Hi all, Im using a HP hw6900 series as my primary mobile device and I must confess that pimping Windows Mobile devices is fun. So far I've been using Pocket Player as my music application but I've just installed S2P which seems to have a nice album art Cover Flow features. However, most (90%) of my songs have no album art embedded. For those other songs which have album art, they were already 'there' when I transferred them over to my memory card.
How do I embed album art into my songs and using which software (presumably using Windows Media Player?)?
Thanks in advance for the help
Just make sure your Album Covers are updated, at least there, in WMP on your PC, and sync your music files through it, it's quite possibly the most simple thing on earth.
If you have an album on your WMP library you can just drag an image onto it and it will "merge" it automatically.
You can also just add a folder.jpg image with the cover to the directory of each album, s2p will read it
Thanks, I used the folder.jpg method and it works... yay I love my flowing covers now thanks again
to literally attach them into you're (mp3?) files youc could use mp3tag (free) on PC, after which they are in the files, no need for folder.jpg etc. so you can just copy files as files on a memory stick, rather than syncing slowly.
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Hello,
I'm having a problem with the displaying of cover art in Media Player Mobile. Using Windows MediaPlayer10, I attached cover art to my MP3 files (which is now embedded in the MP3 files). When synchronizing with my HTC TyTN and playing the files back in MediaPlayer Mobile, the artwork is displayed for some files, but not for others.
It is displayed for all the first tracks of each CD, and it is displayed for some specific albums.
My original artwork wasn't all the same size; I'll check if this might have anything to do with it. What are the limitations imposed by MediaPlayer Mobile on embedded jpg files in MP3s?
Thanks!
Jörg
try this
you just have to put all the songs of the same album in one folder, then rename the jpeg file of the album art to folder.jpg then you'll have it on...
Make sure you extract the album art from the files with the desktop WMP. Very few players (most notably, LGC Jukebox) are able to display embedded images.
Also see http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1652&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
iron1:
Do you mean on the desktop, or on the mobile?
Menneisyys:
What do you mean 'extract'? (I'm using Windows Media Player Mobile, and like to keep using it.)
For what it is worth: WMP Mobile currently displays the artwork all tracks on a CD if all tracks are by the same artist; it only displays the artwork on the first track for compilation CDs (tracks by various artists). The artwork is a jpg file which I dragged to the "paste here" icon of an album (in album view) in Media Player 11.
Using the advanced tag editor, I can see that the images are embedded in all tracks (allthough: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/windowsmobile/faq.aspx#5_6 ).
I checked the folder structure of my Music folder and may have been wrong in assuming that WMP Mobile displayed the embedded artwork: for CDs by the same artist, there is a Folder.jpg along with the tracks; this is not present in the folders of the tracks of compilation CDs (only for the first track). I guess the question has become: how can I get this Folder.jpg to appear for every track of a compilation CD...
I'll try this weekend to put the cover for a CD in the same folder as the tracks and name this file "folder.jpg" on the PC; and then see what happens when I synchronize.
Jörg
Ok, I restored my backup copy of my MP3 files (the back has no embedded artwork).
Strangely enough, when I tried to put a "Folder.jpg" file in the folder of a CD album, I get an error message stating that this file already exists. IT DOESN'T (hidden and system files are shown). I suspect this is because MP11 has a jpg file associated with the album.
Either way, even without the embedded artwork, the behaviour is exactly the same: for compilaton CDs the cover is only synchronized for the first track; for CDs by one artist the cover is shown for every track.
Jörg
How can I make the Album covers appear in the "Music" Application? I ripped my audio CDs with Windows Media Player, transferred the Albums to the TP but the album covers don't show. Do I have to place the cover picture manually into the folders? If so, what file name / extension???
My album covers do show up, but I'm not sure why. ;-)
But I think it is because I placed the cover pictures into the folders named "folder.jpg". But since I use itunes it could also be the fact that I've additionaly written the cover into the mp3s id-tags.
