iTunes album art

[rychencop]

Why does iTunes handle album art so poorly? I have about 5 well known albums that it can't find album art for. I will give the Zune software 1 point...it handles album art very well.

Please fix tis feature Apple!!

 

[bartelby]

If the album isn't on iTunes Store then it won't find it.

 

[balamw]

If the album isn't on iTunes Store then it won't find it.

Not so. I downloaded my Beatles and George Harrison artwork from iTMS when iTunes 7 first came out. So, unless I've missed the announcement, they do also have covers for albums not offered by iTMS.

As I understand it the database the Zune uses has some user supplied artwork that cn be of questionable quality.

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[bartelby]

Not so. I downloaded my Beatles and George Harrison artwork from iTMS when iTunes 7 first came out. So, unless I've missed the announcement, they do also have covers for albums not offered by iTMS.

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Really?

I thought they'd have to have the rights to supply album artwork, which is usually linked to the rights to publish the album.

Oh well, live and learn.

 

[rychencop]

If the album isn't on iTunes Store then it won't find it.

Well that certainly sucks!! I have some albums that are not in the iTunes store (ie: Tool ) and have had to find my own album artwork. No big deal, just a pain is all.

 

[LeviG]

iTunes has found some really obscure albums that I have in my collection which are definitely not for sale in the UK store 🙂

I have some Tool albums and they were found easy enough via itunes.

 

[rychencop]

I have some Tool albums and they were found easy enough via itunes.

Well that's odd. I type Tool in the search and they are not found, nor will iTunes locate the album art. Weird!

 

[mauldus]

I find that if my album/artist/track names aren't correct, iTunes has a hard time finding the art sometimes. Might want to check your ID3's.

 

[peeaanuut]

if you do not have it exact as itunes has it, it doesnt find it. One extra space, one missing letter. It just doesnt play nice unless you have it exact.

 

[balamw]

Really?

I thought they'd have to have the rights to supply album artwork, which is usually linked to the rights to publish the album.

Oh well, live and learn.

I think it's coming from a database like GraceNote, which also supplies the track names for CDs you rip yourself. They certainly have track info on CDs that iTMS doesn't sell...

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