Hello everyone,
I am using since years itunes on my windows pc. Now I have installed the latest version (12 - 64-bit version).
It worked great since some weeks ago; now it doesn't memorize the album covers.
I have over 1.500 albums ripped from my cd's on itunes, and the last 10 do not include the cover.
I tried more and more times to add the cover to any album, but it doesn't work.ðŸ˜
Can somebody help me?
pc-OTHER, Windows 7, 64-bit
To add album artwork, start here:
iTunes 12 for Windows: Add artwork to songs and other items
If it still doesn't work, tell us which step fails.
Hello, thanks for your reply.
right now, I'm attemprting to add the cover to an album. Following, I'll describe all the operations:
open itunes
look for an album without cover
click on the album icon with the right button of the mouse
click on "informations"
on the bar on the top of the info windows, click on "cover" (the second of the 4 buttons of the bar)
click on "add cover" on the lower left side of the window
a new windows with all the images I stored on my pc it opens
select the proper image (jpg format); now the cover image is shown in the window
click on "OK" and nothing happens: the album is still without cover.
strange, isn't it?
You cannot add artwork to files in .wav format, if they are read-only, or for which iTunes does not have the correct permissions. See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows.
tt2
Hello, all my files are in mp4 format; I have stored about 1,500 ripped CD's without any problem. In the last 10 CD's I stored I can not add the image. In my opinion is not matter of permissions
What application are you using to rip the CDs?
Has if worked previously to make files that you can add art to?
What file extension is being used?
What happens if you try to add art to a single track from an affected album via the artwork tab?
tt2
hello turingtest2
- windows media player
- no
- jpg for the artworks, mp4 for the music
- with the single track the option to add image is disabled
C U
tt2
I will try, But in my audio/video equipment at home, I need WMA format, so I always rip the CD's with Windows media audio and store them in memory; then I copy and paste the files in iTunes, who automatically convert them in mp4 format. I only need musicasl files in iTunes just to store them in mobile phones. I always did so, and it alwais work fine. I don'think that rip the cd's with iTunes could be the solution, but I'll try and I'll let you know.
I find it hard to think of any hardware or software that will play WMA that won't play MP3, but I guess it might exist.
tt2
Hello,
for major clarity, I do resume what happening to me with the last version of iTunes:
- I ripped over 1,500 CD's with Windows Media Player in WMA format, and stored them in my audio equipment at home;
- having the necessity to store music into iPhones, I also stored these WMA files in iTunes, who automatically converted them into mp4.
- to these files, I always added the artworks, all in jpg format.
- everything went fine but, in the last 10 ripped CD's I stored on iTunes, it results impossible to add the relative artworks.
So the problem is not with which program I ripped the CD's, or the format; it always have been the same, and it always work great.
It didn't work just with the last 10 CD's; I try to add them, but without any result.
Hope it was clear now
Strange. One last thing to check would be the import settings in iTunes. When it converts imported WMA it uses the current import format. If you had set this to WAV for some other task, for example, then iTunes wouldn't be able to add artwork to the imported files. Did you double check the format of the recent conversions to make sure the same format was used as previously?
tt2
hello you previously found the solution.
Due to an unknown reason, the last 10 ripped CD's I added to iTunes were not automatically converted into mp4 or apple lossless as usual, but thei remained in the same WMA format. This is the reason 'cause I am not able to add the artwork on these files.
Solution found. Now I will cancel the files in WMA format, and I'll add once converted into .mp4 format. Then everything will be ok
Thank you again for all your help
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
Cover arts on itunes 12.3.3.17
