As per subject: full albums have their artwork, I imagine because there is a jpg file in each folder. However, single tracks appear with random artwork, usually the same across hundreds of them. These tracks have each their artwork embedded in tag, I have double checked on the PC.
Can MMA only manage jpgs in folders? Is that the reason? Any possible solutions appreciated, I'm a singles rather than albums guy so
Do all files with the same Artwork have the same Album and Album Artist values (no value for either counts as this too)? How did the files end up on the device?
No, they all have a matching Artist-Album Artist (each its own). The artwork that has spread all over them is stored in the tag of its rightful track. There are other offending artworks taking over othe tracks.
Overall it's a mess - unless it's a track within a full album with a .jpg inside the folder, the artwork is all over the place
Any tips, anyone? This artwork issue is truly the only thing stopping from switching to MM - it's troubling to see the Artwork for Cannibal Corpse on the screen when the last track from Taylor Swift's playing...
I have this issue - though mine display no artwork whatsoever if sync profile is set to not put an albumart.jpg in the folder (as instructed for all past issues) - and it's so frustrating that it gets no attention from the devs.
I have a collection of tracks in a single folder, nearly 300 files. Every MP3 has a good, valid artwork image embedded. Artwork is seen by every other app, program, and platform EXCEPT MMA (when playing a track). I've been through cleanup in MMW before syncing, deleted all the cache data everywhere (this is also now occurring on a brand new sync from scratch S25) all to no avail. MMA simply can't seem to show the artwork in a file, only reads the jpg in a folder.
I've been a Lifetime Gold user since 2015 and never has MMA not been super frustrating. Primarily I got it to organize, convert and cleanup file tags and it's great for that. Sync was always an exercise in frustration. At least the current version seems to do well at sync (so far), devs just can't seem to get the artwork stuff figured out for MMA. @rusty
ETA: Well no sooner did I type this than the last time I attempted a cleanup, removed the folder, etc. and re-sync'd, the artwork is now displaying while playing each track. Halleluiah!
