Trying to use the changed cover art "Get from Internet" system (12.0.475)...
I use the "cover art missing" smartlist, manually select all the tracks, then select "Get from Internet". MC tries to locate cover art for 20 albums. Then it stops and prompts me to "Save cover art and continue".
My "cover art missing" smartlist has 29,442 tracks (not sure how many albums this represents). I'm running the new cover art lookup on this entire list, hoping the improved lookup mechanism and possible online updates will find some new covers.
Two problems:
+ Even when it doesn't find any cover art, it stops and waits for my response. When nothing was found, could it just continue to the next batch of albums? Is the idea that this periodic prompt provides a "nevermind, stop looking" point?
+ "Get from Internet" seems to process 20 albums at a time, then waits for my response. So far, after a hundred-plus lookups, it hasn't found any new covers. But even if it had, at 20 at a time, each batch taking a few minutes, how will I ever get through all 29,442 tracks?
The old system did the entire process in the background without prompts, whatever the outcome. I realize the new system is a nice way to handle multiple-found covers, and should be fine when ripping or importing a few new tracks a time.
But shouldn't there still be a large-batch no-prompt mode, perhaps invoked via a checkbox. Ideally, it would not stop until the entire list is processed, just as before. A nice enhancement would then list the albums that have multiple cover choices for user decision.