iTunes, artwork & wav-files

[jofima]

According to this Apple-support page:

The WAV file format doesn't allow you to add artwork in iTunes.

That is, if you import wav-files to iTunes, the program doesn't allow you to add any artwork for it unless you convert the files to mp3 or AAC format.

It sounds awfully stupid to me, but perhaps there's a technical reason for it. Does anyone here know?

 

[Simon Young]

When you add artwork manually it embeds the image in each individual sound file. MP3 and AAC files both allow for this, but WAV does not. Asking iTunes to find the artwork automatically might work, as that method stores the image in a cache folder instead of embedding it in the file. However I don't think iTunes will automatically find artwork for WAV files. Dunno, give it a shot!

 

[jofima]

Thanks.

There is no artwork for my wav-files on iTunes (or elsewhere) as they're self-recorded. I do have a tiff file with own-made artwork, though, and that's what I wanted to add. As for now, I converted the files in iTunes and added my artwork, but I also have to accept a lower bitrate now.

Still, intuitively there should be a way to simply associate a given image file with specific tracks in my iTunes library.

 

[Galley]

WAV files do not support tagging.