Missing album art in My Music viewed from xbox 360 extender

[dw]

I have this album that I ripped using WMP10 and the album cover art was
missing. So, on the MCE PC, I located the folder where the ripped music files
were located and updated the folder properties using the customize/choose
picture option. Now, I see the album cover in MCE. However, when I access My
Music from the Xbox 360 extender, the album cover is still missing. Any ideas?

Thanks,
dw

[Reginald Blue]

I have no idea if this is related to what I noticed, but:

When I rip with WMP, it constructs a two tier directory: Artist\Album

When I look at it through my XBox (note! not a 360!) it does not seem to be
able to decode the two tier structure.

If I bring the Album down one level (cut/paste) and delete the (now empty)
artist directory, the XBox is then able to see the album cover art
correctly.

It's very annoying, as there's no way to get WMP to change it's rip behavior
so it does it with only one level.

Hope that's of some use to you.

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[Todd Bowra [MSFT]]

The music library code is identical between Media Center displayed on the PC
and Media Center displayed on Xbox, so it's possible/likely that this is a
file permissioning issue (i.e. perhaps the MCX account doesn't have the
permissions to read the cover art jpeg, which would be really weird). To
ensure that the MCX has the proper permissions, navigate to the top-level
directory containing your music and do the following:
- Right click the directory containing your music, click Properties
- Select the Security tab
- Click Add...
- Type "MCRD Users" in the box, click OK twice

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"Reginald Blue" <Regina...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Reginald Blue]

I wouldn't think so... since I'm doing a file move instead of a file copy,
the permissions move with it, unless the MCE system's file permissions work
differently than Win 2003.

Could be just a bug... not quite sure.

And definitely don't care enough to figure it out. :-)

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Reginald Blue
"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my
telephone."
- Bjarne Stroustrup (originator of C++) [quoted at the 2003
International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces]

Todd Bowra [MSFT] wrote:
> The music library code is identical between Media Center displayed on
> the PC and Media Center displayed on Xbox, so it's possible/likely
> that this is a file permissioning issue (i.e. perhaps the MCX account
> doesn't have the permissions to read the cover art jpeg, which would
> be really weird). To ensure that the MCX has the proper permissions,
> navigate to the top-level directory containing your music and do the
> following:
> - Right click the directory containing your music, click Properties
> - Select the Security tab
> - Click Add...
> - Type "MCRD Users" in the box, click OK twice
>
>

[dw]

I solved the problem:

1. Open the album folder, go to Tools->Folder Options->View tab->hidden
files and folders options->uncheck "hide protected operating system files."
This reveals extra album art files.

2. Delete all the image files and save your custom album cover as folder.jpg
(200x200) and set it to read only so it wont be deleted.

3. Go to windows media player tools->options->privacy->Uncheck Update music
files and Acquire liceneses tabs to prevent automatic download/changes that
could override your custom art.