
The killer is, this is art that would copy perfectly well to my iPhone since *release day* last year. But with a recent full restore (thanks to the third major AT&T screw-up since... release day), looks like the art refuses to come over.
Bizarre, since nothing changed after the restore - same firmware I had before the restore!
This is killing me. Between the major AT&T issues (the likes of which I never had on 7+ years of Sprint/Helio) and the minor annoyances like this one (one of many functional issues), I routinely want to throw my iPhone against the wall. Which *****, because I love it overall. But when your phone + music player keeps having issues BEING a phone, OR a music player, it's time to look at other carriers/hardware until the kinks are worked out.
Not going to bother calling Apple, it'll be "did you restore?"

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IPhone Album Art Question

Okay, I've got music playing on iPhone 4. Phone goes into sleep mode (screen goes off, music still playing) When I "awaken" the phone (music still playing) with some songs the song's album art appears on the 'slide to unlock' screen. But for others my regular wallpaper is displayed. I'd rather have the album art show up all the time when playing. I have tried to find differences between these song files but can not. I have added art to all song files but can not change this behavior. I have tried letting iTunes add the album art, but this does not change the behavior either. ALL songs show their album art when the iPhone is "awake." It's only when "awakening" the iPhone while songs are playing that art displays for some and not for others. Does this make sense to anyone?

Part of that 157.5mb is probably for files that iPod needs to operate. I removed the album art and other was still about 76mb on my iPod.
Also, I noticed that if I added a video, the size of other went up about 1-2mb. So there are probably some support files that get created. Also, Games would be in the Other category, as well as Contacts. Audiobooks are probably in the Audio category.
Even if you never used the iPod as a hard drive, you may want to +Enable disk use+ and open it up in a Windows Explorer window.
Ultimately, you can use the Restore button in iTunes to erase the iPod and then re-sync it.

IPhone album art from iTunes not downloading

Recently, I have not been able to get my album art from iTunes to download to my phone. It appears in my iTunes on my computer, but will not transfer. It also will not appear on my phone when I purchase the music FROM my phone, but appears in my computer's iTunes. I've reset my phone, but the problem continues. This problem has only been happening for about the last two months and I've had my phone over a year. (iPhone 4, Verizon)

the album covers are fine on itunes on my computer, but on my iphone they don't work. as in, when I sync my iphone to itunes, it switches the covers around to different covers. it seems to be random.

Album art thats om my itunes wont show on my iphone 5

Certain album art that appears on my itunes will not show on my iphone no matter how many times I sync it.
Does anyone else have this issue? Is there a solution to this?

Does it have album artwork On itunes
itunes>right click on a song>get info,first click artwork if thats ok then click options and check if everything is ok

My album art does not make it onto my iPhone 4S when I drag music over from my iMax in iTunes.

I have an iPhone 4S and the latest iMac. I manually manage my content on my iPhone - I don't have anything automatically sync on it. But when I drag music over to my iPhone the album art does not travel with it. I have most of my audio in AIFF format in iTunes - other than stuff I buy digitally. I have found that once the audio is over on my phone, I then have to copy the artwork over not once but TWICE before it will update on the phone and show up. It does work though and that is fine.
My problem now is I purchase digital 'compilations' where each track has a different album cover because they come from different albums. I just dragged over 250+ tracks and I'm not going to go in 1 by 1 and copy the album covers over twice for each track.
My phone used to update properly but in the last few months it stopped doing it properly so I'm wondering if there is something that needs to be reset on it to get it to work properly again.
I have all the files on my iPhone coverted to 128K for size issues and all my files in iTunes are at least 320K or higher so they all get down-converted when they are moved onto the iPhone. I assume the artwork is somehow getting 'lost' in this conversion process.
Thanks,
Rob

Cool - yeah I grabbed that script as well. Going to go through my library and run that one as well. Seems to only be able to handle X amount of tracks at a time so will have to do it step by step. I have about 21000 tracks in my library and it didn't like doing all at one time
Its fine if it compresses the images a bit - not a big deal. Its only on my phone so its fine. I'm probably a bit anal about things but I hate having tracks on my phone with no images - if there are images available.
Thanks again!

How can I show album art in the mini player when playing songs from a plugged in iPhone?

