does anyone know of a good software that downloads album artwork for songs you downloaded from a 3rd party like limewire, ares etc...
I suppose you know this already, but iTunes provides most album artwork automatically. Just right-click the album and select "Get Album Artwork."
I suppose you know this already, but iTunes provides most album artwork automatically. Just right-click the album and select "Get Album Artwork."
does anyone know of a good software that downloads album artwork for songs you downloaded from a 3rd party like limewire, ares etc...
I haven't tried that yet. Does iTunes charge for artwork? I don't want to give them my credit card info, since I never buy anything from the iTunes store.
No charge, but I believe you may need an account with iTunes. Not sure if you can create an account without a credit card though.I haven't tried that yet. Does iTunes charge for artwork? I don't want to give them my credit card info, since I never buy anything from the iTunes store.
Can you elaborate? Are you speaking in terms of hardware or software? What do you want to do with this converter?and what is the best video converter to buy
Nope. No charge.
When I "Get Album Artwork" it requires an iTunes account, which I can't open without giving them my credit card info. Makes no sense if you want to download something that's free. Oh well, I'll just forget about the artwork.
...that if you go to Get Info for a particular song, when you click the Artwork tab, it gives you the choice to add a picture from your own hard drive? Or you can simply paste a picture from the web on there; if you do that, though, it won't save it to the meta-data of the song (I know this from several times I've had to add my whole library again). Alternatively, you can highlight multiple songs and get multiople song info; when you find the album artwork box, you just copy a picture from your hard drive/internet in (there's no browse function if you're doing multiple songs). Anyway, that's how it's done in windows, I imagine it's much the same in OS X.
EDIT: Mind you, this takes a hell of a lot of time, especially if you don't know about the multiple song editing bit (I didn't for awhile). But if you really want the artwork, that's how to do it; I suggest going to Discogs to search for the artist/album; when you find the album, make sure you click on the image or more images to get much clearer, cleaner pictures.
Thanks for the tip. I've seen that before. However, I ripped most of my music on a PC, before I had a Mac. Since the album art wasn't helpful in Windows Media Player, I deleted it all to save space. With the size of my library, it would take many months of effort to manually download and attach artwork. The only way it's worth it to me is if it can be done automatically. It's not a big deal, but it would have been nice to be able to access the iTunes store for this purpose alone, without giving CC info. I'm not going to worry about it.
Yes, that's a great strategy for those without a credit card who want an iTunes account. However, if you never wish to purchase anything from iTunes, it wouldn't be of much help.Does anyone know if using an iTunes gift card would assist in setting up an account? That might be one way to get around it the credit card requirement. (Although if you never buy anything you might not be wanting to waste the money)
Maybe you can use your Apple ID (which you can get without a credit card through the Developer program) as an account.
Thanks for the tip. I've seen that before. However, I ripped most of my music on a PC, before I had a Mac. Since the album art wasn't helpful in Windows Media Player, I deleted it all to save space. With the size of my library, it would take many months of effort to manually download and attach artwork. The only way it's worth it to me is if it can be done automatically. It's not a big deal, but it would have been nice to be able to access the iTunes store for this purpose alone, without giving CC info. I'm not going to worry about it.
... compared with some of the descriptions of the libraries I see here, a 6 gig library (and filled with big songs too; both in file size and in length) doesn't even seem like much. So, to each his own.
I wish mine was that easy, but with over 30,000 songs and over 150GB, it would take forever! I'm never THAT bored!