Synch without Album Artwork

How do you transfer or synch music to the iPod without transfering the album work from iTunes

On the Classic, when connected to iTunes there is an option to not show artwork (I think it is on the "Music" tab of the iTunes info for your iPod). De-select that option and re-sync. If you manually manage the iPod contents, you may have to delete everything and re-copy the contents back to the iPod after you've changed this setting.
Any reason why you're doing this? If its to save space, keep in mind that artwork is only about 1% of the size of your media files. Also, removing artwork will not free up "space" on the display ... you'll just see a gray square with a music note.

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Sync without album artwork

There is not enough space to sync my Ipod. I had downloaded the album artwork and I believe that is what is taking up the space. Can't figure out how to sync without the artwork or how to remove the artwork so my music will sync. Any suggestions?

Hello bkmonkey1012,
The option to allow or disable the syncing artwork to your iPod was removed as of iTunes 9. So now there is now way to not sync the artwork with your content unless you remove it from the content in iTunes.
B-rock

HT1351 cannot get album artwork when synching with new 160gb ipod

I have recently bought a 160gb classic ipod and cannot synch my album artwork. Driving me crazy, can anyone help?

I had this same trouble.
I was handling everything manually and therefore only had the tunes on the ipod.
Once I upgraded I could no longer see the art on the ipod - but could still see it in itunes.
The only way to correct it was to empty the ipod and reload all 11,000 tunes in itunes then back in the ipod.
I lost all my playlists (over 100!) but when I sync up I can now see the art on the ipod.
I don't like having over 40g on my desktop - but it finally got the art back.
good luck!

Black Album Artwork on my Nano

Can anyone help please?
Artwork seems ok and visible on itunes library but showing black on the nano...

The only successfully way I found was to go into iTunes, delete the album artwork from the albums which will appear black on the nano, save the info setting (without album artwork) and then just replace it again.
This is a transmission problem. Maybe you shouldn't use images bigger than 500 x 500 px.
Note: All Artwork will be converted to a BMP file. It doesn't matter if the original file was JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG or something else.
Regards, Chris

HT1296 is there a way to NOT synch album artwork - I'd rather save the space for music...

is there a way to NOT synch album artwork - I'd rather save the space for music...I have an Ipod Nano 4GB (yes it's old)

This is the iPod Touch forum.
Note that the artwork associated with your albums is probably less than 1% of the size of your media files themselves.

Album Artwork Doesn't Synch (classic 160GB)

Although in my iTunes album artwork is visible and coverflow preview works perfect when I copy them in my ipod the album artwork isn't visible, not always but sometimes in the same album, one song has its artwork but the next one doesn't. I mean that this behaviour doesn't have a pattern.
Please help. Thanks in advance.
Costas

iTunes will display artwork for the album provided at least one track has artwork. When you're playing on iPod it appears to only look at track 1 for cover flow/album view purposes and will display embedded art, if it exists, for the currently playing track, otherwise it will display the blank cover.
To find all the tracks without artwork so that you can update them you can try http://www.stum.de/itunes-find-tracks-without-artwork/ for Windows or http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts13.php for Macs. If you're using Google or other FWSE to locate suitable images they should be jpg's, square, 200x200 pixels or above and ideally borderless to give the best results in the various menus.
tt2

Synching Album Artwork from iTunes to Ipod

Ever since the latest iTunes upgrade, many album covers currently on my iTunes have disappeared from my iPod after synching. I already tried Restoring my iPod, which too close to 20 hours in total, but there are still numerous missing album covers. This has never occured before. Any suggestions?

sbeachi,
Welcome to the forums! I have not been able to find a way to have just the Album artwork update. You can try removing then re-adding the album/Songs through iTunes, for that is the way I was able to add artwork for my music that didn't sync correctly.
Hope that helps,
Weston

How can I get album artwork without using iTunes on the computer?

