IPod Artwork Issue

My iPod classic crashed on my first sync with iTunes 11 and was forced to restore it and reload all of my songs. Now the album artwork is displayed in iTunes 11 but I cannot get the artwork to appear on my iPod.
Any ideas on how to solve this?

Reformating the ipod helped. Everything is right back to normal. I don't know what happend but the way I did it was a pain in the butt with everything I have on my ipod. I recommend not doing this if you have a huge video/podcast/music/audiobooks/other stuff that takes up more than 50 gb. It takes forever. Thanks for the help.
JDM

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IPOD Artwork issues

I have had a new IPOD Video for nearly a year now. i can only get the artwork from songs I purchase from Apple to show artwork. Even the artwork from CD's I ripped is not showing up. The funny thing is, the artwork shows up if I rip a CD with Windows Media Player. Rip the same CD to ITUNES, and it does not show the artwork. Any ideas, or should I buy the new Microsoft player when it comes out?

itunes doesn't just get the album cover for you when you rip a cd, you need to actually get a copy of the cover and put it in the 'album artwork'.. with the new itunes 7 you can find album artwork for you right click on the songs and press get album artwork or something like that, i don't use it though so i don't know how well it works..
and about windows media player, i think that retrieves it off the internet when you play the album, but i don't think it actually attaches it to the song.. i could be wrong though..
anyway hope some of that helped.. good luck

Another annoying artwork issue

After reading this forum for quite a while, I noticed that most artwork issues concern wrong pictures or black screen.
Well, I have a slightly different problem:
Some tracks (albums) display the correct artwork when the device is held in "portrait" position, but when turning it to "landscape" mode, the artwork goes black!
Also, sometimes in CoverFlow mode on the iPod Touch the artwork is black, but when viewed in List Mode the correct artwork is shown! Re-syncing didn't help, btw...
I noticed that this only happens with artwork I supply manually or with artwork that comes from download sites (dgwebshop, emusic) which are not iTunes. Notice that in all cases, when viewing the artwork via iTunes (either the computer library file or the iPod Touch file) the artwork is correct!
I was wondering maybe Apple have a bug with particular artworks and wanted to ask, what should be the proper size/format of the artwork? Should I always try to create 600x600 files? Should they be GIF/JPG/PNG? Does iTunes convert the pasted artwork to its own format?
Any ideas would help.
Thanks!
Misha.
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I have the same problem, but it is effecting the albums that I downloaded in ITunes as well. The artwork is fine in ITunes, and it displays correctly when I hold the Itouch horizontally, but the album list and vertical perspective are screwed up, displaying either the blank notes or a bizarre conglomeration of artwork from other albums I've uploaded.

Bazaar Album Artwork Issue

So I have a very strange album artwork issue with my iPhone 4. I've verified that the artwork is correct for the songs this is occurring with (each individual song, not the albums).
When I play certain songs (only certain ones) I get a mosaic of incorrect album artwork.
http://gallery.me.com/jsagurton#100012/Album%20Artwork&bgcolor=black
I've again verified that in iTunes the album artwork is correct, and even copied the correct album artwork file to my desktop and then changed the artwork for this particular song to the correct artwork and resynced the device, and the issue still happens.
The issue also happens in coverflow, if the song I'm playing has the weird album artwork. Once I scroll to another album though, the artwork goes back to the correct artwork in coverflow. Going back to the standard view brings back the incorrect artwork however.
What's even more bazaar about this, is the mosaic isn't always consistent. A bunch of songs do this, but have different album covers making up the mosaic, and I have nothing in iTunes with a mosaic of artwork like this.

I have the same problem and posted a request for help but no-one has replied with an answer. It annoys me greatly that APPLE will not assist and in fact want to charge me $29 to even look at the problem, when it is their buggy software that is at fault.
Looks like we are destined to be screwed by APPLE over this.

ITunes 10.1 Upgrade on Windows 7, iPod Service issue

I am upgrading from iTunes 10.0.0.68 (64 bit version) to iTunes 10.1 (64 bit version) on my Windows 7. After some time the popup error message reads,
Service 'iPod Service' (Pod Service) could not be installed. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services
I aborted the installation. Roll back action took place and I am continuing with iTunes
Now when I run iTunes, the message says,
The software required for communicating with iPods and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want iTunes to try to repair this for you?
I clicked on Yes. Then iTunes application opened with the message "Could not delete service" (the title of the window is 'iPod Service')
How do I fix this problem? I want to upgrade to iTunes 10.1 as I want to upgrade my iPad to iOS 4.2

