Album Artwork Not Showing for iPhone

avexler · 05-24-2024, 03:45 PM

I have a 2023 530i with the HK audio system. When my iphone is connected via BT the album covers are not shown when I scroll through music in either the Artist or Album view. This applies to every song (1,000s of them). So, it's not just an issue of missing artwork on a couple albums. As soon as I click a song and it starts playing the artwork shows. So, it's not an issue of artwork is missing for all albums. Is this just how idrive works or is there a setting that needs to be changed? NOTE: if I put the same files on a USB drive and scroll through them the artwork is visible. UI seems to be better when using a USB drive as Album view shows a nice looking carousel of the albums.

Joe-BMW33 · 05-30-2024, 07:47 AM

Try hitting the option button on the console when at this point and see if the menu has something for artwork or view.

That said, since it's working on the USB drive, I suspect this is just a limitation of interfacing with an iPhone and how the iphone stores artwork.

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