I used touchcopy to copy the songs off my ipod touch onto my new computer, so i could then load them onto my ipod nano. I have got the songs on the nano, and theyre still on my touch, but there is no album artwork on either. For my nano, i can use iTunes, but the computer my touch is synced to is, well, dead. So, is there a way to get the album artwork back on my touch?
Also, on my nano, it doesnt have any of the artists or album (name) for the songs
Thanks

Hi Wickster,
I have found the following resource that may provide more help:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Add artwork to songs and other items
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12361
Additionally, you can instruct iTunes to search and download artwork from the iTunes Store. To do so, click File > Library > Get Album Artwork
Thanks,
Matt M.

On my iPod, I clicked on the Album Tab and only a few of the Album Pictures show up, when I click on the Albums without an artwork on it it has it in the song. Help!

To clear things up.
When you go on your ipod and click the Albums Tab, you see all the Albums of the songs. Only a few Albums have the correct Album artwork on it- the others have the white background and music note- If i click on the album with the white background and music note the correct artwork shows up for the song but not the Album. Please help me out.
Thanks

Removing all Apple related software and reinstalling iTunes should bring all needed drivers back: Removing iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
Also check for new driver updates for Windows, especially if you have a webcam installed.
iTunes Store purchases or songs imported from CDs are saved in your My Music folder by default and are not deleted by removing iTunes. While it is highly unlikely that you will lose any contents of your iTunes Library when following these steps, it is always a good idea to ensure that your iTunes library is backed up. If you're unsure how to backup, see iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive.
copied from the article about reinstalling iTunes

Album artworks messed up. Any way to restore without erasing device?

I found this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20901279 thread already, and this is not a good-enough solution.
I have an Ipod touch 5th g.
After upgrade to ios7, it went all insane - I could not sync it with my iTunes. I was "okay, major upgrade, let's reset it".
After reset, everything went fine til now (I reset device on 20th september or so, it makes about 3 months).
Today, after morning re-sync, my album artworks (&some artist artworks) are messed up.
Most of my music is from iTunes store. Some (15%) is from my old CDs.
What should I do?
Reset is an option, but it stinks (e.g.: any iDevice is a thing that supposed to 'just work')

Well okay, I've unsynced/synced the device and waited a week.
For most time it was O.K., however after 2nd purchase my album art is all messed up again.
Unsyncing again.. Feeling somewhat strange.

Help with Album Artwork nightmare?

I don't know how a device that has been around for 10 years still has such unbelievable problems simply maintaining and transferring songs. I recently synched my iPhone 4S with a new MacBook Pro. So, of course, it wiped out mostly everything that was on the phone and I had to manually restore it all. Now, all the songs on the phone have the wrong album art. If you look under "Albums" the right art shows. Then, when you play one of the songs in the album, the song plays but the artwork is for a different artist and album. I don't think I have EVER actually transferred or synched anything without constant problems like this.
Does anyone know how to fix the album art so that it shows correctly on the phone? Thanks in advance.

The iPod's Artwork cache does get corrupted when making frequent changes. In the iPod's Music preferences tab in iTunes, remove the check beside "Display album artwork on your iPod" and select Apply.
Once the iPod has finished syncing, recheck it and hit Apply again. iTunes should recreate the artwork cache and re-sync it to your iPod.

How Do I Remove Album Artwork from Apple TV (2nd gen) Screen Saver

I can't stand looking at pixelated album artwork of, say, Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" when I'm listening to "Le nozze di Figaro." How can I get the album artwork off the Apple TV without losing the artwork on my iPod Touch.
I've selected Settings > Screen Saver and then under "Photo Screen Savers" I've picked the photo album I want. (It took 15 minutes to load 1800 images.) But the stupid album artwork keeps showing up. Turns out I should've listened to my friend who said never update iTunes or AppleTV software because it won't improve your quality of life. Too true. Help please!

BTW -- I'm using a MacBook Pro that's less than 8 mos old, running OSX ver 10.7.5. No other problems with computer, iTunes, iPhoto or Apple TV.

Can I use multiple Album Artworks in iTunes?

