Is ID3 ALBUM info needed to fetch album artwork?

To get the album artwork for a specific MP3 song, do you need to have album info populated on the ID3 tag? My whole MP3 collection has ID3 tags that have empty album info. I only have Artist and Song Title infos in my ID3 tags. My intent is that with the new view options in iTunes 7, I'd like to see album artwork on the album view (just like as though you are browsing through a whole CD stash) Can someone help?

I understand that not only do you need that ID3 info already BUT it also needs to match the info held on the iTunes store.
So for downloaded purchased music from iTunes this is easy, but if your info came from somewhere else ( is suspect that even the CDDB info is different) then you may not get your cover art. I do not know which fields need to be exactly the same.
Suggest using the alternative art gathering mechanisms since the are more flexible and integrate the art within the ID3 track labels. The only advantage i can see for this option in iTunes is that it stores the art once per album in a non-standard way which saves space on your computer.

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i need info on a version of iTunes that lets u download artwork without account?

There is no "version" of iTunes that let's you download artwork without an account. However, it's simple to search online for the artwork by using the album name. Amazon is a good place to start.
Simply copy the artwork and paste it into iTunes by selecting the complete albuum and clicking File/Get Info and pasting into the artwork box. I usually use pictures that are 300x300 pixels.

Get Info does not allow me to manually add album artwork

Hello,
I am trying to manually upload album artwork on iTunes with my Windows PC (Windows 8.1 64 bit). I followed all of the steps for doing this as outlined here in the Help section. I did a Google search, found the album artwork in JPEG format on the internet, and then saved it to a folder on my hard drive. I then went back into iTunes, right clicked on the album that is missing its artwork, and clicked the "Get info" button. When the next screen opens I select the "Artwork" tab, and then I select the "Add Artwork button." This opens up a browser for my file directory, and then I went to the folder where I saved the album artwork and double clicked on the particular JPEG I wanted to add for the CD. The JPEG was immediately loaded onto the screen, and everything looked good to go. However, when I hit the "OK" button to select this uploaded album artwork which is loaded on the screen, for whatever reason iTunes does not save it, and the album artwork icon for the CD remains blank. Let me know where I am going wrong, or if this is a bug that needs to be addressed.
Also, I have a program called Music Collectorz that I am using to catalog all of my CDs as I burn my collection to iTunes. For those CDs in which the Collectorz program cannot automatically find or identify the appropriate album artwork on its own, I can open up the Collectorz program's own version of "Get Info" and select "Find Cover Art." By doing this, the Collectorz program automatically does a search on the internet--without me having to leave the Collectorz program--and retrieves several "hits" it located for the missing artworkwhich it displays on another window within the program. I then simply double click with the mouse on the photo of the artwork file I want to upload to associate with the particular CD, and it is automatically uploaded and associated with the CD. Also, the Collectorz program will only allow you to upload artwork that is saved in file formats and sizes that are supported by the program like JPEG files.
It seems to me that Apple should have an easy way like this to manually add album artwork in iTunes. I should not have to do a separate Google search outside of the iTunes program, then save a JPEG to my hard-drive in another folder, and then go back into iTunes to add (or try to add) it to a CD's profile. This is a waste of time, and involves several unnecessary steps. This process should all be incorporated through the iTunes program as a one-stop shop method. I should never have to leave the iTunes program to add any artwork ever.
I look forward to your response on this.
Thanks,

