How To Add iTunes Artwork To MP3 Tags Using iTunes

January 2nd, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

I just found a very good itunes tip today via Lifehacker.  I have a very big mp3 music collection which I’ve painstackingly added the ID3 tags to every mp3 file to make sure that the track and album details appear correctly in iTunes and also on my Xboxs running XBMC, but also so that the artwork is displayed.

iTunes 7.0 messed up my system, as although it was adding the artwork to my tracks, it wasn’t adding the artwork to the actual ID3 tags so that other apps and devices could see the artwork.  What this great tip does, is trick iTunes into adding the high-quality artwork from iTunes Music Store (ITMS) to the ID3 tags.  I’m tempted use this tip and change the artwork for my albums as the ITMS artwork is much better quality than Amazon’s, which is where most artwork apps grab the album covers from.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.

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