Topic: Album Art - cant find anything (Read 3286 times)

sub-24 · « **on:** October 30, 2002, 09:09:24 am »

I am trying to download ablum covers for my collection and cant seem to find anything.

Ive tried about 100 albums today and didnt get 1 match.

Where does MJ get them from and can i select this etc.

KingSparta · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2002, 09:20:48 am »

I just tried it.

It worked

Neil · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2002, 09:25:21 am »

Hi,

Try this site, it is great for album art...and their listings are HUGE and ACCURATE

http://www.cdcovers.cc/covers.php

I believe that MJ doesn't use CDDB for lookup, even though it appears to be an option in Settings.

sub-24 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2002, 09:29:30 am »

KS.

I just tried it and it Didn't.

pretty unhelpful really isnt it.

Does MJ use CDDB for album art.

A third party site is okay but i dont want to have to download them all manually

boliver · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2002, 09:35:56 am »

My album art used to work, but now I just get a picture of a broken link where the picture of the album should go. The cover art files were intact but were not being read by MJ. I have upgraded the versions of the product over time and I probably re-searched for album art at some point.

I have tried uninstalling Media Jukebox, removing the original cover art files and then reinstalling to get a "clean" internet search to no avail - the information about the now phantom cover art files keeps coming back up - where is this info stored? (!) And I keep getting the broken links.

Does someone have an older version of Media Jukebox that supports CDDB? Perhaps that is the problem.

?

avmad · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2002, 09:52:21 am »

I have not been able to do this since buying MJ 8. I just get a blank window saying 'retreiving cover art' or something, and it just sits there. I always have to cancel out of it.

babyhuey · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2002, 12:57:29 pm »

I made a similar post a very short while ago. Bottom line is that it seems to work for some, a little for some, and none for others. Unfortunately I am one of the later.

As of yet I haven't seen any explanation as to why this is happening nor have there been any solutions offered. Hopefully MJ 9 will solve this (though I love the "mine works" posts as if this helps me

).

I've resorted to using the artist info link to AMG and saving the album covers. Obviously not nearly as convenient as clicking one bottom; but not too big a deal.

Good luck.

JimH · « **Reply #7 on:** November 08, 2002, 01:07:42 pm »

Stay tuned. This will be fixed shortly in MJ.

ballen · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2002, 02:01:01 am »

My version of MJ (8.0.388) also is not able to retrieve album "cover art" automatically during the "ripping" process. Hopefully as "JimH" states this will be fixed soon.

I followed "babyhuey's" suggestion on using the AMG "artist info link" to save the album cover. Pardon my ignorance, but now what am I supposed to do with it?

graham131 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2002, 04:41:33 am »

on the 8th November Jim H said:

Stay tuned. This will be fixed shortly in MJ

Any news Jim.

This appears to have only stopped working in the last couple of builds.

I have loads of new ones i am waiting to get.

Please can you let us know?

Regards

Graham

JimH · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2002, 05:39:31 am »

It is fixed in the latest build of MJ 9. A new build of 8 with the fix will be released before the end of this week.

zevele10 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2002, 06:52:57 am »

Because you pay such small money for MJ,all your music is under 'promo-or test pressing'

In this case just a white sleeve.
An $$$$$$ for life upgrade send to me may make things better next week

graham131 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 17, 2002, 12:38:19 am »

Bump

Jim is Sunday the end of the week? or the beginning of the next one?

Your hopefully!

Graham

paulbailie · « **Reply #13 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:30:55 am »

? ....or maybe the end of next week?

KingSparta · « **Reply #14 on:** November 18, 2002, 02:56:31 am »

I don't think they quite made it last friday, MJ9 weekend build did not make it also.

Maybe today.

graham131 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 21, 2002, 09:02:06 am »

avmad · « **Reply #16 on:** November 21, 2002, 09:40:11 am »

? Bump ?

What might that mean?

graham131 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 22, 2002, 12:15:28 am »

Quote

? Bump ?

What might that mean?

Just to "bump" it back to the top of the queue to remind people its still there and has an action on it.

Graham

stevowilson · « **Reply #18 on:** November 22, 2002, 04:36:15 am »

Mike,

I use a mega search engine (Copernic) and tried to find album covers like I'm assuming you're looking for. Try: mikesrecords.com, or search a specific artist. Good Luck!

Mysticeti · « **Reply #19 on:** November 22, 2002, 05:42:48 pm »

I gave a demo of MJ8 to a friend this week. Unfortunately one of the first things I showed him was how easy it was to get cover art... NOT. After several unsuccessful attempts on various albums I had major egg on my face.

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