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Mike Williams [MVP]
Aug 31, 2004, 8:44:42 PM8/31/04
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"CP" <C...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I ripped a CD using Windows 9 or 10, if the data provider is not able
> to
> provide the album artwork (album cover picture) of the CD, how can I
> manually
> update it (during ripping and post ripping)? I can manually edit/update
> the
> song titles and artists if it's not correct, but I don't seem to be able
> to
> edit the album artwork. Thank you!
Copy the album image to the file-system folder. If it's called folder.jpg
then Explorer will use it as the folder thumbnail. You can also right-click
on the folder background to customize.
Matthew Shaw
Sep 3, 2004, 7:41:11 AM9/3/04
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If you store album tracks in a single folder (ie. all tracks from one album
are in the same folder, all tracks from another album are in another folder
etc.), this can be done by placing a JPG image named "folder.JPG" in each
album folder. All tracks from that folder will carry that folders
"folder.JPG" image as their album art. You might also want to put another
image in that folder named "albumartsmall.JPG" as a smaller image for WMP to
use.
are in the same folder, all tracks from another album are in another folder
etc.), this can be done by placing a JPG image named "folder.JPG" in each
album folder. All tracks from that folder will carry that folders
"folder.JPG" image as their album art. You might also want to put another
image in that folder named "albumartsmall.JPG" as a smaller image for WMP to
use.
A good place to find album art pictures is www.cdnow.com. Their album covers
are usually 300 x 300 pixels which I use for the folder.JPG image. I then
create a resized image (use paint or whatever) of 150 x 150 pixels as the
albumartsmall.JPG image.
Hope this helps some
CP
Oct 31, 2004, 12:19:02 PM10/31/04
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Hi Mike, Appreciate your reply. Your recommendation below allows for the
folder to have a thumbnail of the album art which is cool. But it does not
update into the Windows Media Player 10 database ... ie when I open up
Windows Media Player library, it does not display the artwork .... when I
play the album, at the NOW PLAYING Tab using the Bliss Energy visualisation
which shows the artwork of the album, it still does not show up ..... when I
sync to my portable Media Center device, it also does not have the album
artwork. The other albums that were auto-detected by the AMG data provider
all do not have these problems. It seems that the update (of folder.jpg) is
only at the folder level and not within the Windows Media database.
folder to have a thumbnail of the album art which is cool. But it does not
update into the Windows Media Player 10 database ... ie when I open up
Windows Media Player library, it does not display the artwork .... when I
play the album, at the NOW PLAYING Tab using the Bliss Energy visualisation
which shows the artwork of the album, it still does not show up ..... when I
sync to my portable Media Center device, it also does not have the album
artwork. The other albums that were auto-detected by the AMG data provider
all do not have these problems. It seems that the update (of folder.jpg) is
only at the folder level and not within the Windows Media database.
I hope I am making sense. Any advice? Thanks.
CP.
CP
Oct 31, 2004, 12:19:02 PM10/31/04
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Hi Mike, Appreciate your reply. Your recommendation below allows for the
folder to have a thumbnail of the album art which is cool. But it does not
update into the Windows Media Player 10 database ... ie when I open up
Windows Media Player library, it does not display the artwork .... when I
play the album, at the NOW PLAYING Tab using the Bliss Energy visualisation
which shows the artwork of the album, it still does not show up ..... when I
sync to my portable Media Center device, it also does not have the album
artwork. The other albums that were auto-detected by the AMG data provider
all do not have these problems. It seems that the update (of folder.jpg) is
only at the folder level and not within the Windows Media database.
folder to have a thumbnail of the album art which is cool. But it does not
update into the Windows Media Player 10 database ... ie when I open up
Windows Media Player library, it does not display the artwork .... when I
play the album, at the NOW PLAYING Tab using the Bliss Energy visualisation
which shows the artwork of the album, it still does not show up ..... when I
sync to my portable Media Center device, it also does not have the album
artwork. The other albums that were auto-detected by the AMG data provider
all do not have these problems. It seems that the update (of folder.jpg) is
only at the folder level and not within the Windows Media database.
I hope I am making sense. Any advice? Thanks.
CP.
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