Hi everyone.
So I have a 5 disc Album in my iTunes library. & I have artwork for each disc & then the album itself. I'd like to be able to use the artwork for each disc, so that every track has the corresponding artwork for the disc that its from. But I'd also like to use the main album art, so I can see it when browsing through my albums. But I can't find a way to do this.
I already know how to give each disc in one album its individual artwork, I've already done that. But I can't find a way to use the main album art just as a cover for the album, without it replacing every tracks album art.
Is this possible, at all? Thank you!

You can give track 1 of the first disc the main album artwork. That should show when you play track 1 at top of the screen and when browsing albums. All other tracks would then show the individual disc art at the top when played or in the mini-player with the artwork panel showing.
FWIW you can embed multiple images in each track but iTunes doesn't have a way to show them automatically.
tt2

Why is my album artwork suddenly missing?

I appologize that this has been asked before but I am so confused as to why there don't seem to be any answers on here that reliably solve the problem. Is iphone technology really that complicated and mysterious? I feel like it's about to become self aware or something.
Anyway, my album art on my iphone 4s seems to have suddenly gone missing. But not in a predictable way. It seemed like it started when I had to unplug my phone during a recent sync. I have been reimporting my albums and I was syncing the latest batch to the phone and underestimated how much time it would take. Or possibly it was hung up on one of the steps. Honestly I'm not totally sure. But I noticed the albums I had just recently modified still had art but a lot of the rest was gone. To clarify, however, at that time some of the album art was totally missing and some was only missing in the album view. When I clicked on the albums or played them the art would be there.
I discovered that deleting the albums one (or several) at a time and resyncing seemed to bring them back but then my usb cable got bumped and the sync interrupted and it started all over. So I finally just manually deleted all the music and resynced. Which took about 22 hours. But not all of the art was back that time.
I have since tried hard resetting, converting the id3 tags to that higher number that is suggested and resyncing, restoring to an earlier date before this started happening. To no avail.
I have over 7000 songs all with meticulously picked out album art. Some is from itunes and the stuff that was wrong or didn't have any I got from the web. I realize it's a not so important problem but it's really not just about OCD. It's easier for me to pick out what I want to listen to when I see the artwork.
Frankly, I wish the recently added and the purchased playist would arrange by album so I could look at the covers. But that's a separate issue.
Anyway, currently I have maybe 10% of my art showing and what's not there is completely gone rather than just the thumbnail missing. Some of it is from albums I downloaded and some I found on google. And it seems everytime I do something new, different art is missing.
It's just so bizarre and random.
I would really like to figure out why this is happening. Is there no high upper big cheese who might know? I'm pretty certain the apple store would be of no help to me, as they have yet to solve a single technical problem I've come in with in the past.
I've briefly considered itunes match due to the fact that my collection is now even larger in volume since I reimported the whole CD collection (I had a lot of corrupted, skipping songs) which were mostly in 128 from the original import long ago, and it no longer would all fit on the phone. I have been converting to the 192 bit rate to sync but I believe that is why it takes so long. When I synced some selected playlists without converting it took about 12 times less time than it would have if I had converted.
Anyway I'm just a little put off by the thought of paying to listen to my own music (AGAIN - I already bought the phone for that privelege and the songs themselves) which I might not have access to at all times (subject to cell/wireless service), possibly having to download those songs to the phone before listening (???), and that my album art, from what I've read, would likely still not be correct. If anyone has any better information I'm interested to hear it.
Or some ideas of how to maintain access to all my well organized music despite the size. I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that one day apple santa will bring us a 128gb phone which will solve one of my problems at least. For now I'd just like the art back the way it was a couple weeks ago.

Try unchecking "display album artwork" in the music preferences section when your iPod is connected and click "apply". Then sync your iPod.
Then check "display album artwork" in the music preferences section when youd iPod is connected and click "apply". Then sync your iPod again.
This should resync the album artwork to the iPod.
If this does not work, you might need to restore the iPod and reload the songs in order to correct this error.
See: How to restore the iPod to factory settings.

Is there a way to view all music without albums on itunes 12.0.1.26?

Is there a way to view all music without albums on itunes 12.0.1.26?

Try the Songs option from the drop down list control near the top right. Use the same control to turn off Show Artwork if needed/desired.
tt2

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