How can I show album art in the mini player when playing songs from a plugged in iPhone?
When I play from my phone and switch to the mini player it's always showing the music notes in the thumbnaill. It'd be nice if it could get album art off of the phone.
I'm on iTunes version 11.0.4.4

He @mracole,
it is very nice that you post a solution to complete the library with artwork for album's that do not have an artwork. Your solution perfectly addresses the problem for assigning artwork, BUT this thread is about CHANGING artwork for albums already uploaded into iTunes Match. Just try to replace for example a blue artwork cover for an album with a red one. If you made it in a simple way (without deleting the album from iTunes Match and local changes on the files with an external ID3-Application or 2 or more iTunes libraries on different Mac's) this is the right place to give a solution. I really tried for hours to change the artwork to make them visible in landscape cover flow mode on my iPhone5. In rare cases I made it, but then the covers sometimes where restored to the old onces - exacly how it is mentioned by Starhawk
As long as there is no simple way to change the cover of an iTunes Match stored album (you can change title, artist and so on without hitting "update iTunes Match" over all distributed Library on different devices - this date will be synchronized almost instantly) I considered the behaviour from iTunes as BUGGY! For me the local artwork cache (and if there is any iCloud artwork cache - I don't know) do not interfere with iCloud. Even when I delete the whole local cache (album artwork music - everything) I do not manage to change the artwork.
Regards from Munich, Germany

Sync and album art problems with iPhone 3G

The other day my iPhone was sitting in the cradle syncing and I noticed iTunes (8.02) was deleting the apps from the phone. I cancelled that sync and in iTunes I saw that the "Sync Applications" checkbox was unchecked, but I hadn't unchecked it. I then rechecked the box and synced my apps back onto the phone.
Today I added some songs to a playlist and synced, but the sync time seemed suspiciously short. When I checked iTunes I saw that all of my sync content boxes were unchecked...Sync Music, Sync Videos, etc. When I check one of the boxes iTunes threatens to delete all the content presently on my phone and replace it with content from the library....which is of course the same content except for the few songs I copied into one playlist. I don't really want to sit around and wait until this stupid phone replaces 15gb of content with the same 15gb of content. Sometimes this thing acts like such a piece of junk.
Perhaps this is related, but some weeks ago I purchased a Colbie Caillat album from the ITMS. Whenever I play a song from this purchase on my iPhone it shows the album art for an Usher album I already had in my library. If I play the same song on one of my iPods, the album art is correct. Apparently some sort of corruption is afoot in either iTunes, the iPhone or both. Is there some way to get iTunes and the iPhone on the same page without having to wipe and restore this stupid phone? Thanks.

I bit the bullet and checked all the boxes and synced, and the phone did not go through with the threat to erase all my content. It just synced the one changed playlist instead. False alarm. However, the album art issue remains.

Album art not tagged properly iPhone 4

In iTunes, ALL my songs have their album art covers TAGGED PROPERLY!
Upon transfer to iPhone, the art covers are NOT Synced/Tagged properly as the art covers of songs uses art covers from other songs!
EVERY TIME I correct this, it still is messed up!!
I had to RESTORE my iPhone then load back up ALL the songs, etc... back onto my iPhone 4 and it still does NOT WORK!
I then used MP3Tag to PROPERLY TAG ALL the album art covers to my songs then re-import those songs BACK INTO ITUNES 10.x.x.
Even when I manually correct it and it shows the art cover properly in iTunes, when I disconnect the iPhone and go to those SAME songs that I fixed, the art covers are MESSED UP AGAIN!!!
Weird thing is...
1. This problem ONLY occurs on the iPhone!!
2. This problem does NOT occur on my iTouch or Nano or iPods!
3. This issue has been around since the Original iPhone and still present through iPhone 4 as I've looked online and found MANY users have posted about the same problems!
WTH IS GOING ON?!?!
Why hasn't Apple FIXED this **** problem by now?!
Any suggestions would be appreciated as I'm really PO about this!
Thank you!

"bump"
does anyone have any answers to this?
I have tried updating my video drivers, I am running directX 9, and i tried the dxdiag and everything is fine. DirectDraw Acceleration and Direct 3D Acceleration are both Enabled.

ITunes 11.0 doesn't transfer album art to an iPhone

My album artwork shows up in iTunes but when I transfer the MP3 files to my iPhone (6.0.1) the album artwork is either missing or I get the wrong artwork, that is, I get the artwork for another album. I tried to delete one album cover from iTunes and then get a new one from the iTunes Store and I got a message that the artwork wasn't available. I've also tried deleting the artwork cache and I've tried deleting the album out of iTunes and re-adding it but nothing helps.
I've even loaded an app called Media Monkey onto my computer that can transfer the MP3 files to my iPhone with the artwork intact so there is nothing wrong with the file, the artwork or the phone, it's a problem with iTunes.
Does anyone know how or why iTunes would delete or corrupt the album artwork on an MP3 file?

