by nohitter151 » Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:51 am
DumbPoet wrote:I've been trying for a while now to make MM recognize the high quality album art that iTunes embeds into tags.
Everything works fine in iTunes, but when I "add/rescan" the track into MM it refuses to recognize it.
Problem #1: iTunes doesn't embed the art into tags, it just stores it in its own database (also why MM won't recognize it).
DumbPoet wrote:Infact I tried to clear out all of the album art from the tags with Album Art Tagger, but when I "add/rescan" it undoes all of that.. restoring the multiple, low quality images that infest my tags.
Probably you have some album art in the same directories that your tracks are stored in. Going to Tools -> Options -> Library, then disabling "Scan track directories for album art" will stop the art from being associated at start up.
DumbPoet wrote:Any suggestions on how to effectivly clean my Album Art in the general manner that I'm attempting to?
Thanks

You can't use iTunes art with MM, they're just not compatible. iTunes uses a proprietary database and a proprietary picture file so it really isn't compatible with anything except iTunes and iPods. I suggest you clear out your art, change the setting mentioned above, and using the Batch art finder script by Trixmoto to embed art into your tags.
[quote="DumbPoet"]I've been trying for a while now to make MM recognize the high quality album art that iTunes embeds into tags.
Everything works fine in iTunes, but when I "add/rescan" the track into MM it refuses to recognize it.
[/quote]
Problem #1: iTunes doesn't embed the art into tags, it just stores it in its own database (also why MM won't recognize it).
[quote="DumbPoet"]Infact I tried to clear out all of the album art from the tags with Album Art Tagger, but when I "add/rescan" it undoes all of that.. restoring the multiple, low quality images that infest my tags.[/quote]
Probably you have some album art in the same directories that your tracks are stored in. Going to Tools -> Options -> Library, then disabling "Scan track directories for album art" will stop the art from being associated at start up.
[quote="DumbPoet"]Any suggestions on how to effectivly clean my Album Art in the general manner that I'm attempting to?
Thanks :)[/quote]
You can't use iTunes art with MM, they're just not compatible. iTunes uses a proprietary database and a proprietary picture file so it really isn't compatible with anything except iTunes and iPods. I suggest you clear out your art, change the setting mentioned above, and using the Batch art finder script by Trixmoto to embed art into your tags.