Now, based on your latest response I did the right-click, install as Administrator. The result unfortunately is the same.
Okay ... let's try a modified version of the instructions from the following document. (The modification is because they aren't precisely accurate for 64-bit systems ... the program files that could potentially be left on your system by the unmodified instructions wouldn't normally be relevant to an iPod Service issue, but you're getting a relatively rare variation on iPod Service trouble. So, just in case ...)
If you get any error messages during any of the uninstalls, deletions or reinstalls, note down what they say and post back with the precise text, please.
Here's the document:
[Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923]
... here's the modification:
When you get to *step 9* of the *Verify iTunes and related components are completely uninstalled* section, proceed instead with the following instructions:
(9) Right-click the Apple folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
Note: If you have a 64-bit version of the Windows OS, continue with step #10. Otherwise, skip to step #17.
(10) Open the Program Files (x86) folder.
(11) Right-click the iTunes folder (if it still exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion.
(12) Right-click the iPod folder, choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
(13) Right-click the QuickTime folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
(14) Right-click the Bonjour folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
(15) Open the Common Files folder.
(16) Right-click the Apple folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
(17) Open Local Disk (C:) located in Computer or whichever hard disk your operating system is installed on.
(18) Open the Windows folder.
(19) For 32-bit versions of Windows: Open the System32 folder.
For 64-bit versions of Windows: Open the Syswow64 folder.
(20) Right-click the QuickTime file (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
(21) Right-click the QuickTimeVR file (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
(22) Right-click the Recycle Bin and choose Empty Recycle Bin.
Now restart the PC and try another iTunes reinstall.
Any better luck with that attempt?

I NEED HELP! IPOD AND ALBUM ARTWORK ISSUES

I can use the music store and surf the internet fine. BUT, I try to use the ministore and with the new itunes, update mmy ipod and download album artowrk, it says itunes cannot connect, please make sure my connection is active. I tried the network diagnostics and it said network failed, but in the report, it says it connected to the music store. I dont understand, this shouldnt be because I can use the music store no problem. What is odd is on my other accounts on the computer, this issue doesnt exist. I dont recall changing any settings. Can someone help please?

You can get album artwork from various other sources as well as Amazon. You can even locate artwork using Google image search by using the artist or album name. I find this site is a good source of artwork: CD/Album Cover Art Search from SlothRadio.
Locate the album from any of those sources, right click on the image and save it to the desktop, once it's there drag it to the iTunes artwork pane. Once you've added the artwork you can either delete the original file or keep it in a folder somewhere in case you need to use it again. Alternatively there are programs like these that help locate artwork: iTunes Art Importer or MP3 Tag

IPod Touch album artwork issues

Hi all,
I recently changed a whole album's artwork to something different. I selected all the songs under Devices>ipod Touch>Music and did a multiple edit with the new artwork. After the sync, only certain ones changed. I then went into each individual playlist and changed them (using the multiple edit again). Still, only a few are changed. I've done multiple sync's to make sure it didn't stop in the middle of the sync as well. Any ideas?

Amazon is a good source of (good quality) album artwork. Songs though, well that's illegal, If you get my drift.. Hope you've got hard copies.
Regards,
Peter.
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Artwork issues in iTunes 10.5.2

It's not a great issue, but after updating itunes, the artwork from my ipod classic no longer displays in the "selected item" window of itnues. It is still associated with the songs on the ipod because if I go into "get info" the artwork is present. If I play a song from the iopd and switch the window to "now playing" instead of "selected item" the artwork is displayed. Is this just a bug in the new version?

I am also running 10.5.2 and have noticed that Crossfade is not functioning correctly (although I am seeing different symptoms than you describe). It is apparently a bug, or multiple bugs, that crept in to the new release. If you want to be a good citizen, you can report the bug to Apple at the iTunes Feedback page.

Ipod artwork

After updating my ipod yesterday with the latest updates...my ipod will no longer display the artwork it DOES have on it while playing...like it used to. I DO have the "display artwork on ipod" option checked. itunes showed a que (circling arrows) which suggested that artwork was being transferred...or something...but nothing changed. are there any answers out there?

Hey Thornton Melon,
Have you tried resetting the iPod? If not, see this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705
If you look at the iPod in iTunes on the summary tab, it indicates the version, and if up-to-date, the update button is grayed out.
So the next option is to reinstall the iPod operating system by doing a "Restore to Factory Settings"
This is usually not an issue when you use one PC for iPod and all the songs/videos, etc, currently on the iPod are in your iTunes and play without issues.
So if you want to restore, this article provides how:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
Hope this helps,
Generik

Front Row missing artwork issue

Hello everyone,
Here is what i've experienced with missing artwork in front row.
2 albums of my collection refused to display their artwork in front row (these artworks were displaying perfectly fine in itunes, coverflow, finder songs icons and ipods off course).
After trying different things like deleting & replacing artwork, changing size of picture, and so on, nothing changed so i felt really disappointed...
...until....I remembered that i have created an itunes music store "wishing list", with 2 songs of these 2 albums. After deleting these 2 songs from the "wishing list" playlist, everything is back to normal, and front row display correctly the artwork..
thank you for reading, and hope it will help some of you.

