no album art loading

[jbobarebob]

Hi , just set up a Naim muso requiring UPnP, this has worked but i dont get any album art has anyone any ideas?

[Spoon]

Re: no album art loading

The source files have album art stored where?

[jbobarebob]

Re: no album art loading

I am using Itunes on an mac pook pro,I presume they are in there?

[mville]

Re: no album art loading

If I remember correctly, iTunes does not always store album art in the source file or the album folder but encrypts/stores it somewhere else, in its library database. In this case Asset is not able to access the artwork.

[jbobarebob]

Re: no album art loading

will i be able to access these files.or is this the wrong server to use?

[mville]

Re: no album art loading

will i be able to access these files.or is this the wrong server to use?

I doubt it. Apple don't want users to use anything but Apple, their attitude drives me mad.

You would need to populate your source files and/or album folder with artwork manually. Not sure, but I think PerfectTunes may do this for you and it probably depends on what format your source files are.

Check these forums for more info, someone else may be able to advise you on this.

[jbobarebob]

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Thanks for your help, but i cant see me downloading manually it,ll take me months.

[garym]

Re: no album art loading

If I remember correctly, iTunes does not always store album art in the source file or the album folder but encrypts/stores it somewhere else, in its library database. In this case Asset is not able to access the artwork.

yes, but one can use something like iCoverArt to automatically take the files from the itunes database and embed into the files so that other programs can see the art. See:

http://www.maximized.com/shareware/icoverart/index.htm

[Spoon]

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This is correct, if you were to copy your music to another Mac book, it would have no art...because it is locked away in iTunes and not stored with the files.

Silly Apple.

[jbobarebob]

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unfortunately coverart is a windows based programme.

[Spoon]

Re: no album art loading

See:

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=reembedartwork