Cover Art

I'm needing some advice about cover art for my impending solo album. I have designed the cover and saved it as a jpeg at 3000x3000 pixels as google suggested that was what was required for iTunes, and embedded the jpeg in the mp3s using a tag editor. Unfortunately it doesn't display properly in Groove music (a tiny thumbnail that is unreadable with the main image looking really zoomed in) or iTunes which gives a tiny unreadable thumbnail. It does however look fine, or at least as expected, in VLC and on my phone. What do you reckon I'm doing wrong?
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7735
    edited November 2017
    The embedded mp3 jpegs need to be a lower res IIRC.

    Did you use mp3tag?
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  • wave100wave100 Frets: 150
    Why yes, yes I did use mp3tag... is that an issue? What resolution would you suggest? The file is currently 3000 x 3000 at 96 dpi.
    Thanks for your assistance.
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7735
    edited November 2017
    I would google your issue, I used the same program 3 years ago but itunes has probably had too many updates since then so different software is worth a try.

    You could test with a 2000x2000 & 1500x1500 pixel image

    Fwiw dpi is related to "print size" in cm/inches

    Pixel widths are absolute. So a 2000x2000 image with have less dpi the larger the print size (resolution goes down as you print the same file larger) 
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  • wave100wave100 Frets: 150
    Unfortunately, google hasn't been particularly helpful on this issue. The dpi figure comes from getting the properties of the file, I'm not really sure why this is a file property, since, as you say, it's only relevant for print.
    Last night I tried a file of 1385x1385 at 300dpi as those are the dimensions of a jpeg included with a commercial download in my possession - Groove music still displays the same "highly zoomed" behaviour. Interestingly, the cover art of the album in question displays perfectly in Groove. Of course, I have no idea of the file properties embedded in the mp3s, they might be completely different to the jpeg included with the download.
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7735
    edited November 2017
    Try AAC. It has better sound quality at a given bitrate than mp3 anyway
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  • wave100wave100 Frets: 150
    Try AAC. It has better sound quality at a given bitrate than mp3 anyway
    Is that the iTunes compression? I really went for mp3 for maximum compatibility, plus they are 320 Kb/s so still sound ok.
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  • It's not an iTunes standard just used most often by them. Just a thought
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