[iTunes] Querying Gracenote CDDB

Jamie Kahn Genet jamiekg at wizardling.geek.nz
Thu Dec 20 19:27:35 PST 2007


On 21/12/2007, Becca Price <becca_price at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am importing some music into iTunes, and decided to try to use
> the feature to automatically add track names from the internet.
> I got the message that iTunes is accessing Gracenote... and it
> seems to be taking forever to access, much less to find the
> information. How long does this feature usually take, and how do
> I know when to give up and just enter the titles myself?
>
> also, will this feature give me the cd cover picture for the cd
> that I'm importing? I've got a brand new Nano, and it would be
> kinda cool to have the album covers shown, rather than the box
> with the question mark or whatever the default icon is.
>
> -becca

No, the album and track names come from Gracenote. It is ually only a
matter of seconds. If you have an iTunes Store account iTunes will add
artwork for free if it has any for the particular album.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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