Windows 10: Sooo im using windows media player and I can't get it to sync my music with the album art

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Album art sync with Windows Media Player 11 with bitrate conversion

This is what I understand about displaying album art on the S60 Music Player:

• The album art must be embedded in a ID3 tag. "folder.jpg" and other external artwork are not displayed.

• The album art can be embedded into the music file using Windows Media Player by:
  • using the Pictures tab of Advanced Tag Editor, or
  • dragging an image from a folder to the gray "Paste Art Here" box

• If the music is synced to the phone without bitrate conversion, the embedded artwork (and all metadata, e.g. lyrics) is transferred.

• If bitrate is downgraded during sync, Windows Media Player drops the embedded artwork to save space on the phone. This unfortunately happens even with the MTP protocol, where the phone is supposed to disclose its capabilities (e.g. ability to display album
  art) to WMP.

Can the experienced forum members please point out any mistakes in my observations? My phone is a Nokia E66.

 

No album art in Windows Media player mobile 10

I've been happily syncing music from my windows media player 11 to my HTC Touch (WM6) for a while now, and have just recently read that I should be able to see album art on my phone. On my phone the media screen simply shows the track and album name, with
a giant blackish-blueish void in the middle, it would be great to get some art there! any suggestions?



On the Microsoft site I think I read that if there is album art in Windows media player on the PC it should automatically transfer the art, this doesnt seem to be happening.



Thanks, James

 

No album art in Windows Media player mobile 10

This is from Windows Media Player Mobile FAQ (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/windowsmobile/faq.aspx)

It is an old FAQ (May 2005) but I believe it offers some insight worth looking at.

5.6 Why isn't album art displayed when I play a song? There are several reasons why album art might not be displayed when you play on song on your device. In order for album art to be displayed:

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  The album art must appear when you play the file on the desktop version of Windows Media Player. If the desktop Player cannot display the album art, then the album art cannot be copied to your device.
  
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  You must use the Sync feature in the desktop version of Windows Media Player 10 to copy songs to your device. This ensures that the album art on your desktop computer is copied to the correct location on your device.
  
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  Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Pocket PC or Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Smartphone must be installed on your device. Only these versions can display album art.
  

In some cases, album art might not be displayed correctly if the art is embedded in the file (for example, by using the Advanced Tag Editor in the desktop version of Windows Media Player).