Album art work disappeared
Most of the album art work I had on my 60 GB ipod Video, have disappeared resently. Why is this?
dell, Windows Vista
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Hello arntl,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
It sounds like the iPod's artwork database has become corrupt. As to why or how, that is unknown. It seems to happen at random for several people. Could be the result of improperly disconnecting the iPod, but other than that, I have no other possible ideas. Somebody else may though.
As to how to fix it, you used to be able to clear out and rebuild the artwork cache by unchecking the "include artwork on this iPod" option, syncing, re-checking that same option, and then once again syncing those updates to your iPod. Those steps usually resolved the problem.
However, as of iTunes 9, that option was removed and the only way to rebuild the database is to restore the iPod via iTunes.
Actually, it you want to give it a shot, you could always try to remove the artwork from the files that are having the problem in iTunes, and then re-add the artwork back to those same files. From there, sync the updated changes to your iPod and see if that helps. Of course, you would probably only want to attempt this if the artwork problem lies only with a few songs and not a majority of your music.
Hope this helps.
B-rock
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
It sounds like the iPod's artwork database has become corrupt. As to why or how, that is unknown. It seems to happen at random for several people. Could be the result of improperly disconnecting the iPod, but other than that, I have no other possible ideas. Somebody else may though.
As to how to fix it, you used to be able to clear out and rebuild the artwork cache by unchecking the "include artwork on this iPod" option, syncing, re-checking that same option, and then once again syncing those updates to your iPod. Those steps usually resolved the problem.
However, as of iTunes 9, that option was removed and the only way to rebuild the database is to restore the iPod via iTunes.
Actually, it you want to give it a shot, you could always try to remove the artwork from the files that are having the problem in iTunes, and then re-add the artwork back to those same files. From there, sync the updated changes to your iPod and see if that helps. Of course, you would probably only want to attempt this if the artwork problem lies only with a few songs and not a majority of your music.
Hope this helps.
B-rock