HELP: iTunes Can't Add Artwork to Movies

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HELP: iTunes Can't Add Artwork to Movies

Hello, I am very frustrated. For I cannot add artwork to my Movies added to iTunes. I made these movies with QuickTime and MPEG Streamclip. The Movies are M2V formated, and have AC3 Audio (Have an AC3 Plugin' and Have Apples MPEG 2 component). So please can anyone help me get Artwork to my Movie in iTunes? Thanks.

PS. I have tried adding a seprate JPG Track however that didn't work. 😟

Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 23, 2006 8:15 AM

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Jon Walker

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Oct 23, 2006 10:37 AM in response to Austin Hoyt

The Movies are M2V formated, and have AC3 Audio (Have an AC3 Plugin' and Have Apples MPEG 2 component). So please can anyone help me get Artwork to my Movie in iTunes?

Sorry to say, it is not possible in this case. The ability to add/contain graphic "artwork" in iTunes is a property of the file container here. M4V and MP4 containers, for instance, can contain one such independent graphic. On the other hand, an MOV (assume you saved your M2V/AC3 data as an MOV) file cannot. On the other hand, your MOV file can have a "poster frame." If you are not a "purist," you can get around this problem by simply adding/drag 'n dropping your graphic to an appropriate point in your MOV file (I would recommend the end of the file), setting it as your "poster frame," and saving the file. In iTunes, this "poster frame" will now show up in your "artwork" display locations. (PS -- this is on a separate track as you attempted to do. In QT Pro, pre-position playhead to end of file and add JPEG track last so its layer is above main movie layer.)

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