On Oct 11, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Roger Kulp wrote: > I have a lot of stuff in my iTunes I have downloaded from blogs. > Other people's vinyl rips of old stuff long unavailabe.I have taken > pictures of my own copies of some of these record, and would like to > add the pictures from my desktop to iTunes,but when I click on "get > info" for artwork.it will not always let me do this.Why is this,and > what can i do about it?
If your tracks are in FLAC or other non-standard formats such as OGG- Vorbis, iTunes doesn't allow cover art. The only solution I'm aware of is to convert FLAC or other non-standard formats into standard iTunes formats. Normally, for FLAC this would be Apple Loseless. For OGG and other lossy formats you'd probably want to convert to MP3 or AAC. Once the files are in a standard Apple format, i.e. Apple Loseless, MP3 or AAC (and WMP on Windows iTunes), then you should be able to add cover art using the Get Info>Artwork tab. In some rare instances, supported format files may be corrupted and not accept Artwork or other fields. In this case, the only solution is to make a new duplicate file of the same format and bit rate using the "Create <file type> Version" command under the Advanced menu (you set the <file type> in the menu iTunes>Preferences>General>Import settings button). It's a good idea to check the file size of your cover art and reduce overly large files to something more reasonable. For example, some large images can be several MB or larger in size, and a separate copy is retained for each track of an album (if you add art to each track rather than a single track). I like for images in the 400-500 pixels squared range to be about 100Kb or so in quality, but this is your choice, it simply wastes a lot of HD space otherwise. Also, you might want to try and clean up these old vinyl rips to remove the clicks, pops and needle hiss. There's lots of software for doing this, but it's time intensive and your mileage my vary depending upon how good or bad the rips are. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
