Album Art work

[benfield1]

Hi,

I'm new to this game, and I can't seem to get any Album Artwork although I have downloaded it from iTunes, refreshed and restarted.

Artwork does not display in Kinsky Desktop, nor Konductor.

Thanks

Andy

[Spoon]

What format (mp3, m4a) are your audio files?

[benfield1]

.m4a (ALAC)

[Spoon]

It is likely that iTunes has not embedded the art work in the files, so any program external to iTunes cannot get at the artwork.

[benfield1]

So how do I get it to work, or is this a limitation of ALAC files?

[Spoon]

Limitation of iTunes, ALAC can contain album art (dBpoweramp will create ALAC files with album art when ripping). It is just Apple being Apple, locking you into their programs.

[benfield1]

Hi Spoon,

FYI I found this on the web:

'One of the backend changes that came with the release of iTunes 7 is how the app stores album artwork. The days of embedding album artwork in music files are gone, due in part (I assume) to the purchase and integration of CoverFlow, a flashy new way to browse your albums'

This basically means that you can't use Asset to stream artwork from imported iTunes libraries any more.

Cheers

Andy