This might fix you're problem, but might not. I've only checked this for my solution.
Steps:
1. Go to iTunes
2. Click iPhone
3. On the Summary tab, UNCHECK "Convert higher bit rate songs to... AAC"
4. Delete all songs without album art on iPhone
5. Reupload deleted songs from iPhone back onto iPhone
I've checked this with my iPhone plugged in, and when synced over wi-fi. Both worked fine and reuploaded my album art back on my iphone.
I believe the reason why the album art does not transfer to the iPhone is because when the "convert higher bit rate songs" tab is checked, it pre-converts. Meaning, it converts the bitrate and I'm guessing the Metadata with the artwork. Thus, it removes the artwork because it's only recognizable on the original bitrate. Hopefully this works for you!

Album art not showing consistently on iPhone *lockscreen*

iTunes occasionally has trouble with album art, especially after syncs or updates (album art disappearing, or being reshuffled to the wrong mp3s, etc.).
The current problem is different. Normally, with the iPhone's (iPod) music playing, the album art will replace the wallpaper on the lock screen. Lately, this feature has stopped being consistent. Some tracks will display album art on the lock screen, some won't. Those that won't, do have album art embedded (100% certain of this). In one instance, the album art displayed was a mishmash of two different albums' art (again, only on the lock screen). Editing the mp3s to reinsert the album art in iTunes, and then re-syncing, has not solved the problem.
This is probably an issue with how iTunes is handling/editing those mp3s affected, or it may be an iPhone bug. There's nothing outstanding about the specific tracks in question - in every other way they appear to be normal (write enabled, and album art showing in track info).
This problem only occurs @ the lock screen. In iPod view, and album view, display of the album art is normal for all tracks.
I have noticed this also happening with other audio sources (ie, third party audio streaming apps, which normally show some kind of album art @the lock screen).
Thanks for any feedback.

I too have been having this issue & I've read the articles, advices & other discussions, but none of them fixes this issue. I reboot & still see the wrong album art on the lock screen. It is very annoying especially when you have iTunes with software that was purchased to "automajically" present the correct album artwork. For those of us who actually precise about how our libraries are organized this is a big deal. You spends hours days in keeping things organized, just for the sync to not resemble the labor...
I have both the iPhone 4 & an iPod Touch 2nd gen. You'd think Apple would get stuff like this together before approving it for an update. No one can convince me different... Apple & Windows now both have the same MO! Get a new team of testers.

Album Art not coming in iPhone

I have downloaded some music but not from iTunes music store.
Now when i have synced my iPhone with Mac,i am not able to get the album art in iPhone which is being displayed in the itunes in my Mac.
How can I make it appear in the songs in my iPhone ?
Thanks

Well, specifically, it started when I decided (in no way related to this problem) to rename one of the genres in my library (Rap/Hip-Hop to Hip-Hop/Rap). After I did that, and synced my iPhone so the genre changes would be reflected on my phone, I realized that the albums within the Hip-Hop/Rap genre that had missing artwork, was showing up.
I tried to experiment by going to the albums in R&B and Alternative that had the missing artwork problem, and tried changing the genre to Unknown, and changing it back, then syncing. That didn't work, however. So, I changed the genre again, and unchecked the albums so they wouldn't sync (I have my iTunes setup so only checked songs sync). I synced my phone so the albums were removed from my phone all together. I changed the genre back to their proper genres, re-checked the albums, and then synced. Lo and behold, the albums were on my iPhone with the proper artwork.
I don't know why, but it worked. It sounds like you did everything I did, short of changing the genre, and I'd be surprised if that solved the issue. But you can give it a shot. If you look at my earlier posts, however, my problem wasn't exactly common.

Album Art not making it to iPhone 4S correctly

My Macbook Pro & PC running iTunes 11.01.12 do not transfer correct album art to my iPhone 4S. While playing music some ablum art looks like picture of a music video, or playing Snoop Dogg showing a picture of Mariah Carey

Sadly, there are lots of bugs syncing Smart Playlists on iPhones. Sort orders are lost, sometimes they don't come over, etc.
One thing that I've found is that if I sync and immediately unplug my iPhone, content is sometimes missing. I've found that leaving my iPhone plugged in for a minute or two after sync often fixes the problem. (!!)
If your stuff still doesn't come over, some people report that adding a rule to your smart playlist that says "Playlist is music" (or whatever) helps. Other people report that adding additional rules causes problems. I don't think there's a clear consensus, but, in short, try playing around with your smart playlists, either adding that "playlist is music" rule, or, if you've already got a bunch of rules, try simplifying them if you can.
Sorry I don't have a good answer. If you want to join us who have reported the bugs to Apple, please visit:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

Album art not matching correctly between iTunes and iPhone.

