Album art not in library but in now playing window

I upgraded to WMP 11 and some of my album art disappeared from the library
view. They are displayed in the "Now Playing" tab but not in the librabry
view. The same thing happens to "some" new CDs that I have ripped. The
"some" thing drives me mad because I can't figure out what makes some of them
work but not all of them. Anyone with a solution?

 

Make sure you have hidden files visible in your album folders. The album
art added by WMP has the hidden attribute set so, by default, you can't see
it.

Another possibility is that your album art is embedded in the tracks but
that wouldn't be the normal behavior for the newly ripped CDs.

Dale

 

I have also upgraded to WMP 11 and album art is not showing for new CD's
I've been ripping. Previous ones are ok.

I've been slowly ripping my CD's, with WMP 10 I was having no problem.

Now with WMP 11 even the info is not updating automatically. I checked and
double checked the options. I guess I have missed the one check though...

I am ripping to a firewire 80gig drive if that makes a difference. I did
select the customize tab in Windows Explorer and set it to the music type
folder...

Any suggestions are welcome.

TIA
Andy

 

There are two ways to see album art in the thumbnail view of a folder.
First, the best way (in my opinion) is to have an image in the folder named
Folder.jpg. This works in any folder, music or otherwise, because it is a
feature of Windows, not of WMP. The second way is to simply have any images
in the folder. In this second way, instead of seeing a large (relatively)
image that nearly fills the thumbnail (what you get with Folder.jpg), you
get a smaller image in the folder thumbnail, sized so that you could fit
four of them in the thumbnail.

So, now my question is, what are you seeing in the folder thumbnail?

Also, do you have album art saved as Folder.jpg in any of those folders? If
you are not seeing any images in your folders and you're seeing images in
the thumbnail view of the folder, then you have not successfully enabled the
view of hidden files.

Dale

 

I should be so lucky as to have your problem. Many users have, including
me, have complained that you can't stop WMP 11 from updating your album art
even if you don't want it to!

So, let's see how to turn it on:

1. Tools->Options, Player tab. Make sure that "Connect to the Internet" is
checked.
2. Tools->Options, Library tab. Make sure that Retrieve additional
information from the Internet is checked.
3. Tools->Options, Privacy tab. Make sure that Update music files by
retrieving media info from the Internet is checked.

HTH,

Dale

 

Thank you. Now that I unchecked the "hide protected operating system files"
I can see where the mysterious pictures come from -- I just would have been
so liberal in calling them operating system files but now I know. I have
also noticed that the image files are created in the same folder where the
music is saved whenever I paste the album art from within WMP.

The million-dollar question for me now is why WMP is not creating those
files automatically when I rip a new CD (it actually does it sometimes) or
when I update CD info either through the "update album info" or the "find
album info. It's iteresting that you can see the album art in the "find
album info" pop-up but it is not saved when you click "finish". Also, the
image has to be somewhere (I am not done looking all over for it) since it is
displayed in the "now playing" tab. I will be sure to come back and let you
know if and where I find it.

Thanks again,

Carlos

 

Wow, thanks for the quick responce... Yes those were checked. Here is the
complete list...
Could it be something in Windows Firewall. I left default settings. Norton
Antivirus only, no internet security.

Actually, now that I look at Nortons logs. He has in there that WMP is going
out and recieving info. Humm. Fkn Norton. No success yet but I'll post back
if I find anything.

Thanks again.

Connection: toc.music.metaservices.microsoft.com(207.46.248.240): http(80)
from SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2010, 549 bytes sent, 6163 bytes received,
0.312 elapsed time.
Connection: redir.metaservices.microsoft.com(207.46.210.107): http(80)
from SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2009, 544 bytes sent, 787 bytes received,
0.187 elapsed time.


Connection: toc.music.metaservices.microsoft.com(207.46.248.240): http(80)
from SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2008, 549 bytes sent, 6163 bytes received,
0.312 elapsed time.
Connection: redir.metaservices.microsoft.com(207.46.210.107): http(80)
from SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2007, 544 bytes sent, 787 bytes received,
0.203 elapsed time.
Connection: toc.music.metaservices.microsoft.com(207.46.248.240): http(80)
from SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2006, 549 bytes sent, 6163 bytes received,
0.296 elapsed time.
Connection: redir.metaservices.microsoft.com(207.46.210.107): http(80)
from SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2005, 544 bytes sent, 787 bytes received,
0.187 elapsed time.
Connection: metaservices.windowsmedia.com(207.46.248.236): http(80) from
SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2004, 1202 bytes sent, 24241 bytes received,
0.640 elapsed time.
Connection: metaservices.windowsmedia.com(207.46.248.236): http(80) from
SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2003, 654 bytes sent, 311 bytes received, 0.203
elapsed time.
Connection: metaservices.windowsmedia.com(207.46.248.236): http(80) from
SALVAIXPS(192.168.1.101): 2002, 663 bytes sent, 311 bytes received, 0.187
elapsed time.



1. Player Tab:
Automatic Updates:
Check for updates: Once a day
Download codecs automatically
Player settings:
Keep the player on top
Add media files to lirary when played
Connect to the Internet
Start the mini Player for file names that contain this text:
voiceatt.wav

Library Tab:
Update library by monitoring folders: Delecte files from computer when
deleted from library

Automatic media information updates for files:
Retrieve additional information from the Internet: Overwrite all media
information
Rename music files
Maintain my star ratings as global ratings in files( just uncheck but it
was checked)...

Privacy Tab:
Display media information from the internet
Update music files y retrieving media info from the internet
Download usage rights automatically when I play or sync a file
Automatically check if protected files need to be refreshed
Set clock on devices automatically

Enhanced Content Provider Services: Send unique player ID to content
providers
Windows Media Player Customer Experience Improvement Program: I wnat to
help (just checked after having problems
Save File and URL history

 

For me, there are no image files created.

 

If you have tracks that still do not have images in the folder but you do
see it in now playing, it is displaying embedded images. The ID3 tag
(that's the standard used for adding track information to MP3 files) allows
embedded images stored in the MP3 file. To see if you have any embedded
images, open the file in the Advanced Tag Editor in Media Player. If there
are any pictures shown in the Pictures tab, then the artwork is embedded.
This is what happens when you drop an image on the default CD icon in the
library - it embeds that image into the MP3 file itself.

As for why WMP can't add the image when you RIP the CD even though it did
find the artwork when you clicked to Find Album Information, I have no clue.
I just ripped a new CD I got for Christmas and it downloaded the artwork
files to the folder by the time the 2nd track had been ripped.

Dale

 

Now to figure out how to get the missing album covers:-(

Thanks for your time. Took the easy way out sorry.
Andy