This issue is still not solved in X.6.6,...
By the way, no one has bothered answering to this topic. I'm saying sending feedback to Apple is a good idea, but that is the only way I could figure. Any other ideas from your side?
Has anyone sent feedback to Apple? If not, please give their dev team some feedback about this issue.
Thanks. Comments appreciated.

Windows Vista iPod Nano Issues

I just bought an iPod Nano 8GB today and when I tried to connect it to my Windows Vista System after installing iTunes, I get an "Add new Hardware" wizard asking me to install the driver for the iPod which obviously doesn't work.
Of course, I've tried the 5Rs several times and none of them work. Asking here is my last resort.
I know there are currently issues with Vista but clearly this isn't one of those listed under the article on the site. So I was wondering if this is only specific to my PC.
Thanks in advance to whoever who can help.

try what I posted here and report back
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9071165&#9071165

Ipod sync issues with Windows 7

I just purchased a new computer with the Windows 7 operating softeware and now I cannot sync my Ipod Touch (3rd generation) but I do not experience this issue with my old computer with Windows Vista. When I need to update my Ipod I have to connect it to my old computer. Help. I do not want to pay Apple for support when I see countless post about this issue.

Diane Wordsmith wrote:
Are you set to manually manage on both computers? If not, an auto sync on one of them will erase the iPod and place that computer's library on it.
No that wouldn't be it. The manual vs. Auto sync setting is stored on the iPod, not on iTunes. So if you take a manually managed iPod and plug it into an iTunes it has never connected to before, the new iTunes will still recognize the iPod as manually managed and not do anything bad to it (in theory).
Patrick

Multiple iPod Touch issues

I received my iPod Touch last Thursday and then spent most of Friday just trying to get the blasted thing to accept my wireless password. Note: I have multiple wireless devices, (one router) all of which use the same password with no problems. Finally, it accepted the password, allowed me to set up my ID and account, only to almost immedialy lose the wireless connection. Over the weekend, the iPod couldn't even find the wireless network. Finally, this morning I lugged myself to the Apple store (40 minute drive), waited for 45 minutes and finally got someone who knew what he was doing. Surprise - the iPod couldn't find the store's wireless network! After messing around a bit the "genius" (not a slam, this is what they call the techs) accepted that the problem was with in the iPod, not the user. He then replaced the iPod. Flash forward a few hours: I'm at a Panara Bread and decide to see if the iPod will work - nope, nada, nothing. It could not find the network! Came home and tried again - nope, nada, nothing! I keep getting the same error message: cannot connect/wrong password. I use the same password for multiple devices, none of which have this problem. My wireless router (Linksys) has only this one password programmed. My laptop (Windows), printer, phone all recognize and accept this password. The iPod will not. What do I do? I'm getting ready to scream because this is taking way, way, way too much time. I've never had this much trouble with a device before and really have no clue as to how to resolve this issue once and for all. Any help, any one can offer will be extremely appreciated. Thank-you.

I am so incredibly disappointed in Apple!! I have owned my Touch for less than a week and have already been given two replacement units - neither of which have worked. I have visited three Apple stores, worked with 4 different techs and had two long telephone contacts with tech support. Yet, I still am unable to get a Touch that actually works!
I did manage to get the third iPod to recognize the network, but the way I did it makes no sense to me - perhaps it will to someone with more knowledge. This is what I did after the store appointments and after the long phone tech support incident: Using the USB cord, I connected the iPod to my PC, accessed the Apple site, registered with my user name/password, went to the i-Tunes store, attempted to set up an account (more on this in a moment) and when the store recognized the iPod and accepted the registration, I unplugged the iPod from the PC and suddenly it found the network. Incidentally, I did this myself, with no input from the experts, it was simply an idea and it seems to have worked, at least somewhat. Now, as to why I say "somewhat": while the iPod can find my home wireless network, it cannot find any other network, including the Apple store network. No matter where else I take the iPod, it reads "network not found" or "no network access". On the iTunes setup: I managed to get all the way through the account setup before the iPod lost the wireless network, but at the last screen, the system kicked me out saying I was using an invalid password. BTW: this is the exact same password the same system had accepted less than five minutes before this error message appeared.
The final blow to all this incredible hassle happened just a bit ago: I tried accessing tech support, using the same serial # I've been using (the latest serial # from the latest iPod they have given me) and received a message saying that I must now pay for support!! Okay - so let me get this straight: I buy an iPod. It doesn't work. I take the iPod to the Apple store, where they confirm that it won't work. I am given a second iPod - which fails within hours. I return to the Apple store, am given a 3rd iPod - that also fails within a few hours. Now, I've used up my free support?!! Interesting.

