How to Fix Podcast Album Art Cache

I believe the artwork for a Podcast is fully dependent upon the Podcaster. It has nothing to do with your Music Library albums, so neither deleting the artwork cache nor Get Album Artwork will solve this.

In addition, the artwork for each Podcast Episode is different to the artwork for the Podcast Series, what you see in your iTunes Library is the Podcast Series artwork. But on the iPod you should see both the Podcast Series artwork (on the Podcast header), and the Podcast Episode artwork when the episode is playing. This can be different and has to be assigned by the Podcast's producer for each episode. They can even set different artwork for different times of within an episode.

So the absence of Series artwork in your iTunes Podcast Library could be because the Podcast's producers have not set any, or they haven't set it correctly. I think this can still be the case even if it's the Series artwork that you can see on your iPod. I guess it depends on which epsiode the iPod is using for the Series artwork.

I have discovered, for example, that one of my Podcasts shows Series Artwork in my iTunes Library,but not on my iPod. So the opposite of your experience.

It also may be that you have only just noticed this since the update to iTunes, which now makes the artwork in the Library more obvious with the new layout.

The "solution" is either to accept things as they are, or to contact each show's producers, asking if they can resolve the situation. They may however, think it's not worth their effort.

I just noticed the art appearing momentarily and then being replaced by the default place holder on a podcast. Really annoying. On the upside the art has filled in for a bunch of podcasts with the latest iTunes.

iTunes 12.0.1.26 and the podcast was the Racheal Maddow Show.

That may be Apple's explanation but it ignores the reason for the problem. I've been subscribed to several podcasts for over ten years. The Art held for most of the 10. Apple can and has allowed us, their users, to choose the art and iTunes applied that choice to the program interface. Now, as you explain, they've chosen, no doubt for their own convenience, to not allow the user to map the art locally. Your explanation is simply their Excuse not their Reason. The richest g.d. corporation on earth is passing the buck to the podcasters. It's a pathetic sham.

I expect them to maintain my choice and control over my playlists and purchases. Unfortunately with hundreds of billions or $$$ in reserve I doubt the company cares a tinker's **** what I think.

* I note the censor. What prudes limo libs are.

Richard Laycock wrote:

That may be Apple's explanation but it ignores the reason for the problem.

But it is not "Apple's explanation" at all (and I didn't suggest that it was). It's how Podcasting works.

I suggest you re-read what I wrote, in particular the last paragraph: The "solution" is either to accept things as they are, or to contact each show's producers, asking if they can resolve the situation.