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Old 11-14-2007   #1
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Cover art on a M6. Another way!

I discovered this by accident. It seems to work so far, and I wanted to share this. This works in WMP11 and on the latest M6 firmware. YMMV, of course and there are certain caveats.

First, set your M6 on MTP mode (from the default MSC). Fire up WMP and connect the M6. WMP will see it, blah blah. Shuffle music (or setup a random autoplaylist) into the device. Disconnect. WMP will create an ALBUMS folder in ROOT and copy the art there (it'll create two files). When you check out your music the art will be there!

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I prefer MSC mode over MTP. Although WMP seems to like MTP mode more, some of the functionality does not work on the M6. For instance, WMP will attempt to copy Playlists over to the M6 in .pla format. Which do not work. MTP mode also restricts the way you interact with your device.

WMP tag database is heavily dependent on Microsoft which for some albums acts weird. It brings weird covers or no covers at all. It's gotten better, but if you're willing to put up with it you should be fine.

I'll keep trying and I'll update this post over the next couple of days.
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Wow, sounds to good to be true.
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I know. But I've synced a couple of times and I still get art. I know WMP is not an app that most people think about, but hey...
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I know. But I've synced a couple of times and I still get art. I know WMP is not an app that most people think about, but hey...
read this... can complement your discover: http://www.meizume.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=140
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This is explanation of the problems of MTP with WMP11 http://www.meizume.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=142
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I've experienced these issues while using WMP. If the M6 would behave correctly with WMP we'd be golden. <sigh>
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I've experienced these issues while using WMP. If the M6 would behave correctly with WMP we'd be golden. <sigh>
A good start is to remove embedded cover art in files transferred to Meizu player. I've to check if a small cover art works fine, Madman's 200x200 still spoils #track filed required by "Update Music Library" function, in my case.
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So has anyone else apart from citizenlaw been able to do this? If so, it would be a great discovery - maybe Meizu doesn't even know it
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So has anyone else apart from citizenlaw been able to do this?
Gosh!!!... you are kidding really?

In this thread http://www.meizume.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=140 is explained what is MTP and MSC written in 2007/06

In this other http://www.meizume.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=142 ... I explain to you 4 weeks ago what problems MTP with WMP11 has :D

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If so, it would be a great discovery - maybe Meizu doesn't even know it
Of the 3 method for cover art used by Meizu players detailed here Three method of Cover art in Meizu players
Method 2 developed by Meizu is based entirely on the way Windows Media Player handles cover art.

More than that "Update Music Library" function of Meizu players, handles appropriately a file *.alb generated by WMP11 that create corresponding "album nameARTIST NAME.jpg".

Kindly let me know if you read this answer to your comment.:D:D:D
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iversonjack... where are you?... did you read my message?
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