FOUND FINAL (FOR ME) SOLUTION : Cover art

passero

Sorry for my bad english.

COVER ART (for 2.004.3/4 firmware)

There are several methods. I prefer to put all the cd covers under a folder called \ALBUMS in root directory (the same which contains MUSIC folder).

To manage songs id3tag : tagscanner or mp3tag
To find cd covers : album cover art downloader
(but we can use other sotware)

First of all we need to have id3 tag field "album" of the song matching exactly the file's name of the cd cover we want to put in \ALBUMS (i use both id3v1 and v2 tag)
DON'T INCLUDE COVER ART IN ID3 TAG.

For example:
song1.mp3 that has id3 tag "album=abbey road" (Can be everywhere in the music subfolders) -> cd cover : \ALBUMS\abbey road.jpg

With this method we can use the same cd cover also for different songs in different subfolders under \MUSIC, but the name of the cd cover must
always fit ID3 tag field "album"

Now i have noticed a problem:
Suppose we have a song in folder:
\MUSIC\Beatles\Abbey Road
In this case cover art doesn't work because the THIRD FOLDER of the path WHICH CONTAINS songs have the same name of the cd cover under \ALBUMS\Abbey Road.jpg (Stupid behaviour).

We don't have any problem if \MUSIC folder's structure is:
1) \MUSIC\Beatles - Abbey Road (In this case is the second folder of the path that contains songs)
2) another example: \MUSIC\Beatles\Abbey Road\CD1 (In this case even if the third folder of the path has the same name of the cd cover under \ALBUMS, songs are in the subfolder CD1)
3) i want to make a personal compilation:
Songs in \MUSIC\My Complilation
Covers in \ALBUMS

The solution?
If we don't want to change "\Music\Artist\Album" structure: change id3 tag Field album=(Abbey Road) and file name of the cd cover in (Abbey Road).jpg using parentheses (like me) or quotes.

P-niiice

I use Media Monkey and it automatically copies my album art to album.jpg whenever I sync to my m6. Easy once you get it set up.

halcyon626

I'm so confused. I still can't get all album art working. The folder structure use is:

MUSIC/SomeFolder/.../Album

with the final folder Album named the same string as the ID3 tags of the songs it contains. Album art is stored under ALBUMS/Album.jpg. Is this creating the problem? I'm pretty sure all embedded album art is removed (used Mp3Tag).

passero

This happens because the folder that contains songs as the same name of the "Album" field in ID3 tags.
Try to modify the path MUSIC/SomeFolder/.../Album to MUSIC/SomeFolder/.../(Album)

ghos

I don't understand why people go through all these manual type ways to set it up. It seems tedious to me. I use Album Art downloader, open the Meizu into it and find the artwork. It works like a charm, only it can't find some artwork. But overall it does an awesome job and much better than manually fixing tags or images etc as explained above. To each their own.

passero

Maybe your collection of music has id3tags already fixed...the important thing that makes cover art working is the corrispondence between id3tag field "album" and the name of the .jpg file...all my cover art are working now.