So as much as this might not seem as an issue for some, I notice that my album artwork in iTunes does not always match up with the album art on my phone. If I think that some artwork for a song or album is unappealing or not matching, I will change it to my own artwork. Normally, this has never been an issue for me until recently. What happens is I do the normal album art changing procedure (go to get info, add/delete album art) and it works fine. The odd thing is that when I go to select an album on my phone, the album art is the same as what it was in the iTunes Store and not what I added, but the individual songs have the album art that I added myself.
I've managed to fix this issue on some albums by converting them mp3 format, but that only works for some and I don't know why. I would prefer the song art and album art be the same, just because I'm really nitpicky about things matching. Am I missing a step or doing something wrong? Does anyone else happen to have this issue, or any clue what the problem might be? Help would be much appreciated, thanks!

What you are trying to do is clear but iTunes Match / IOS 6 does not work that way.
You can sync playlists from computer to iDevice using the options under the music tab for your iDevice on the computer. This will provide a local copy on the iDevice of each Song included in each Playlist selected for sync.
With iTunes Match / IOS 6, as Songs are played from the iCloud (ie not those already downloaded in playlists) IOS 6 does in fact 'download' the Song to a local cache. In theory this cache should be managed by IOS 6 such that it does not overload your iDevice memory - Apple have not chosen to share exactly how this operates.
Given your notes above would suggest starting from a refresh restore on the iPhone 5 with all synchronisation performed afresh and iTunes Match switched on.

Album art not in sync with music played on my iPhone

I have re-synced, deleted my playlist and rebuilt them, still haven't found a solution.
On my computer in iTune, all is good, you play Mika, you'll see Mika as the album art.
On my iPhone, I hear Mika, I read Mika but I see the album art of Kate Voegele.
How can I get it back in sync?
Thank you

I did not have this problem with my ipod touch
I upgraded iTunes to 8.2.1
My iTunes PC artwork is beyond reproach.
I synced my ipod touch.
Only those songs synced since 8.2.1 have incorrect artwork.
All those songs synced before 8.2.1 have correct artwork.
It is not songs added to iTunes since 8.2.1 but a song in my library which was synced to my ipod SINCE 8.2.1
The same problem exists on my iPod Classic 160.
Therefore this is not a firmware or an iPod issue.
Seems we have the smoking gun. Apple? New fix of iTunes please? This is one of the most annoying bug introductions yet.

Album Art not appearing on iPhone

For the life of me, I cannot change the songs from "Abbey Road" to appear as that album on my iPhone. By that I mean each individual song will have the album art when played, but in my list of albums, "Abbey Road" will appear blank. That, is, not the blue music note, but actually just white space. It's not a matter of the tracks not having identical info, as they do. I have repeatedly selected them all, got the info and made sure they have the same album title, band name, image for artwork. I have also tried removing the folder from the iTunes music library, then adding it to my library again, variations of this, etc. The files themselves will all look uniform with the album art if I go into Finder, etc. I tried renaming the album with jibberish like "AAAAAAAA" and it will work. Everything will be perfect...track names, artist info, album art....but then the second I go and change the jibberish to the words "Abbey Road," it gives me the white space again on my iPhone.

SOLUTION: After 48 hours, 100% of the artwork is now appearing. If it's in iTunes, it's on the iPhone.
However, there's a few hoops I jumped through to make it all work:
In iTunes, if album art is not showing in the Grid view, buy you know you have album art associated with it, select Get Info on any of the tracks. Magically, the album art appears in Grid view. Repeat for all albums with missing art.
When you're all done with the art, in iTunes, select [store] [update iTunes Match]
Wait 24 hours
It appears that the iPhone processor is not fast enough to display album art quickly with a large library. On my iPhone it takes about 10 seconds to load a full page of artwork in Album view. If you're flipping quickly through your library, expect it to take a while to catch up. It appears that album art is loaded via an Internet connection, because they do not load in Airplane mode. So, it seems that the robustness of this UI depends on your Internet connection.
Project is closed in my book.
Good luck with yours!

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