Hope that helps!
Album Covers problem solved
1) For each album folder on the phone, put the album art in a file called Folder.jpg, in the same folder as the MP3 files belonging to the album.
2) Delete the phone's music library database (by renaming the file \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\AudioManager_Eng.vol to some other name) [I'm guessing the "Eng" string might be different on some versions]
3) Go into the Music application, press the 'Library' option (bottom left on the screen) and wait while it rebuilds the library.
It will re-size all the Folder.jpg files, and rename them in its own cryptic way. After that, they will appear as album art.
If you synch using Windows Media Player, all this ought, in principle, to be done for you.
Hope this helps,
Jim
exclude folders?
I've a somehow related question:
Is it possible to exclude folders from being indexed into the library? I have some event-sounds, ringtones and so on on my sd-card and all those files all show up in the library as unknown artist etc. and I would really prefer them not showing up at all.
i just add the album arts via itune, then copy the mp3 to the memory card, works like magic
for some albums like indian (bollywood) music for me it is hard to find album art in that case or if you want to display a pic of yor own choice.
i have found that if i place the album art jpeg file into the same folder as the music file. then rename the jpeg to ~htc_"album name".jpg without the quotation marks seems to change the album art for me but this can be quiet tideous i guess
I got another solution for you guys
Hi folks!
The solution is to edit the mp3's ID tag and to put the cover pic on it.
Use a ID tag editor such as Zortam Mp3 Media Studio (free software).You select all the mp3s and you select the cover pic you want and it will includin it into the mp3s IDTag.No need to put the cover pic on the folder or some like that.Moreover, u can put a pic to each mp3s U want(if your a little bit maso ).
There are lots of free softwares for that so find the one for you!
I work well on my Touch Pro like in Windows Mediplayer, Itunes...
Hope it will help you.Bye
The easiest way is with this program http://www.mediamonkey.com/ the free version is sufficient.
It searches for the ID-tag and downloads the covers. You just have to choose the right one, save and copy to the Touch Pro...
hey there, again a related question:
my album art works, thank god so far. but it doesnt work like it want it to.
if you re just listen to 1 album (so all mp³s got the same cover-image) tf3d just puts one coverimage in the front of the player. so you dont see the covers behind. i know, this is not that important... but i want it that way, because i like this scrolling->switch to next track.
any ideas?
Yea but it's not pretty...
hasi_bär said:
hey there, again a related question:
my album art works, thank god so far. but it doesnt work like it want it to.
if you re just listen to 1 album (so all mp³s got the same cover-image) tf3d just puts one coverimage in the front of the player. so you dont see the covers behind. i know, this is not that important... but i want it that way, because i like this scrolling->switch to next track.
any ideas?
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Basically, you will need to edit the attributes of each mp3 file with a UNIQUE album name and then put each song in its own folder with its own folder.jpg image. I found this out by mistake. It's A LOT OF WORK for any significant sized music library.
I personally just load lots of different artists and albums in their own folders and play from the Song List. TFL3D lists the songs separately and it looks great with high res pics. That way, I can show off the "image flipping" in TFL3D like you said.
Adrianstudent said:
The easiest way is with this program http://www.mediamonkey.com/ the free version is sufficient.
It searches for the ID-tag and downloads the covers. You just have to choose the right one, save and copy to the Touch Pro...
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I did it this way and let it download the covers and put it in the tag. It works great, and TF3D automatically creates the ~hTC_AlbumName.jpg file.
I've noticed that while scrolling through music it can get painfully slow and act like it freezes up while trying to load the album cover.
Is there a "best size" for the album art image? I could resize them all to be the same optimal size.
I didn't notice these slowdowns when scrolling through music without album art, so I know its related to that.
I just take the whole album folder and copy/paste to my memory card. Then rebuild library. The album folder has everything, but its hidden when you look at it in Windows PC explorer.
