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iTunes Cover art
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Here's the link for a set of icons called FlavorTunes, so you can choose exactly what colour you like, its got blue and purple as well as white n stuff:
FlavorTunes SIT file:
http://homepage.mac.com/kohlmannj/files/flavorTunes.sit
I've stuck with the purple one as i'm really fussy about icons and i can't stand that new green colour.
Anne.
The other cool thing about it is the way it works with iTunes and Panther.When I listen to an album on iTunes; Clutter automatically goes and finds the cover art for me, then I drag a copy of the art to my Desktop (to create my desktop "clutter", and then select the "add cover to iTunes" menu item and it automatically copies the cover to all of the songs in that album. Very slick. Now I've got hundreds of covers on my desktop. Double click on one and it plays the album. Use the Exposé feature on Panther to align and view all of the clutter as thumbnails at once ... best tool so far! I'm using Clutter to go through and add the art to all of my albums this way.
On Versiontracker: Create iTunes CD Cover.
It's a script for iTunes that uses OmniGraffle to create a cd cover with track listing and album art. Very simple to use and works perfectly. It even prints multiple thumbnails on your cd cover if you've made a compilation.
Requires OmniGraffle, which is free.
album art causes songs to "skip/shake"
On the subject of album art... has anyone noticed songs "skipping/shaking" for a brief second after adding album art? The majority of my songs (90%) have album art and I'm beginning to notice songs skipping in the beginning and definitely noticing it as I paste new art onto other songs... any help would be appreciated
On the subject of album art... has anyone noticed songs "skipping/shaking" for a brief second after adding album art? The majority of my songs (90%) have album art and I'm beginning to notice songs skipping in the beginning and definitely noticing it as I paste new art onto other songs... any help would be appreciated
its just like any change you make to the actual mp3/aac files themselves, you are in essence opening, editing and saving an mp3/aac with new information, so the playing of that file is almost guaranteed to have some disruption. its the same as changing the album name, or any other detail, really. there's no problem as far as i can tell.
Thanks... but it is getting worse
Thanks for the prompt reply. I agree with everything you have said, but the skipping is getting progressively worse. I can deal with the skipping when adding album art, but not if I'm just listening to the song on my iPod. I guess the reason that I'm bringing this up is that it never behaved like this before (even when i first began adding album art) so I am a little concerned. Maybe I'm adding "too much" album art (doubtful)? This skipping/shaking only occurs when I listen to my iPod when it is connected to my powerbook and NOT when I listen to the iPod alone.... computer issue??
Is it possible that my HD is too fragmented? And if so, is there a way of degragmenting iPod HDs?
Thanks.
Thanks for the prompt reply. I agree with everything you have said, but the skipping is getting progressively worse. I can deal with the skipping when adding album art, but not if I'm just listening to the song on my iPod. I guess the reason that I'm bringing this up is that it never behaved like this before (even when i first began adding album art) so I am a little concerned. Maybe I'm adding "too much" album art (doubtful)? This skipping/shaking only occurs when I listen to my iPod when it is connected to my powerbook and NOT when I listen to the iPod alone.... computer issue??
Is it possible that my HD is too fragmented? And if so, is there a way of degragmenting iPod HDs?
Thanks.
go look on versiontracker for a program called: FetchArt
I find it works better than clutter for getting the album art but it has less features as a comprimise.
I find it works better than clutter for getting the album art but it has less features as a comprimise.
jayscheuerle
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The jpegs you find online are hardly suitable for printing CD covers for. They're the visual equivalent of an mpeg encoded at 20kbps.
The best implementations for cover-art would be a separate file that rests within the album folder. Embedding the same cover art into every song on the album is a grand waste of drive space and a great example of poor thinking.
The best implementations for cover-art would be a separate file that rests within the album folder. Embedding the same cover art into every song on the album is a grand waste of drive space and a great example of poor thinking.
iTunes 4.6
In iTunes 4.5 you could multi-select songs and drop in the cover art for them. This was a great way to update a bunch of songs at the same time. With the release of iTunes 4.6, you can only do one song at a time. If you multi-select songs the "Album Artwork is Not Modifiable."
Has anyone else experienced this?
In iTunes 4.5 you could multi-select songs and drop in the cover art for them. This was a great way to update a bunch of songs at the same time. With the release of iTunes 4.6, you can only do one song at a time. If you multi-select songs the "Album Artwork is Not Modifiable."
Has anyone else experienced this?
makkystyle said:
why don't you just go up to file-->print in the iTunes application. you could print artwork and playlists since iTunes 4.5, i think.
jayscheuerle said:
I agree. I love putting art onto my songs but seeing how I only listen to my music either through iTunes or my iPod, it would be brilliant of iTunes to manage this in a more intelligent way i.e. creating an album art file in each folder, just as you said.
