# Not fetching cover art

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/not-fetching-cover-art/1318>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 30, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/not-fetching-cover-art/1318 "2020-05-30T01:01:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tcurdt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/tcurdt/32/418_2.png) [@tcurdt](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tcurdt)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/not-fetching-cover-art/1318/1 "2020-05-30T01:02:00Z")

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When I run beets it does not seem to download the album art. Why?

```auto
% beet -c config.yaml fetchart "Desert Sessions"
fetchart: Bands/Desert Sessions/1998 [1 & 2]/$disc_and_track $title: no art found
fetchart: Bands/Desert Sessions/1998 [3 & 4]/$disc_and_track $title: has album art
fetchart: Bands/Desert Sessions/1999 [5 & 6]/$disc_and_track $title: has album art
fetchart: Bands/Desert Sessions/2001 [7 & 8]/$disc_and_track $title: has album art
fetchart: Bands/Desert Sessions/2003 [I See You Hearin Me / I Heart Disco]/$disc_and_track $title: has album art

```

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/not-fetching-cover-art/1318/2 "2020-05-30T01:18:05Z")

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Hi! I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking here—beets seems to be saying that it didn’t find album art, and that the albums already have album art. Maybe some more details would help?

The FAQ has some tips on reporting bugs that might also be relevant here:  
[https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#report-a-bug-in-beets](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#report-a-bug-in-beets)

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**Author:** ![tcurdt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/tcurdt/32/418_2.png) [@tcurdt](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tcurdt)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/not-fetching-cover-art/1318/3 "2020-05-30T11:01:39Z")

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Indeed - I was missing some details, but then realized I can add `-v` as a global argument. Now I am running:

`beet -v -c config.yaml fetchart "Saliva"`

And with that I get…

```auto
overlaying configuration: config.yaml
no user configuration found at path/to/.config/beets/config.yaml
data directory: path/to/.config/beets
plugin paths: 
Sending event: pluginload
artresizer: method is (2, (7, 0, 10), False)
inline: adding item field disc_and_track
library database: path/to/Downloads/beets/library.db
library directory: /Volumes/public/music
Sending event: library_opened
fetchart: trying source filesystem for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: trying source coverart for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: trying source coverart for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: trying source itunes for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: getting URL: https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=Tool+Salival&entity=album&media=music&limit=200
fetchart: iTunes search for 'Tool Salival' got no results
fetchart: trying source amazon for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: trying source albumart for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: trying source wikipedia for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: getting URL: https://dbpedia.org/sparql?format=application%2Fsparql-results%2Bjson&timeout=2500&query=PREFIX+rdf%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2F02%2F22-rdf-syntax-ns%23%3E%0A+++++++++++++++++PREFIX+dbpprop%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fproperty%2F%3E%0A+++++++++++++++++PREFIX+owl%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fontology%2F%3E%0A+++++++++++++++++PREFIX+rdfs%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A+++++++++++++++++PREFIX+foaf%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fxmlns.com%2Ffoaf%2F0.1%2F%3E%0A%0A+++++++++++++++++SELECT+DISTINCT+%3FpageId+%3FcoverFilename+WHERE+%7B%0A+++++++++++++++++++%3Fsubject+owl%3AwikiPageID+%3FpageId+.%0A+++++++++++++++++++%3Fsubject+dbpprop%3Aname+%3Fname+.%0A+++++++++++++++++++%3Fsubject+rdfs%3Alabel+%3Flabel+.%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7B+%3Fsubject+dbpprop%3Aartist+%3Fartist+%7D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++UNION%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7B+%3Fsubject+owl%3Aartist+%3Fartist+%7D%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7B+%3Fartist+foaf%3Aname+%22Tool%22%40en+%7D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++UNION%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7B+%3Fartist+dbpprop%3Aname+%22Tool%22%40en+%7D%0A+++++++++++++++++++%3Fsubject+rdf%3Atype+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fontology%2FAlbum%3E+.%0A+++++++++++++++++++%3Fsubject+dbpprop%3Acover+%3FcoverFilename+.%0A+++++++++++++++++++FILTER+%28+regex%28%3Fname%2C+%22Salival%22%2C+%22i%22%29+%29%0A++++++++++++++++++%7D%0A+++++++++++++++++Limit+1
fetchart: wikipedia: album not found on dbpedia
fetchart: trying source fanarttv for album Tool - Salival
fetchart: Bands/Tool/2000 [Salival]/$disc_and_track $title: no art found
Sending event: cli_exit

```

Now the question is - why does the amazon search not find the cover? I can find it manually.

And is there no discogs source for the album art?

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/not-fetching-cover-art/1318/4 "2020-05-30T11:20:31Z")

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It’s pretty hard to say why any particular source can’t find album art. 🙂 It’s definitely not the case that the plugin works the same way as manual search on Amazon. If you’re curious, I do think diving into the code would be the way to go!

> [@tcurdt](#):
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> And is there no discogs source for the album art?

No. May I recommend searching the issue tracker if you’re curious about such things?

> <https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/429>
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> I have the experience that discogs usually provides the best artwork at least fo…r the music I need to tag and Amazon either does not have an image or it is..frankly speaking...crap.