Hi All! Since updating to iOS 26.4, my albums (all of which are Matched from rips) have updated to full screen artwork when available. The issue is that when these artworks are supposed to animate, they remain static. Previously, I wrote off animated artwork because it never seemed to work for anyth…

Right, just revisiting because some things have changed on the iOS side.

It would still be a player feature for which it would have to be investigated if the function depends on tags or is something internal that is not available for all files. The best way would be to compare the tag data of a file that shows the artwork and one that does not.

Understood. It seems like there’s “confirmed working” posts on Reddit and this forum, so I’m curious.

If it's for Apple Music, all it needs is an ITUNESALBUMID tag of the exact album in your music files. This'll automatically grab extra details like copyright etc. and also an animated artwork to play back in the app if available, just like any purchased music. The animated version is completely dif…

Thanks @arb . All of that is correct on my end. It simply doesn’t work. That’s why I’m at a standstill. All other metadata pulls in correctly.

I just remembered the most crucial detail, sorry. It doesn't work for MP3's, only for M4A's (AAC or ALAC). :worried: If it's MP3's you're using, try converting a file to M4A with your tags including ITUNESALBUMID, load it into the app and see how it goes. It's then your call whether it's worth upda…

Thanks, I’m already using ALAC and AAC…I feel like maybe some metadata gets stripped in the matching process…? Even the copyright shows if I do Get Info on the local file after tagging, so I feel that the ITUNESALBUMID field is being correctly populated…

I think some tags just get overridden by Apple's metadata, not necessarily overwritten or removed. You could verify that with a COPYRIGHT tag set in Mp3tag with nonsense data and see what Get Info says then. Also double-check on Mp3tag again once Apple's metadata's been applied for any stripped meta…

Sure- here’s one album: [image] Trompe le Monde by Pixies on Apple Music Album · 1991 · 15 Songs If I add this album to my library from a search (even though I already have it and there’s only one version present in Apple Music) nothing changes. I don’t get …

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ohrenkino March 26, 2026, 3:08pm 2

See e.g. here:

Using mp3tag to get Animated Artwork in Apple Music Support

I have a bunch of old CDs that I ripped onto my computer years ago. Most of the basic metadata is accurate (it was matched with iTunes Match) such that it pulls the basic album artwork in Apple Music. What it does not do, is pull the new fancy animated artwork. I noticed that the ITUNESALBUMID was different and I updated that, but it still pulls the old standard artwork. Are there specific metadata fields that need to be updated for old ripped CDs such that it pulls the animated artwork? Ar…

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