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Why is it so unreliable?

I never know if it's going to find something for disc I have imported, or find the wrong thing. If it has found something, and I clear it, chances are it
will never be able to find it again.

I know perfectly well that Apple wants me to buy an Apple Music subscription rather than have a record collection of my own so they probably don't care
that much whether I get to see a picture of the cover of an REM CD (i.e. not exactly obscure) I bought more than 30 years ago.

But, I am still a bit perplexed why clicking "Get Album Artwork" seems to activate such indeterministic machinery.

Daniele
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On 29/06/2025 09:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

Why is it so unreliable?

I never know if it's going to find something for disc I have imported, or find
the wrong thing. If it has found something, and I clear it, chances are it will never be able to find it again.

I know perfectly well that Apple wants me to buy an Apple Music subscription rather than have a record collection of my own so they probably don't care that much whether I get to see a picture of the cover of an REM CD (i.e. not exactly obscure) I bought more than 30 years ago.

But, I am still a bit perplexed why clicking "Get Album Artwork" seems to activate such indeterministic machinery.

Daniele

Just tried it now and in less than a second it told me that no artwork was available for two albums. It did however come up with a Beastie Boys cover for a Glen Miller compilation.
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On 29 Jun 2025 at 09:49:16 BST, "David Kennedy"
<davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 29/06/2025 09:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

Why is it so unreliable?

I never know if it's going to find something for disc I have imported, or find
the wrong thing. If it has found something, and I clear it, chances are it >> will never be able to find it again.

I know perfectly well that Apple wants me to buy an Apple Music subscription >> rather than have a record collection of my own so they probably don't care >> that much whether I get to see a picture of the cover of an REM CD (i.e. not >> exactly obscure) I bought more than 30 years ago.

But, I am still a bit perplexed why clicking "Get Album Artwork" seems to
activate such indeterministic machinery.

Daniele

Just tried it now and in less than a second it told me that no artwork was available for two albums. It did however come up with a Beastie Boys cover for
a Glen Miller compilation.

A crossover I'd never have expected, but now want to hear.

Cheers - Jaimie
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On 29/06/2025 22:22, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:

On 29 Jun 2025 at 09:49:16 BST, "David Kennedy"
<davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 29/06/2025 09:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

Why is it so unreliable?

I never know if it's going to find something for disc I have imported, or find
the wrong thing. If it has found something, and I clear it, chances are it >>> will never be able to find it again.

I know perfectly well that Apple wants me to buy an Apple Music subscription
rather than have a record collection of my own so they probably don't care >>> that much whether I get to see a picture of the cover of an REM CD (i.e. not
exactly obscure) I bought more than 30 years ago.

But, I am still a bit perplexed why clicking "Get Album Artwork" seems to >>> activate such indeterministic machinery.

Daniele

Just tried it now and in less than a second it told me that no artwork was >> available for two albums. It did however come up with a Beastie Boys cover for
a Glen Miller compilation.

A crossover I'd never have expected, but now want to hear.

Cheers - Jaimie

An unexpected collaboration in the bagging area?
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