If you just have sporadic, illegal downloads from WinMX, then create a folder with the name of the artist, place all your illegal mp3s for that artist there along with a album cover that follows the same naming convention for album covers htc~ something something. Copy paste the folder to your card and voila, its all good.
When using MediaMonkey, some of the images it downloaded were large, causing the music tab to hang for a few minutes.
It looks like the ideal size is 256x256. After resizing a few of my images to that size the music tab flows like it should now with no freezes or hangs.
Is there a way to download the covers directly on Raphael? I don't want to pollute my desktop mp3 collection with images, but covers on Raphael would be nice.
kocureq said:
Is there a way to download the covers directly on Raphael? I don't want to pollute my desktop mp3 collection with images, but covers on Raphael would be nice.
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You can save the album art in the ID3 Tag of the mp3 and it won't pollute your desktop mp3 collection because the image is stored in the mp3 file itself.
DeepThought said:
I've a somehow related question:
Is it possible to exclude folders from being indexed into the library? I have some event-sounds, ringtones and so on on my sd-card and all those files all show up in the library as unknown artist etc. and I would really prefer them not showing up at all.
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DeepThought - I had this problem too. Basically I used Advanced Config and changed the music location to Storage Card\My Music and it only listed all my music in there. Hope that helps?
On another related question - is there a way to "purge" the music library? When I delete tracks they are still in the library with a ! as the album cover and when I flick through the library on T3D it shows the ! but skips by it and it's annoying!
Anyway to get rid of it?
mindfrost82 said:
You can save the album art in the ID3 Tag of the mp3 and it won't pollute your desktop mp3 collection because the image is stored in the mp3 file itself.
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And how do I do it? Ay special software is required or just good old winamp?
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And how do I do it? Ay special software is required or just good old winamp?
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Probably the most easy way is to use the freeware Mp3tag (but also iTunes or WMP11 support adding cover pictures).
HTH
These solutions don't work for me. Windows Media player on the phone shows all my album arts. However the music player only shows a fraction. I've tried deleting the volume and resyncing but no effect.
alabij said:
These solutions don't work for me. Windows Media player on the phone shows all my album arts. However the music player only shows a fraction. I've tried deleting the volume and resyncing but no effect.
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There is a thread in the diamond forum that tells the name of a particular software that will do this for you automatically. Here is what I do, while it is a bit tedious it gets it don without cluttering up my desktop.
This is only if you have some album art there (ie in Win Media player only) you can navigate to the artist folder and create a copy of the album art file. It should be something.jpg Change the name of the copy to Folder.jpg. Soft reset and then Audio manager will create the *Htc.jpg file it needs to display the album art.
If you don't use Windows Media Mobile then you can skip the copying and rename the file to Folder.jpg.
Hi,
I'm having problem where the music tab does not display the photo for most of the music I synced from my notebook.
I tried opening Windows Media Player on my Touch Pro and all the musics have photo attached to them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Found solution at http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?p=74481#post74481
Anyway, people should start complaining to HTC regarding this issue as the TouchFlo 3D music tab is not WMP compliance.
Ok, the solution found in the page above would actually solve the problem for one time sync. If you want to continuously sync your music, then it would be best to add the album art into the music files directly by tagging them.
So, here's the steps:
Use WMP to update album info. This would eventually add album art.
Download Mp3tag at http://www.mp3tag.de/en
Install and start Mp3tag
Press CTRL+D (Change Directory) and browse to your music folder
Press CTRL+A to select all files
Click the "Actions (Quick)" icon on the toolbar
Select "Import cover from file"
Type "Folder.jpg" and click OK
Wait until complete and sync to your device
If you have previously synced, then the album art would stay as before, delete the HTC folder in Application Data folder on your device and restart your device
hm that's baaaaad. it should support images in the directory
I have some MP3 with album covers embedded in MP3 TAG, copied in my HTC HD via USB disk but TF3D don't recognize the images...
little bit of necromancy
I`ve used put folder.jpg in album folder. working with everything
To add custom CD covers for music in TF3D, you need to first create the image in 256x256 w/ 82 DPI. Title the file ~hTC_<Album Name Goes Here>.jpg and move it into your My Music folder on your Fuze. Once it's there, go in and set the properties to hidden on the album cover.
