artwork not transferring on my ipod classic - any ideas?

Back in the day artwork on devices was optional, and removing the art and adding it back was a quick fix for a corrupted artwork cache. Now that option is no longer there a full restore and reload is the only way to fix it.

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I should be more specific. On my iPod Nano, all the artwork on all the songs transferred before I updated to iTunes 12.7 is still present. It is only the songs I've transferred from iTunes 12.7 to my iPod which now lack artwork. I've deleted the songs from the iPod and iTunes, re-tagged them and added new artwork to them, transferred them again to the iPod via iTunes and the problem remains. I'm going to install an earlier version and see if this fixes the issue.

Figured I’d Resurrect this thread as I’m having this problem also and can’t find a solution anywhere. I’m using the most current iTunes 12.7.2.58 and a 7th generation iPod classic

Album artwork is transferring into my iPhone 7 with no issues but every time I add music to the iPod classic it does not transfer the artwork.

Is Apple no longer supporting the iPod classic? I understand that it’s an old device but it still works and is my favorite option for listening to music

Hoping that someone is watching these threads

Have you tried my suggestion above. For a classic it might be worth checking that embedded art is around 600px square in .jpg format. Larger images or different formats might work elsewhere but not show properly on the classic.

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So I'm going to restore the ipod tonight, hoping that solves the issue for me. I have one question though and am dreading the answer a bit.

On our laptop my wife and I both have our music, I use "manually manage music" for my ipod because I don't want some of her stuff on there. I assume when i restore my ipod I'll have to add all the music back in again, there is no way to create a backup like on an iphone that I'm aware of. I also know that most people agree that syncing it is better as it lets the ipod and itunes library communicate.

I suppose i'd have to create a playlist of all the songs i want on the ipod and sync just that playlist if I wanted to use the sync option?

No matter what when I restore it I'm going to have to manually add the music back on one artist/album at a time (be it adding to a playlist or adding directly to the ipod right?

Syncing with selected playlists makes life much easier when it comes to restoring a device. I don't think you answered the Windows/Mac question, but if it is Windows I have a script called ImportDevicePlaylists that would let you capture the existing content of the device into a playlist which you could then rename and edit. There is also one called EmbedFolderArt you might find useful.

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So, i restored my ipod and set up a playlist of 204 songs to sync to to test whether the art work was transferrig

After the restore it appears to be working perfectly!

So I read the article on breaking up large transfers, my understanding of how the sync process works is that it won't have to "re add" songs that are already synced and on the ipod, itunes just sees they are there and goes to the next item to sync, is this accurate?

My plan is to slowly add about 500ish songs to that same playlist then resync it each time i add them, this will break up the transfer some and should keep the syncs at a manageable limit, does this seem like a good method?

the smart playlist option won't work for me as i don't want my entire library music on the ipod

Manually growing an existing list works fine too. Anything already on the device doesn't need copying again. The smart playlist method assumes you already have a list of things you want to sync and need a way to control how much is synced in each pass. The aim is to get on all that you want to get on, rather than your entire library, although that is probably how I have phrased it. (Not quite, but I've made a little edit for clarity.)

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No size limit. See my advice on breaking up large transfers in Corrupt iPod Classic.

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Embed artwork in every track. Restore and reload your device. Is iTunes running on Windows or Mac? There are artwork embedding scripts for each.

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I'm having the same issue (embedded artwork in tracks isn't transferring over, so no cover art is shown) with my iPod Nano (5th Generation)

Using a Macbook Pro so I'll just have to create a plalist for all the songs i want on it, there's no size limit to a playlist correct, it's going to end up being aout 100 gigs