The same thing could be done with the addition of song lyrics. iTunes could create an xml file, or something, contained in each folder, that would store and manage all the contents for each album. iTunes would also update that file based on the addition or subtraction of songs.
xhost_plus said:
In 4.6 I am multi-selecting, then pushing Apple+I. That brings up the "Multiple Song Information" dialog box. I add the artwork there. I usually get the artwork from Amazon, control click and choose "Copy to Clipboard" and then paste into iTunes. Works fine for me.
Here's my question: A co-worker who uses iTunes on XP claims that when he imports a CD iTunes is grabbing the artwork for him, he doesn't have to place it himself. I don't believe this but can not disprove it since I don't have a Wintel box available to test it myself. Can anyone confirm or deny this for me? Thanks.
Also, hey, old thread, huh?
I used clutter earlier but I found the window ugly.
I have been using synergy. It sits on the desktop, background can be made transparent, looks great , but its not free, not very costly either. But still its one of the few non-useful apps I have paid for.
Notice synergy in the bottom right.
cheers
I have been using synergy. It sits on the desktop, background can be made transparent, looks great , but its not free, not very costly either. But still its one of the few non-useful
apps I have paid for.Notice synergy in the bottom right.
cheers
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xhost_plus said:In iTunes 4.5 you could multi-select songs and drop in the cover art for them. This was a great way to update a bunch of songs at the same time. With the release of iTunes 4.6, you can only do one song at a time. If you multi-select songs the "Album Artwork is Not Modifiable."
Has anyone else experienced this?
I'm still multi-selecting and dragging-and-dropping in iTunes 4.6. I don't have any problems.
The only time I've had the "not modifiable" message is when trying to add artwork to a .mov or similar file that can't accept artwork.
I use Synergy
Its a really nice app that places three buttons on your menu bar which will control iTunes even when its closed and when a song is played will display a floating bar with an album cover and details etc.
The style of the buttons can be changed as well as the type of information the floating bar display, the length of time it stays on the screen, level of transparency, position etc. It does other cool stuff as well but that is the essence
Album covers are searched for and downloaded from Amazon and placed in a folder within library/application support/synergy/album covers. When you play a song it first looks in iTunes for the cover image, then goes to this folder and if both fail then searches on Amazon. You can of course disable this function as well if you wish.
I guess/assume that this setup will also remove the problem with iPod transfers (iTunes tracks being bloated in size due to embedded images) as the album art can remain in the synergy sub-folder, OUTSIDE of iTunes.
Alternatively of course you can copy the artwork across from the synergy sub-folder into iTunes (BTW: I have 4.6 and you CAN update multiple tracks at the same time by highlighting the required tracks and dragging the artwork in).
It is shareware and only costs 5 to register.
Vanilla
Its a really nice app that places three buttons on your menu bar which will control iTunes even when its closed and when a song is played will display a floating bar with an album cover and details etc.
The style of the buttons can be changed as well as the type of information the floating bar display, the length of time it stays on the screen, level of transparency, position etc. It does other cool stuff as well but that is the essence
Album covers are searched for and downloaded from Amazon and placed in a folder within library/application support/synergy/album covers. When you play a song it first looks in iTunes for the cover image, then goes to this folder and if both fail then searches on Amazon. You can of course disable this function as well if you wish.
I guess/assume that this setup will also remove the problem with iPod transfers (iTunes tracks being bloated in size due to embedded images) as the album art can remain in the synergy sub-folder, OUTSIDE of iTunes.
Alternatively of course you can copy the artwork across from the synergy sub-folder into iTunes (BTW: I have 4.6 and you CAN update multiple tracks at the same time by highlighting the required tracks and dragging the artwork in).
It is shareware and only costs 5 to register.
Vanilla
hubert8 said:
I noticed a similar glitch when playing the art-included tracks on my MP3 player. The solution for me was to select the tracks in iTunes and from the Advanced menu choose Convert ID3 Tags... In the pop-up window select ID3 Tag Version: v2.3
After doing that my player produced no glitches when playing the art-included tracks. This MP3 player is a Kodak MC3; basic, but it gets the job done.
Each audio file with artwork included will increase in size. For this reason you should only use medium-to-high JPGs that are no bigger than 320 X 320. Anything more would be overkill.
Clutter is indeed the best utility for downloading album art. It gives you a choice between Amazon USA and Amazon UK so even obscure Brit-pop can be located
It is free too!Mac|caM said:
Well, it must be *gasp* Windows. I am here at work and we don't get the luxury of using OS X. Although, it works if I multi-select the songs, right-click and "Get Info" and add the art that way.
Jaykay said:
yes. have you ever heard of drag & drop? works with iTunes too. just select the tracks you wish to have the cover art and drag the file to the cover art window (below the playlist menu). I haven't even thought I should do it from the track info window.