Any way to force Traktor to re-import the cover art?

Didier Malenfant

I have some tracks that, while they do contain cover art that do show on other software. do not display any art in Traktor.

I tracked it down to COVERARTID in the database pointing to a missing file (somehow… not sure how that happened but regardless…).

I closed Traktor, deleted the COVERARTID for that track in the database, launched Traktor again but it still won't reload the art when I load the track onto a deck.

Short of re-adding the track to my collection, is there any way to make Traktor update the covert art of a track?

Didier Malenfant

Found the solution… you just need to make sure you remove the old COVERARTID and then touch the actual music file so that it's modification date is later than the stored one in the database..and boom! Traktor reloads the cover art when you load the track on a deck.

DJ-Andre

Have you tried Check Consistency feature?

Didier Malenfant

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/158370#Comment_158370

Yeah I tried that on the track itself and the whole collection too. No dice.

I thought for a moment that the artwork may have been stored in a tag where Traktor didn't look for it but when I delete the track and re-adds it from scratch then the artwork is found no problem.

I know some tracks get their artwork updated when you load the track onto a deck, that's the behavior I'm trying to force here.

Didier Malenfant

Found the solution… you just need to make sure you remove the old COVERARTID and then touch the actual music file so that it's modification date is later than the stored one in the database..and boom! Traktor reloads the cover art when you load the track on a deck.