Multiple iPod 30GB issues

Hi folks,
I've been having some issues regarding my iPod video 30GB which I can't solve. I will explain what happened in details.
I had some files from my computer (Sony VAIO 40GB NTFS partitioned) in my iPod, about 25 GB (including songs). Then my girlfriend asked me to backup some data for her, which I did, and started all this turmoil.
Her computer is an Celeron, 20 GB FAT32, with low-powered USB ports. I copied her files (about 2 GB) into the iPod, and shortly after a strange glitch happened. It was still connected to her computer when the colors were gone. It entered a black & white-colored mode, and the folder icon showed up. It wouldn't disconnect, even though I kept ejecting it in both iTunes and WinXP.
Then I turned the PC off, ejecting the iPod in the process. After ejecting, I turned it on, but the folder icon was still there. Seconds later, I heard a clicking sound, and it turned itself off.
Afterwards, I plugged it onto my computer, and it was recognized by iTunes, but no files were detected. I opened on explorer, and opened it. The only folder was a hidden ipod_control 0 kb-sized. I checked the disk Properties and... the space was still being used. Which makes me think the files are there.
Now, there's where my problem resides: I need those files. I tried 4 of the 5 R's, but the 5th one will erase my files.
Here's the questions: is there any possibility of ever recovering those 27 GB? Are my files lost forever? Is iPod a reliable external HDD or things like these will keep happening?
For those wondering, the iPod didn't fall, nor suffered any shock of any kind shortly before these events.
Thanks for reading, I hope there'll be a way.
Regards,
Luciano.
Sony VAIO Windows XP

Hi folks,
I've been having some issues regarding my iPod video 30GB which I can't solve. I will explain what happened in details.
I had some files from my computer (Sony VAIO 40GB NTFS partitioned) in my iPod, about 25 GB (including songs). Then my girlfriend asked me to backup some data for her, which I did, and started all this turmoil.
Her computer is an Celeron, 20 GB FAT32, with low-powered USB ports. I copied her files (about 2 GB) into the iPod, and shortly after a strange glitch happened. It was still connected to her computer when the colors were gone. It entered a black & white-colored mode, and the folder icon showed up. It wouldn't disconnect, even though I kept ejecting it in both iTunes and WinXP.
Then I turned the PC off, ejecting the iPod in the process. After ejecting, I turned it on, but the folder icon was still there. Seconds later, I heard a clicking sound, and it turned itself off.
Afterwards, I plugged it onto my computer, and it was recognized by iTunes, but no files were detected. I opened on explorer, and opened it. The only folder was a hidden ipod_control 0 kb-sized. I checked the disk Properties and... the space was still being used. Which makes me think the files are there.
Now, there's where my problem resides: I need those files. I tried 4 of the 5 R's, but the 5th one will erase my files.
Here's the questions: is there any possibility of ever recovering those 27 GB? Are my files lost forever? Is iPod a reliable external HDD or things like these will keep happening?
For those wondering, the iPod didn't fall, nor suffered any shock of any kind shortly before these events.
Thanks for reading, I hope there'll be a way.
Regards,
Luciano.
Sony VAIO Windows XP

Multiple 160 GB iPod Classic issues

Last August, I purchased a 160GB iPod Classic. For the first several months, it worked just fine. I hooked it up with the audio cable and it would play in my Hyundai Tucson. One day in the Spring, the volume stopped working in the vehicle. I tried other cables and reset the device several times. It started to work again. About a week later, nothing. It wouldn't even have sound when hooked up to headphones.
I took it the Apple store and we tried it out in a vehicle of one of the associates, it worked. Took it home, down again. Had it replaced. Tried it all different wasy, bought a new audio cable for the car, headphones, etc. NOTHING. Had it replaced last Saturday for the second time. Used it everywhere but the car and it worked. Yesterday, I put headphones on and it crash. (Did not try in car yet).
My questions are these: I have a 30GB Classic that has the same library on it. Could there be something wrong with the library? Corrupt? Could the vehicle need a certain something installed? My dealership knows nothing. I've searched online forums for the issue (thinking maybe it was the car). But this one didn't even go in the car and it crashed after a full charged and library sync.
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