Itunes error 54 and mismatching artwork

I've been getting an error when trying to sync my iphone with itunes, error 54. I'm pretty sure it's not the iphone since I've gotten a new iphone since this has been happening. Everything syncs fine except the album artwork. I keep getting mismatched artwork, if I change the artwork in itunes, same artwork just different file, it will try to sync it again and sometimes that works. So frustrating while I'm trying to reimport my entire music library. Someone please help. Using Windows 8.

It is interesting that some of the songs are not synchronized, but always different, when they re-synchronization to be copied, and the phone displays, but do not play. I reinstalled iTunes, updated iOS, and even recently reinstalled Windows (8.1), the result is the same. But I tried to sync with a working computer (Windows 7 and last version iTunes), there's iTunes folder location is not in the folder with the music, so I manually add music, then all the synchronized. When I get back from work, I'll try to do the same on your home laptop and let you know the result, can someone help.

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Hi cb4718,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. You should be able to redownload your past purchases by following these instructions:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If you're not able to get your songs because you are unable to connect to the iTunes Store, this article has some information on that:
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think I should have to do anything will iTunes since
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I agree that it's unlikely to be iTunes itself because yours is working fine. But software is a complicated thing and I've come to the conclusion that you should reinstall iTunes after UNINSTALLing it first. It won't take long and it may well cure the headache.
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Album artwork disappeared after an iTunes error... how can I get I back?

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I am having to recreate my itunes library and do not understand why prior album artwork appeared in my older library but not the new library? Is there some way to scan itunes for missing album artwork?

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Itunes error 54 and mismatching artwork

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