[BC] Cover Art/Liner Notes

[Rich Wood]

In a previous post I asked about the ability to send Cover Art and 
Liner Notes. The one response I got suggested a download time of 
about 16 minutes for a 200 x 200 graphic. I don't think that estimate 
included the liner notes.

Is anyone aware of this?

There appears to be new technology to do this. Will it require new 
transmitting equipment or is it a software/firmware upgrade?

Are any automation systems capable of adding this information to each 
song? If there are, are any stations including this data? If they 
are, I'd assume it's for their Internet streams. One Internet-only 
service I was involved with used an Enco system and output the data 
via a serial port. It was title and artist only. The service 
provider, as I recall, took the data and added cover art using a 
proprietary player.

For personal use I use cataloging software that queries several 
external databases and provides a large amount of data, particularly 
for movies. For CDs it reads the disc code. For DVDs and Blu-Ray I 
type in the title in a queue, then search. In most cases every 
release in every region comes up. I then select the version I have 
and it adds the information to my database.

So far, I haven't seen any station streams that include it, Pandora-style.

Rich