Now, to get the image to show up on music that's already loaded onto your Fuze, just load each song individually. As of now, that's the only solution I've found for making the images show up. Any other hints or tips will be added to this first post as I see them. Feel free to post your own.
Apparently you can also embed the album art on your PC and it will tag along wherever the MP3 is moved to. (Thanks Kerensky97)
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For instance when I add some Shinedown songs from the new Us and Them album, the cover is there but when I put James Blunt on, I get the standard empty one. Anyway you can assign images to all your music?
KevinACrider said:
For instance when I add some Shinedown songs from the new Us and Them album, the cover is there but when I put James Blunt on, I get the standard empty one. Anyway you can assign images to all your music?
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I have noticed that most music players require that you place an album cover photo in .jpg format and name the cover either "folder" or "cover". Place the ablum cover in a folder with your music. Some players will show some of the embedded album art but not all of the embedded album art. Using the method I mentioned above works for most players.
Separate your music into seperate folders (I separate by album, artist and sometimes by type of music, then place an album cover in .jpg format into the folder and name the album art "folder". All the songs in that folder witht that album art should display that particular album art when playing.
If you put all you mixed songs into one folder and put one album art using the method mentioned above you will always see the same album cover for every song - this is why you will want to separate your music.
This works for me using Windows media player, TCPMP, S2P, and Mort Player.
I'm using the standard music player in TF3D. I have my music sorted into folders by the first letter of the artist but I don't see the same album art for all artists starting with S. I did see the art, I'll try to figure out the format and see if I can finagle it.
I dont have TF3D So I really can't say how it would work for that since I havn't tried it. you can try to embedd the art manually into each song. use something like Media Monkey (which you can download for free) to try embedding album art to you songs. I usually get my album art from this web site
http://www.albumart.org/
All my album art(jpg) is embedded in the MP3 metadata using Mp3tag and it all shows up fine in TF3D. It obviously checks that tag to see if you have it so no need for additional files in your folders (although I wonder which it will prefer if you have both?).
Do it to all your music on your computer and you can copy/paste/cut/rearrange your songs however you want and the art will always follow.
So if you use Windows Media Player and Sync song files to the to the Charge will they automatically save to the SD card...my last phone had a setting where you decided where you wanted stuff saved. Internal vs. SD..does this setting existin in the stock charge UI? If so where?
Drop the music wherever you like on the SD card. Android's media scanner will take care of the rest.
Cooll..I did this...worked Great..but it didn't sync any of the Album cover jpgs..instead every Album on my phone has this Stupid different color bubble jpg next to each Album..Anyway to change this?
The problem is that you have album cover JPGs as separate files. Are you coming from iTunes? The way to fix is to embed the album art into the mP3 files themselves. This can be done with an ID3 tag editor such as http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (free). If you have ripped CDs you can process whole albums at a time and it will import the album art from amazon or freecd databases on the web, and mash the picture right into the mp3s.
They are ripped CDs on my laptop...all I did was take them all drag them over to synch folder and the phone and Windows Media Player did the rest...so how would do this? Won't the ripped CDs have the pics inbedded in the wave files or whatever.
I didn't even associate the Album cover with the Albums Windows Media Player did automatically...so naturraly I thought if I just dumped them in the synch folder it would synch everything. So how do I do this?
well i do pretty much what you do, but i create an autoplaylist called androidsync which automatically adds everything to itself, then just always sync that playlist.
What you're doing should work - curious. ID3 tagging would definitely fix it though.. depending on how much music you have it can be a pain.