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Imported iTunes Library, But Artwork Missing
Fred1:
Personally i would recommend to first get album art from the iTunes store.
The reason is quality.
Therefore i clear cover art within iTunes (by means of an Apple Script).
This is necessary because iTunes imports art with lower quality (300 ppi) when there is cover art already in the file.
After clearing out the cover art, i import the pictures with iTunes again (this time with 600 ppi) in really good quality (sharpness and color).
Finally you have to "embed" the cover art with another Apple Script to get the new pictures into the music files.
This sounds like much work - and that it is.
But the quality is really good.
Much of the cover art i need can be found in the iTunes store.
The rest i get from Goole or MC.
suffolk tony:
OK, thanks for the help folks. Fred, I'd be reluctant to do as you suggest - I'm still using iTunes whilst evaluating MC (the jury's out...), and many of the album covers' artwork aren't available through the iTunes store, I've had to cut & paste them from elsewhere.
I'll do as MrC suggests & leave it running overnight.
BartMan01:
--- Quote from: suffolk tony on September 04, 2013, 03:16:04 am ---What I can't understand is that, somewhere on my 'puter, the artwork from my iTunes installation's intact. Is there really no way to find this? Sorry, my computer skills are distinctly rusty (comes from being an Apple user for a few years)
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You are running in to one of the major issues with iTunes. Apple doesn't store much back in the actual file tags from your iTunes library, it is most all all just stored in the library itself. If you want to use your media outside of the Apple ecosystem, other programs rely on the data in the tags and if it is not there then there is nothing for them to use.
Fred1:
As stated in reply #2 in this thread, it is possible to store your artwork from the iTunes library into your files by using an AppleScript.
Please read the link provided.
Ian M:
--- Quote from: suffolk tony on September 09, 2013, 03:52:54 am ---OK, thanks for the help folks. Fred, I'd be reluctant to do as you suggest - I'm still using iTunes whilst evaluating MC (the jury's out...), and many of the album covers' artwork aren't available through the iTunes store, I've had to cut & paste them from elsewhere.
I'll do as MrC suggests & leave it running overnight.
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I'm evaluating jriver same as you. I have jriver library set to auto import from my iTunes location. On ally existing albums in iTunes I have run the re-embed script, missing artwork will then automatically show up in jriver. This is still laborious though as the script will only do one album at a time. I think it's the quickest way though. The Doug's script site explains how to use the scripts.
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