Windows 10: Why has Windows Media Player Legacy started duplicating album art?

Windows Media Player Legacy has started fetching multiple album art files for a music album. The jpg files look the same but are stored as separate OS level hidden files! Unlike iTunes which keeps fetched media art files in a separate folder, Windows Media Player Legacy stores the media art files in the same folder as the actual music files which unnecessarily bloats file count and makes keeping backups of the music folder in sync difficult. Either these hidden OS files capturing media art shouldn't show up in folder file count/size, or they should be kept in a separate dedicated folder like i

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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).

 

Windows Media Player Blurs the Image I want as Album art

Hi Anish,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience caused, I will be glad to assist you with this.

Just to clarify, where exactly did you download the album art from?

I would suggest you to try adding the album art again by following the steps provided in the help article below and check if it helps.

Add or change album art in Windows Media Player
(Applies to Windows 10)

Let us know the result.

 

How to remove album art from Windows media player in Windows 10

Hello Adrian,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

Follow the below mentioned steps and check if they helps you.

• Open Windows Media Player.
• Click the Library tab, right-click on any of the column headers and select
  Choose Columns.
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  Uncheck the Album Art check box and Click OK.
  

Another way to do this

• Open "Windows Media Player."
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  Click "Library." Right-click the track or album you want to edit, and then click "Advanced Tag Editor."
  
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  Select the "Pictures" tab. Click the "Delete" button and then "Apply" to remove the album art.
  

Now check if it still displays the Album Art.

Keep us posted if you require further assistance.