I assume that there are legal restrictions on the way in which iTunes can get artwork automatically from any source apart from the iTunes Store (which is what the right-click > Get Album Artwork function uses). For example, even though the Gracenote service that iTunes uses to match CDs and retrieve metadata (artist, album, track titles, etc.) also has artwork functions, iTunes does not make use of these.
For manual addition of artwork, there are three cases where the image you select may not be correctly embedded in your media files:
your media are in a format that doesn't accommodate embedded artwork - typically WAV files. To embed artwork you'll need to convert to another format - Apple Lossless or AIFF if you want to preserve lossless quality, AAC or MP3 otherwise.
your media files are read only - to fix this, use Windows Explorer to find the folder that contains your files, right-click and select Properties. On the General tab there's a check box labeled "Read-only" - if this is checked, or is grey (sometimes blue), click the box so that the flag is unchecked and the box is white. Click OK, and then OK again when the "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files" option selected. Now try adding the artwork again.
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Hi all,
i have a question, when iTunes find itself album images, everything is ok, i transfer music on iPod and images are correctly displayed. Th e problems is when iTuns can't find it , so i find it by mysel, I select all the songs and from the information window i add the image.
Now i have two questions: why these images added with the second method aren't transfered on iPod?
Why iTunes added images are added in iTunes db (so i have One single image for all the records) and no space is occupupied by ten or more pictures as when i add them manually?
I hope i've been clear..
thanks
bye
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Unless Itunes has the specific album or song then it can't download the artwork for it, so you need to find the artwork covers and then put them in manually. I rip my Cd's with windows media player 11 which adds in the art and then I use it to add to the albums in Itunes.
Here is a link to explain how to add in artwork manually to songs or albums in itunes..
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/7.5/en/15338.html

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For whatever reason, the iTS store database has it listed differently than your tags.
Sometimes just adding a blank space after the Album Name or Artist will make iTunes fetch the artwork.
When Led Zeppelin's Mothership was first released, Apple had it filed under Artist = Lead Zeppelin. It's fixed now, but folks couldn't get the artwork until it was, unless they misspelled their own tags.

Get info add album artwork

I happen to have quite a few songs that iTunes won't automatically add the artwork for so I have to add it myself. When I go into 'Get Info' and then choose add artwork, the artwork only works for that session. If I were to take the song out of iTunes and then put back in iTunes, the artwork is missing again. Essentially it's not saving the artwork like iTunes used to.
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I assume that there are legal restrictions on the way in which iTunes can get artwork automatically from any source apart from the iTunes Store (which is what the right-click > Get Album Artwork function uses). For example, even though the Gracenote service that iTunes uses to match CDs and retrieve metadata (artist, album, track titles, etc.) also has artwork functions, iTunes does not make use of these.
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Windows permissions issues are preventing iTunes from updating your media files (there's some anecdotal evidence of a change in this behavior in iTunes 12). See turingtest2's notes on Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows for advice on fixing this, then try adding the artwork again.

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Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1363
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You can't copy the artwork from the iTunes Store...
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Why won't Itunes get my album artwork? It just says could not be found when all the info is the same as Itunes.

Out of no where suddenly Itunes refuses to get my album artwork. The info is exactly the same as Itunes but it refuses to get any artwork. I tried signing in and out, then back in. Nothing seems to work! Why won't it get my album artwork?

.wav tracks don't have a tag, so you can't save artwork, or indeed other metadata to them. Use AIFF or Apple Lossless if you want the highest quality, but 256k or 320k mp3 may be just as good depending on the equipment you have and your own hearing.
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Need Album Artwork Help? READ HERE!

Hey guys, i found a recent issue with my new ipod nano, i added album artwork on every single song on my ipod nano, though it wont show! to fix this issue (= to be able to see all added album artwork) follow these steps:
1) Make sure you add the album artwork to the songs in the library (not into playlists or an ipod)
2) Clear all the songs from your ipod.
3) Add all the songs again.
4) Voila! you have all the album artwork showing on your ipod!
Fore more help, email me at [email protected]
or to google talk: [email protected]

I'm glad you brought this up. I noticed some of my artwork missing and from reading your post maybe I input the artwork while working in a playlist.
But here's a question: If I add the artwork while I'm working in the library why do I need to clear the song and then add it again?
Just curious....

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Is ID3 ALBUM info needed to fetch album artwork?

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