iTunes Album Art Problem

[foodfiend]

I too have noticed that some of my music files (over the years, and copying them to other HDDs as my collection grows) also have become corrupted. Some times it is the album art that goes wonky - bits of it go missing or a part of the image is displaced, other times, it is the metadata, and iTunes files them as "Unknown Artist" or "Unknown Album". The corruption seems random enough, so I usually go into iTunes to re-edit the files. Does anyone know why this happens?

[foodfiend]

On 12/07/2017 at 7:34 AM, rwdvis said:

I'll add that deleting the bad artwork from the album, even multiple attempts, does not completely remove it.  It still leaves remnants of the corrupted art and looks similar to the examples posted.  Any attempt to delete the art and re-add, even a different art, leads to the same failed result.

So, are you suggesting that any files that display issues with bad artwork should then be re-ripped from the original source (CD, etc.), rather than trying to fix the file?

[foodfiend]

8 hours ago, kirkmc said:

Have you tried this yet?

 

Deleting the iTunes Album Artwork Cache Folder May Resolve Problems with Album Art Displaying

It is not just iTunes, so I suspect that it has to do with the metadata attached to the audio files themselves. Hence my interest in this subject.

[foodfiend]

2 hours ago, rwdvis said:

I've deleted and re-ripped the eight remaining problematic albums, used the same art, and they are all displaying correctly now.  For now, my only solution.

What programme do you use to rip your music? And what programme do you use to try to re-attach album art? Just curious.

[foodfiend]

9 hours ago, kirkmc said:

Perhaps it has something to do with the way Photoshop resizes the files, or the way the files are exported from Photoshop. I've ripped thousands of CDs, and have honestly never seen this problem. I do see it sometimes on artwork that came with files I bought, but not with files where I've added artwork myself. 

Could you share at what size you export the cover art at? On PhotoShop, that is.

[foodfiend]

6 hours ago, rwdvis said:

Just iTunes for both.

Is there a reason why you do not use a specialist programme like EAC, dbPowerAmp or XLD for ripping, and something like kid for editing specific files? Or is convenience your primary concern/motivation?

[foodfiend]

1 hour ago, semente said:

What are the benefits of using Kid3 over iTunes?

Not much, I guess if you only use m4a (AAC or ALAC) and aif files, or even mp3. The main advantage I see for kid3 is that it can read and write a variety of file formats, including FLAC, WAV and DSF. Also, it is not really tied to Apple for your source of album data, and can read from many sources and such.