iPod album art does not match song

The artwork should match what you have on your computer>
Go back and check a songs artwork that you think is not correct.
Delete it from your IPOD and then transfer the song again from Itunes ensuring the Artwork is correct to your Ipod.

See what happens , this should help you resolve your issue.

Compaq PC / 1GB Ipod Nano & 80GB Video Windows XP Pent 2.53 GHZ 512MHZ MB RAM 120GB HD

Hi there,

What I would suggest is in the sync preferences when your iPod is connected. Disable iPod artwork and sync, then activate iPod artwork and sync again. I found this helped.

Hope this finds you well.

Paul

iMac G5 1.8Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.8) One GB Ram with Airport Card, iPod G5

Try unchecking "display album artwork" in the music preferences section when your iPod is connected and click "apply". Then sync your iPod.

Then check "display album artwork" in the music preferences section when youd iPod is connected and click "apply". Then sync your iPod again.

This should resync the album artwork to the iPod.

If this does not work, you might need to restore the iPod and reload the songs in order to correct this error.

See: How to restore the iPod to factory settings.

Hey There,

if you have an iTunes account and you can download all of the artwork automatically by going into system preferences and in general near the bottom this is an option to download missing artwork. Works well and the album artwork is better.

Paul

since you do not have any artwork left, you need to make a choice, do you want artwork in the Itunes standard format(in a separate folder from your music) OR enbedded in hte ID3 tag (bigger file) since I also use Musicmatch, I prefer to have it in hte ID3 tag, if you choose std artwork, select ALL your music, right click and choose 'get info' then place a check mark in the check box next to the "album art" square, then click ok (this is probably where all your rogue art came from)the effect of this is that it will clear all enbedded artwork, you are now in a position to download new artwork from apple (whatch out for unique art) your library needs to be in top shape to get the most out of the download option to do this, again select ALL your music, right click and choose "download album art". if on the other hand you like the big files like me, this is a manual process where you find the artwork and drag it to the artwork area in Itunes for the selected song or album.

time consuming, but looks nice

If you have an iTunes store account, you can use the "get album artwork" option in iTunes. You don't actually need to purchase anything from the iTunes store, just to have or create an account. Provided that the album or song for which you are looking to add artwork is available for sale in the store, iTunes will find it and add it to your library.

If you go to preferences/general in iTunes and check the box marked "automatically download missing album artwork", it will automatically add the artwork when you import a CD into iTunes.

One downside to this is that if you have an album or song misspelled in your iTunes library, it may not be found by iTunes because it will be looking for a match.

See: How to add artwork using iTunes.

If you don't have an account or don't want to create one, here are a couple of other methods.

First off, make sure you have "show album art" enabled in iPod options.

Highlight a song or album in iTunes, then right click on it and select the "get album artwork" option.

Go to Google Image Search and type in the artist/album name and click on search images. 

Double click on a picture you like, then at the top of that page click on "see full size image". 

When you get that image, simply copy/paste it into the space for album artwork in iTunes. 

Make sure you select the album in the browser of iTunes before you copy/paste. 

You'd be surprised what Google Images can bring up. There are literally millions, and even obscure album artwork can be found.

In the unlikely event that Google can’t find an image, you can also get artwork from Amazon.

If you’re happy using images from Amazon, and don’t want to copy/paste, then iTunes Art Importer is a nice free program to do it for you.

Everyone:
I'm having the same problem. So far I've been able to find some of the ones that does not match, but is going to be time consuming to get all of the. I do have the "automatic download" of the album covers, but only helps with 1,400 songs out of 6,800 songs. I have a lot that I have entered the work art into them (ID3 Tags) and it has work good. I wonder if by forcing the song to be "read-only" after placing the art into the album can help some.

I will try all of your ideas, starting with replacing the art once again. I will let you all know how it go.
Thanks for your time, help and support.