ITunes Plus videos "merged" in cover flow?

I recently upgraded 3 videos from the same band, and now in cover flow there's just one thumbnail for all three, and instead of any of the song titles it says "Unknown Album".
This seems to just be a problem here - other bands I've got multiple videos for don't have this problem. And I have checked for the typical settings that cause sorting errors and whatnot (like album artist) and couldn't see anything wrong. Has anyone else seen anything like this?
Oh, also, a fourth upgraded video from a different band shows up correctly with the song name, though since that's the only one I have, I couldn't say whether it would screw up if another one was there.

Did you have iTunes automatically download the artwork for you?
Have you tried selecting the entire album, right click, then picking the "Clear Downloaded Artwork"? Do that, then pick the whole album and do a Get Info on the whole thing. Now click the Check box next to the empty artwork drop zone. OK out of the Get Info box.
Does the album now have NO artwork at all? If so, you are back to a clear slate. If you previously downloaded it from iTunes, select the entire album, right click and pick the option to Download the artwork. Or if you manually added it before, you can now go ahead and re-add the single correct artwork you want.
Patrick

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Malware can cause digital signing issues, I would run a malware check with the free version of MalwareBytes:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
After that, the is a Microsoft fixit for:
The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. (Tell me why this testing is important.)
This software will not be installed. Contact your system administrator.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798
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Just what the topic asks, Thanks!

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5. Delete C:\Document and Settings\USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer
6. Delete C:\Document and Settings\USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple
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Any trick to re-enable cover flow in iTunes 11?

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This upgrade is not as good than iTunes 10 was. I used cover Flow all the time an now it´s gone. How can I downgrade to iTunes 10 till Apple implements Cover Flow again in a new release of iTunes?

Totally agree! I downloaded latest i-tunes - and how I wish I could take back that moment.
I have thousands of music files and I used to be able to see them as a split List and Cover Flow which was perfect for flicking between Album/Artist/ Name etc whilst being able to scroll through the visual reference of Album Covers.
Something that all lovers of music have enjoyed for years. It echoed the experience of rifling through record collections.
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Hello.
I'm a little impatient and haven't searched through most of the posts to see if this problem has been addressed already. But it's an unusual one (I think).
I got the 160GB iPod and have been able to upload all my music successfully, as well as getting all the cover flow artwork to run smoothly. But now I've been noticing some strange things. When I got a new CD, for example M.I.A.'s 'Kala', I uploaded it onto my iTunes library, and it fell into place nicely next to her other album 'Arular'. But after uploading the new track to my iPod, I can't find 'Kala' next to 'Arular' in cover flow - instead it's way at the end, past the number and symbol titled artists. This was also true for another CD that I recently uploaded, and even more strangely, for some older single tracks that I haven't even listened to yet.
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It looks that the album, in your example "Kala", is marked like a compilation. In the iPod coverflow, the compilations appears at the end.

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So... not necessarily the right solution for everyone but mine is fixed. First of all I got a clue when I tried Google Earth, and none of the rendering modes worked, suspicious when I already had a graphics issue with iTunes.
I have no idea what caused my issue, but first I tried installing DirectX... no success. Next I took the pretty radical step of uninstalling my graphics card (slightly worried as I don't have my backup disc with me! After a couple of restarts and putting all the settings back to the best for my monitor I tried google earth, it worked, iTunes next, and they are all back, album art is now being displayed on Cover Flow.
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You r not alone Rob! I just posted the same complain in a previous thread...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1121028&tstart=0
yeah..i just hope this whole Coverflow problem,along with the ridiculously slow menu response is fixed b4 my 14 days return period is up, if not...this iPOD is going back and am going back to my iPod Photo!

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