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Guest unclelimey
Posted

Hi ,

does anyone know how to display cd cover art on media player 10 on my spv c550, i snyc'd to my desktop windows media 10 and think i checked all the right boxes but it does not show the album cover on my phone,,

please help if you can

thanks in advance

Guest Pondrew
Posted

Silly question, but did the files in question display the album art in Windows Media Player 10 on your desktop? Because if not then it won't be able to sync it to your 'phone.

Guest unclelimey
Posted (edited)

yeah, i have the artwork displayed on screen on my pc when playing the tracks in media player 10..

is there any options on my phone which i should be 'setting'??

i am using active sync 3.7.1, should i be using a newer version?

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Guest Pondrew
Posted

I would update to 3.8 and see if it resolves it. Other then that I'll have a look see if there's any other setting but didn't think so.

Guest Pondrew
Posted

Hey, just found this suggestion but u'd have to find the album art files yourself...

If you do as I do, and copy albums to the SD card in a self contained directory, save the album art to a file called folder.jpg and that will be displayed in WMP.

Just another option!

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Guest unclelimey
Posted

ok, i failed to mention earlier that i seem to be able to connect my phone to pc media player 10, but when i try to sync a playlist is stops halfway through the first track and says aborted files...

i managed to sync ok by putting the mini sd card into a card reader..

maybe i need to sync the tracks via the phone to get the artwork on it??

any ideas what im doing wrong? :oops:

Guest unclelimey
Posted (edited)

ahhh , just tried what you said, by putting the album in a file and adding the artwork under the name folder.jpg and it worked a treat

thanks very much for you help...

now..... if only i could sync the tracks......

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Guest Pondrew
Posted
now..... if only i could sync the tracks......

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A known problem I'm afraid. Refer to the C550 bug list in the Hurricane hardware specific section.

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Guest harrysaab
Posted

it dont work :-(

it tried that..

i made a folder in mini sd card called folder.jpg and copied all the tracks on root directory and pictures in folder.jpg

still dont work :-(

ahhh , just tried what you said, by putting the album in a file and adding the artwork under the name folder.jpg and it worked a treat

thanks very much for you help...

now..... if only i could sync the tracks......

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Guest Pondrew
Posted
it dont work :-(

it tried that..

i made a folder in mini sd card called folder.jpg and copied all the tracks on root directory and pictures in folder.jpg

still dont work :-(

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I think you're meant to rename the album art pic to *.jpg rather then the folder ;)

Guest harrysaab
Posted

oh sorry

i tried that aswell

but still no luck

:-(

*.jpg means pic.jpg right in the same folder as mp3s?

I think you're meant to rename the album art pic to *.jpg rather then the folder ;)

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Guest bluesxman
Posted
oh sorry

i tried that aswell

but still no luck

:-(

*.jpg means pic.jpg right in the same folder as mp3s?

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Nope, the image should be called folder.jpg. The name of the folder can be anything you like.

To clarify, I copy over the following file structure from my PC to my SD card:

MP3s

   Album1

      Track1

      Track2

      Track...

      Folder.jpg

   Album2

      Track1

      Track2

      Track...

      Folder.jpg

   Album3

      Track1

      Track2

      Track...

      Folder.jpg

This is a windows thing, it'll show up if you use thumbnail view in Windows Explorer (on XP at least).

Guest Pondrew
Posted

Thanks Bluesxman, thought that was what you meant but having never done it myself I didn't want to mislead...

Guest harrysaab
Posted

it dont work :-(

plz provide step by step instructions

thanks

Hey, just found this suggestion but u'd have to find the album art files yourself...

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Guest bluesxman
Posted
it dont work :-(

plz provide step by step instructions

thanks

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There really isn't anymore to say. What version of WMP are you using, perhaps this only works for version 10?

Guest harrysaab
Posted

im using version 10 both on pc and sp5..

can u tell me frm start, step by step on how to do it...as i tried but not working still

i copied the track frm pc in to ../mp3/track1.mp3 and test.jpg in the same folder as album art image..

but it dont show on phone...

There really isn't anymore to say. What version of WMP are you using, perhaps this only works for version 10?

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Guest bluesxman
Posted
im using version 10 both on pc and sp5..

can u tell me frm start, step by step on how to do it...as i tried but not working still

i copied the track frm pc in to ../mp3/track1.mp3 and test.jpg in the same folder as album art image..

but it dont show on phone...

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folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg

Guest harrysaab
Posted

it dont work

I GIVE UP!!

:-(

folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg folder.jpg

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Guest bluesxman
Posted
it dont work

I GIVE UP!!

:-(

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Can view the folder.jpg file on your PC without problems?
Guest roma0803
Posted (edited)

Ok, it worked for me yesterday. Now a new album, with a folder.jpg and it is not showing in WMP10. Size is way bigger then the other jpg so gonna resize it to try again....

Edit:

That did it for me. I noticed my jpg wasn't showing anymore so stumbled upon this thread. Saw my folder.jpg was 3.5MB big so resized it. Now it's a nice 89Kb and does show again in Mediaplayer.

Might be working for you also, check the size and resize if it's +1MB or so.

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Guest harrysaab
Posted

good thinking

what picture size should i resize it to??

same as screen res of qvga 340*240 ??

or smaller?

so you put images in .../mp3s/folder.jpg ??

and mp3s in .../mp3s?

this is driving me mad, i thought microsoft makes things eaiser but this is rocket science stuff.

Ok, it worked for me yesterday. Now a new album, with a folder.jpg and it is not showing in WMP10. Size is way bigger then the other jpg so gonna resize it to try again....

Edit:

That did it for me. I noticed my jpg wasn't showing anymore so stumbled upon this thread. Saw my folder.jpg was 3.5MB big so resized it. Now it's a nice 89Kb and does show again in Mediaplayer.

Might be working for you also, check the size and resize if it's +1MB or so.

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Guest roma0803
Posted
good thinking

what picture size should i resize it to??

same as screen res of qvga 340*240 ??

or smaller?

so you put images in .../mp3s/folder.jpg ??

and mp3s in .../mp3s?

this is driving me mad, i thought microsoft makes things eaiser but this is rocket science stuff.

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I have my music on my storage card in \My Documents\My Music\Artist\Album\xxx.mp3

I resized the file folder.jpg just to make it smaller in size. It doesn't matter that much what dimensions are used, WMP will resize it to show up correctly in the player. folder.jpg goes with the album in the correct folder.

After opening WMP point the library towards your storage card and let it search for music. When found, hit play and enjoy the music with album art in the player.

Guest harrysaab
Posted

where do u get the folder.jpg file from?? i can't find it.

I have my music on my storage card in \My Documents\My Music\Artist\Album\xxx.mp3

I resized the file folder.jpg just to make it smaller in size. It doesn't matter that much what dimensions are used, WMP will resize it to show up correctly in the player. folder.jpg goes with the album in the correct folder.

After opening WMP point the library towards your storage card and let it search for music. When found, hit play and enjoy the music with album art in the player.

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Guest bluesxman
Posted
where do u get the folder.jpg file from?? i can't find it.

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This is the file that contains the album art, you've got to get this yourself.
Guest harrysaab
Posted

wot u mean i have to get it myself?? where from? how do i create this file ?

This is the file that contains the album art, you've got to get this yourself.

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