Hardware/controllers used Hercules DJ Inpulse 500:
After using streaming (apple music) for a while i started to buy music i want to own.
I buy songs from itunes.
My Problem is, all tracks in my streaming playlists show the album cover, but none of the tracks i bought does this when i load them into a playlist in my collection.
I can read the title but sometimes it is faster to look for the artwork while scrolling.
Is there a way to show the album cover? I already tried to load them in the apple music media library
By default, purchased Apple Music files do not contain the cover art; the cover art is downloaded to a separate database. This process can delay the cover art showing up in djay Pro.
A solution is to embed the cover art in the audio file; then the cover art will show up immediately in day Pro. You can do this manually or use the script below.
Re-Embed Artwork (macOS) from Doug’s AppleScripts.
Copies/embeds Apple Music cover art into audio files. Runs in Apple Music as a script in the menu bar. Free for use on individual files, but there’s a fee for use on multiple files. https://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=mxreembedartwork
Yeah the problem with this is that cue points are lost and half the time it thinks it’s a new track cause it’s loaded with the number of the album in front of it… find this very frustrating for building sets.
Hello! Daily user of djay - love it to bits.
Have had this issue since the beginning - wondering if anyone else encounters…
When importing local Apple Music files that were purchased through “iTunes” - since the album art is not exactly stored with the file, they show up blank when imported into a Collection Playlist. I’ve tried using “Doug’s Script” to re-embed album art but then ran into an issue where everything went blank in a playlist and I had to re-do manually… not fun.
Just curious if this will ever be fixed or if anyone has found a workaround/method - such that I can continue keeping my library synced across devices in Apple Music.
Oh that’s embarrassing - I’ve commented on this in a previous thread… minor lapse of memory my mistake. Swear I searched!
Doug’s script works well but it broke iCloud sync on a playlist and caused a lot of album art loss (not the scripts fault - just finicky iCloud) so I would caution when batch replacing art for files that are wound into the iCloud system.
All good! A lot of this game is finding creative workarounds. Thanks!
Thanks for moving it. That does seem to be the issue - I’ve had it in the past where it’s due to the artwork not being in the file (just iTunes database) and wouldn’t even appear in Finder. However, like I attached, they’re all in the files.
I can’t put my finger on how it suddenly happened to the whole library. So odd!
Have you downloaded any other DJ software to see if it’s doing it in there too?
Apple Music (iTunes) and album art has become a complete joke. There are scripts available to re-pair the artwork to the file from a place called Doug’s apple scripts, and if you use one I urge you to contribute to him with a small donation as he is doing the work of a hero.
Interesting point! The art does appear in Serato. I give up. Wish I could drop Apple Music, but I like to curate playlists on the go when I’m listening to my library - and I’ve not really found anything that would allow that, which would then appear in Djay Pro.
Edit: On the script side of things, as it’s “only” 500 tracks, I can do it fairly quickly (manually) in Apple Music. So I’m going that route for now!
I’d try the ‘get album art’ option inside Apple Music itself as a starter, then add them manually afterwards if they aren’t showing.
I’ve found on mine that if I manually move them around on my pc (which I do for most tracks) the Apple Music artwork database loses its link and you have to re-apply it. It’s like it locks it down to the location it puts the tracks when you buy them and isn’t able to link it if it’s moved.
Added some little nice to haves like update the album art in the app, and a look up for the release date, as sometimes I’ll buy from compilations, or it’ll just be plain wrong. So I can validate those (or change) very quickly.
Got carried away and then added a Wishlist page , as I’m just hobbyist who plays 90’s/00’s EDM, so it reads the urls I pass in and then extracts what it can to add to a running list of tracks I want to buy when I have some spare cash!
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