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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:00 am    Post subject: Album Art Reply with quote

I was playing with my new iPod and its got this cool feature for flipping thru album art to find the song you want. I noticed then that a similar piece of art pops up in Windows Media. Does anyone know how to attach that kind of graphic to an mp3? It would be nice to have my logo or website or whatever pop up as my demo played.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The image isn't attached to the MP3, it's downloaded from an online database. There are several such databases, such as AMG (All Media Guide / All Music Guide), although I'm not sure - iTunes may have its own - and the CDs or tracks are matched through a database lookup.

I'm not sure if an individual can upload album art for a self-published CD as I haven't really looked into it.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt,

However, it is possible to embed an image in the ID3 tag information, depending on which version of ID3 you use.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, iTunes on my Mac allows me to add album art. I imagine the PC version does as well, and other mp3 conversion programs, too.

I imagine only a small percentage of potential listeners are viewing those today, but I'm sure that'll change here pretty quickly.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Affirmative. You can add the album art in the Windows version as well. To me, that would be the easiest way to do it.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My earlier reply was geared towards other people (an agent or producer) seeing the album art when inserting the demo CD or listening to the MP3, not just for when Matt does it Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bob's right. You can embed album art in an MP3 using an ID3 tag editor. Try this:

http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's pretty darn cool...thanks Bob & Jeff for the edumacation!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I "tag" all my auditions and demos - with my CoverArt, and add ID3 information - My name, the name of the project, the year, and my website.



If you download one of my demos from my site and open it in your MP3 player you can see the info and cover art there too.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fantastic! Thanks guys, that's exactly what I was looking to do.

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