AM logo for iTunes

[VAXman]

AM logo of iTunes cover art:
http://auralmoon.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=406&stc=1&d=1246973294 (http://auralmoon.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=406&stc=1&d=1246973294)

[JamForte]

This is great!

I can attach it easily to a compilation of AM IDs and other bits & pieces...
... but how does one attach it to a stream definition in iTunes?

The option to add album art is greyed out on streams and I've not found a way to get it ungreyed (google wasn't much help either).

[VAXman]

This is great!

I can attach it easily to a compilation of AM IDs and other bits & pieces...
... but how does one attach it to a stream definition in iTunes?

The option to add album art is greyed out on streams and I've not found a way to get it ungreyed (google wasn't much help either).
Open the stream the open the album artwork browser and drag the AM logo to it.

[Michael]

Vax is there a way to get it to work in winamp?

[VAXman]

Vax is there a way to get it to work in winamp?
Does winamp run on Mac OS X, linux, unix or VMS? ;)

[roger]

Open the stream the open the album artwork browser and drag the AM logo to it.

I get the same thing as Jam: Album Artwork Not Modifiable

[VAXman]

Artist view:
http://auralmoon.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=409&stc=1&d=1247014144
Click to play. Drag imageinto place:
http://auralmoon.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=410&stc=1&d=1247014144
Result:
http://auralmoon.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=411&stc=1&d=1247014144

[JamForte]

10.4.11 (PPC) iTunes 8.2 - no dice (the "album art" drop target is not presented, for streams, under any circumstances I have found).

10.5.7 (intel) iTunes 8.2. The behavior is this:
It seems that there's a facility to allow the album art to change dynamically to reflect the album playing on the stream. Thus, while the stream is playing [providing the art drawer is showing 'currently playing' and not 'selected item'] the drag target is presented. When the next ID comes along in the stream the art gets associated with it and appears in the view.

Under many circumstances the last dragged art is retained. This is probably a bug - since, I guess, the art should relate to the currently playing album and not the source.

Anyway a large variety of actions - often including changing the view type cause the art to be cleared back to empty. For example, stopping the stream and then changing from the radio playlist to another and back clears it every time I've tried.

There might be some subtle additional action or description that you've attached to the source that changes this behavior - but that's what I find with a stream added to iTunes with default options.

I suppose that if we embedded the station logo in the stream ID tags (if that's even possible, with SAM) it might work - but there's a risk that some players might barf on that....

[VAXman]

According to Spacial Audio, makers of SAM Boradcaster, SAM does not support album art in the stream and, presently, only iTunes has the capability to display album art encoded in the stream. Backbone Radio, a competitor to SAM, has introduced streaming album art for iTunes in their Backbone Broadcaster product according to Spacial Audio and confirmed on the Backbone site. Backbone Broadcaster runs on OS X, so it would follow that they would adopt and support the protocol to stream the album art to iTunes.

[gr8sho92]

AM logo of iTunes cover art:
<snip>


Thanks for adding the album art tip. I've been wanting to do this for a long time.

[gr8sho92]

According to Spacial Audio, makers of SAM Boradcaster, SAM does not support album art in the stream ....

I had asked Jim in a past conversation if would be possible to upgrade the library to include the album art tag, and thus allow for a Pandora like display. It's possible that this is already in the newer adds but don't know.

My selfish desire would be to get an MP3 player that runs on my iPhone and display the album art in the main display similar to the iPod app.

Maybe in my lifetime...

[VAXman]

I had asked Jim in a past conversation if would be possible to upgrade the library to include the album art tag, and thus allow for a Pandora like display. It's possible that this is already in the newer adds but don't know.

My selfish desire would be to get an MP3 player that runs on my iPhone and display the album art in the main display similar to the iPod app.

Maybe in my lifetime...
Are you saying that iTunes shows streaming radio artwork from Pandora? I've gone to the Pandora site but I'm not sure what to do once there. You need to sign-up but with the RIAA after Pandora's arse I'm no so sure I want my credentials in the hands of the RIAA just to test out album art.

[gr8sho92]

If it's important, I can try and run Pandora on my computer.

What I'm stating is around an iPhone app. Besides Pandora, I believe Slacker and Flycast also deliver album art to the display.

Putting aside the fact it's an iPhone, I have to assume that the data stream must contain the album art tag since the format is MP3. In the end it will be up to the player app to be able to interpret the stream and deal with the data accordingly.

[VAXman]

If it's important, I can try and run Pandora on my computer.

What I'm stating is around an iPhone app. Besides Pandora, I believe Slacker and Flycast also deliver album art to the display.

Putting aside the fact it's an iPhone, I have to assume that the data stream must contain the album art tag since the format is MP3. In the end it will be up to the player app to be able to interpret the stream and deal with the data accordingly.
Flycast has its own listener app. If you can make it work with just iTunes, let me know and I'll take a looksee. Slacker is pure web based.

[gr8sho92]

Flycast has its own listener app. If you can make it work with just iTunes, let me know and I'll take a looksee. Slacker is pure web based.

From Pandora's help page...

Q: Can I listen to Pandora on any third-party software, such as iTunes or Windows Media Player?

Currently, no. Pandora requires two-way communication for such essential features as skipping songs, giving "Thumbs" feedback, and so on. At this time, such support is not available in third-party software.

[VAXman]

From Pandora's help page...

Q: Can I listen to Pandora on any third-party software, such as iTunes or Windows Media Player?

Currently, no. Pandora requires two-way communication for such essential features as skipping songs, giving "Thumbs" feedback, and so on. At this time, such support is not available in third-party software.
OK. I didn't spend a great deal of time on any of the sites you mentioned looking for a URL which I could open in iTunes. I did find that they were more "Flash" than a I care for.

[Thor]

I have iTunes 8.2 on my MAC and artwork is not importable to streaming channels. The "Artwork" tab is greyed out and non-accessable

[VAXman]

the example herein is iTunes 8.2(23) on a 17" MacBookPro 3GHz/4GB

[Thor]

WOW... I figured out a way to get it to work... the stream has to be active and playing to edit the art for it...

[progdirjim]

For the record, an overwhelming majority of the music on the Moon does NOT contain the album art inherent in the mp3tag. When I first became program director, it wasn't even supported. the V3.2 IIRC added it, but since SAM doesn't support it I never did so (and don't even know how to do it, though I'm sure I can figure it out). Having done a complete regen of the album art after our little incident in December, I have to admit to being less than enthused about going back and redoing the several thousand albums represented here...

[gr8sho92]

the example herein is iTunes 8.2(23) on a 17" MacBookPro 3GHz/4GB

On a Windows XP machine with iTunes 8.2, the album art is not persistent.

[gr8sho92]

For the record, an overwhelming majority of the music on the Moon does NOT contain the album art inherent in the mp3tag. When I first became program director, it wasn't even supported. the V3.2 IIRC added it, but since SAM doesn't support it I never did so (and don't even know how to do it, though I'm sure I can figure it out). Having done a complete regen of the album art after our little incident in December, I have to admit to being less than enthused about going back and redoing the several thousand albums represented here...

Somehow for someone with OCD, I don't think that's much of a problem. :notsure: :thumbsup:

[roger]

On a Windows XP machine with iTunes 8.2, the album art is not persistent.

my experience, as well, except for me, it's OSX.5.7. MacBook 2.4Ghz/4Gb.