RobHolt
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Well 'Bliss' software to be precise, something I've been playing with over the past couple of days.
If like me you have a large iTunes managed library you'll have noticed that it doesn't always play by the rules adopted by many other players.
Primary among these is the way artwork is captured and stored. Sometimes this gets imbedded correctly into the file, sometimes not, and sometimes the cover jpg is missing altogether.
Then there is the way that user supplied artwork is stored, and the lack of standardisation over file sizes.
iTunes itself seems to cope with this reasonably well if that is your default player, but other devices running different software accessing the iTunes library can have problems.
The Squeezebox is a good example. Every album in my iTunes library has artwork and it displays correctly in that program. However, the SB only picks up about 30% due to incorrect tagging, incompatible file sizes and wrong locations.
Enter Bliss, which will analyse your entire library, download any missing artwork and correctly imbed this within the files. That's just the start.
You also have the option to modify tags and move files.
None of this is difficult of course, but the trick here is that Bliss will bulk convert/modify your entire library, and from my experience with it the results are impressive.
Squeexebox and the associated remotes such as iPeng now work correctly and display all artwork.
You get a free trial which allows 100 corrections, then need to purchase a licence for £30 which allows unlimited use.
Highly recommended.
http://www.blisshq.com/index2.html
If like me you have a large iTunes managed library you'll have noticed that it doesn't always play by the rules adopted by many other players.
Primary among these is the way artwork is captured and stored. Sometimes this gets imbedded correctly into the file, sometimes not, and sometimes the cover jpg is missing altogether.
Then there is the way that user supplied artwork is stored, and the lack of standardisation over file sizes.
iTunes itself seems to cope with this reasonably well if that is your default player, but other devices running different software accessing the iTunes library can have problems.
The Squeezebox is a good example. Every album in my iTunes library has artwork and it displays correctly in that program. However, the SB only picks up about 30% due to incorrect tagging, incompatible file sizes and wrong locations.
Enter Bliss, which will analyse your entire library, download any missing artwork and correctly imbed this within the files. That's just the start.
You also have the option to modify tags and move files.
None of this is difficult of course, but the trick here is that Bliss will bulk convert/modify your entire library, and from my experience with it the results are impressive.
Squeexebox and the associated remotes such as iPeng now work correctly and display all artwork.
You get a free trial which allows 100 corrections, then need to purchase a licence for £30 which allows unlimited use.
Highly recommended.
http://www.blisshq.com/index2.html
