Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
garym;539002 Wrote: Yep, you see it. So now right click on the art and select COPY. Then within the same place (where the art already is), right click and select PASTE. I know this sounds crazy (hey, why am I pasting art when it is already there). But it is not really 'there'. It is in the ITUNES database, but NOT embedded in the song file. Doing what I suggested will embed it. Then wherever you use this file the art work will show up (including squeezeboxserver) I figured out that copy-paste work around in iTunes for Windows when my album art was often missing from my iPod. I found the artwork on the net and copied it, selected all songs within the album (in iTunes via get info), and pasted the artwork into the thumbnail box for the songs. When I synced the songs to my iPod, that fixed the missing artwork for the iPod. I went through that process for every album I have (all ripped to ALAC via iTunes. And I manage the folders manually so I can easily copy and back up selected artists/albums.) After receiving the Touch, I copied a few of the music folders from my PC to a usb flash drive to see how the Touch works. Sadly, the artwork is missing from many of the songs when I play them through the Touch. I also noticed a problem where some songs stop playing with abut 30 seconds remaining, and the Touch just goes to the next song -- even with crossfade off. Someone else mentioned the same problem in one of the SBT forums. I'm not sure if it indicates a corrupted file or something else or if it's related to this issue or not. Other than that, everything else on the Touch works great. I was particularly surprised at how much I like the internet radio feature. Pandora, last.fm, etc. are really cool, and the sound quality is way better than I expected. -- davematthews davematthews's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37754 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
garym;538532 Wrote: on one of the missing album art songs, go into itunes, right click on track, go to properties, album art tab, and you'll likely see your itunes art there. Right click on the art, then immediately paste into the same box. Now the artwork is embedded in the tag. You can do this album at a time. When done, you'll have the album art embedded, then SbS can read it. As pointed out, itunes stores your art (when it finds it) in its own database, not in the file (or as a jpg in the file's subdirectory). So SbS doesn't see this. I already see the artwork when i open the album art tab. Am i suppose to past it somewhere else? -- gellie gellie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
gellie;538928 Wrote: I already see the artwork when i open the album art tab. Am i suppose to past it somewhere else? Yep, you see it. So now right click on the art and select COPY. Then within the same place (where the art already is), right click and select PASTE. I know this sounds crazy (hey, why am I pasting art when it is already there). But it is not really 'there'. It is in the ITUNES database, but NOT embedded in the song file. Doing what I suggested will embed it. Then wherever you use this file the art work will show up (including squeezeboxserver) -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
I seems to be missing 40-50% of what i see via Itunes library. -- gellie gellie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
gellie;538524 Wrote: I seems to be missing 40-50% of what i see via Itunes library. Can we have some more information so we can narrow this down and try to help you? Are you talking about the Touch when using SBS or TinySC? What version of SBS and what firmware is the Touch running? Are you looking at your iTunes library on the PC and actually in iTunes when you say there is 60% more? It is completely possible that you asked iTunes to go out and find missing artwork for iTunes. This does not mean that iTunes imbedded the artwork into the music files. Depending on how your library that SBS looks at is setup, a copy of the cover.jpg file might need to be moved into the actual directory where that album is. Personally, I can't stand iTunes. It corrupts, picks the wrong cover art or band, and is designed so anybody can use it which ends up making it to weak or to come to the wrong decision. The best solution is to use a tagging/cover art program to correctly tag and find cover art. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
on one of the missing album art songs, go into itunes, right click on track, go to properties, album art tab, and you'll likely see your itunes art there. Right click on the art, then immediately paste into the same box. Now the artwork is embedded in the tag. You can do this album at a time. When done, you'll have the album art embedded, then SbS can read it. As pointed out, itunes stores your art (when it finds it) in its own database, not in the file (or as a jpg in the file's subdirectory). So SbS doesn't see this. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?
iPhone;538529 Wrote: Can we have some more information so we can narrow this down and try to help you? Are you talking about the Touch when using SBS or TinySC? What version of SBS and what firmware is the Touch running? Are you looking at your iTunes library on the PC and actually in iTunes when you say there is 60% more? It is completely possible that you asked iTunes to go out and find missing artwork for iTunes. This does not mean that iTunes imbedded the artwork into the music files. Depending on how your library that SBS looks at is setup, a copy of the cover.jpg file might need to be moved into the actual directory where that album is. Personally, I can't stand iTunes. It corrupts, picks the wrong cover art or band, and is designed so anybody can use it which ends up making it to weak or to come to the wrong decision. The best solution is to use a tagging/cover art program to correctly tag and find cover art. Yes, when i compare the Squeezbox server(7.5.1) and The Touch to Itunes i seem to be missing 40% of the album artwork from my itunes library. I'm using a Mac laptop. I dont know how to copy the cover to the actual directory. Thanks -- gellie gellie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77704 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
