Three method of Cover art in Meizu players

DaremoS

The problem is how (Windows/DOS) records the name of the cover art as name of file, as the operating system doesn't allow ":" as a valid name character for a file, then such character have to be changed by a valid one. In my PC library, cover art is stored as "Pain of Salvation - 12_5.jpg".

In Meizu players albumname.jpg must fit exactly the name stored in ID3 tag. In my case ID3 tag is "12:5" and cover art is "12_5.jpg" then it will never be shown. Only solution is to put "12_5" in ID3 tag album field...

BTW.: I have the entire collection of Pain of Salvation albums including some DVD with Gildenlöw supporting Transatlantic as multi-instruments player. In fact I have in my collection all the music of Swedish progressive musicians, more than that, IMHO all the progressive music that comes from Scandinavian countries deserve to be listen.

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Traps

That's what I feared... ok, I will give up on trying to have album art while keeping the original album name in the Id3 tag. But in this case, I think I prefer to have the correct name :P
I hope Meizu some day address this problem in a firmware update.

That's really cool! I'm still in the process of replacing all my downloads with original albums (currently missing "Entropia" and "One Hour by the Concrete Lake"), and I'm considering ordering the "BE" live DVD.
And yes, I agree about progressive music from Scandinavian countries. More generally, most of my favorite bands (usually progressive rock/metal) are from Northern Europe.

But I think we're getting off-topic. Maybe we should continue this conversation here?

pkt2007

i find that method 2 is the best..using usb: mtp and wmp11....it automatically creates album art..after sync, i just disconnect the player, it updates its library and when i play the songs, the album art will appear...

pkt2007

i find that method 2 is the best..using the usb: MTP with WMP11, i sync the songs into the player, and when i disconnect the player, it updates its library. after that, i just play any songs that has album art in WMP11 and the album art will appears...it's so convenient

entropy

Are these really the only ways?

It seems rather silly to me. Why won't it display folder.jpg, or cover.jpg, or allow you to choose a priority ranking? Ie, "First look for folder.jpg, then cover.jpg, then album.jpg" etc. I love my Meizu a whole helluva lot, but the idiotic cover art really irritates me.

Also, an album had cover art displaying, then when I resynced it (usb/drag&drop mode), it doesn't work anymore. I didn't change the files in question, either. What could've happened?

Edit: My main gripe is that with thousands of art-less albums, my best bet is to use a program (iArt) to work with it. It embeds the cover art in the mp3s, but also creates a folder.jpg. I'm perplexed as to why they're unable to implement the simple folder.jpg method, and even more disappointed why embedded album art doesn't work. Is it a technical problem?

ineedhlp

just use superman its super easy

DaremoS

Superman?... isn't the guy affected by kryptonite?