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- Windows Media Player can display the album cover artwork associated with the songs in your Player Library.
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Old title: Windows Media Player giving wrong info. I try to rip my music CDs to Windows Media Player but my recent new albums it gives me the wrong.
The Player downloads album art from an online database where the information is supplied by a variety of non-Microsoft data providers, such as AMG.
The Player downloads album art from an online database where the information is supplied by a variety of non-Microsoft data providers, such as AMG. The Player downloads album art when you rip a CD. To do so, the Player attempts to match the CD to an entry in the online database. If it finds a match, the Player automatically downloads the media information that's available for the CD, including album art. In addition, the Player periodically scans your Player Library for songs that are missing album art. If it can match a song that is missing album art to an entry in the online database, the Player will download the missing album art. For information about changing how the Player downloads album art and other media information, see Media information in Windows Media Player: frequently asked questions . You aren't connected to the Internet when ripping a CD. You're connected to the Internet, but the online database is missing album art (or there's no media information at all) for the CD you are ripping. Your system administrator has prevented your computer from downloading items such as album art from the Internet. You ripped the CD using a program other than Windows Media Player; doing so might prevent the Player from finding a match in the online database. Finally, if the online database contains incorrect album art for a CD, the Player will download that album art. The following procedures describe methods you can use to fix missing or incorrect album art. You can try to match an album in your Player Library with an entry in the online database. If you find a match, the Player will download whatever album art is in the database to your computer. When the Player downloads album art, it also downloads all other media information associated with that album (such as the album name, song titles, and so on). If you've manually edited the media information for that album in your Player Library, then following these steps will overwrite your changes. If the correct album or artist information appears in the search results, select the correct entry, and then follow the instructions on the page to update the album art and media information automatically. If the correct album information does not appear in the search results, follow the instructions on the page to search again using different search criteria. If the correct album information appears with a generic music icon displayed as the album art, then album art is not available for download. See the procedure about how to add album art manually in this topic. Browse to the album that is missing art. Find a picture that you want to use for album art (the picture can be on your computer or on a webpage), right-click the picture, and then click Copy. The original picture can be in any of the following formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF. In the Player Library, right-click the album art box, and then click Paste album art. A copy of the picture is embedded into each of the songs from that album. The copy of the picture is automatically scaled to the appropriate size and converted to the JPEG format before it is embedded in the file. The original picture file is not modified. The album art that appears in the Find Album Information dialog box is provided by data providers, such as AMG. The album art that appears in the Info Center View is provided by the online store that you currently have selected. For information about how switch to a different online store, see Shop online in Windows Media Player . The Player downloads album art from an online database where the information is supplied by a variety of non-Microsoft data providers, such as AMG. The Player downloads album art when you rip a CD. To do so, the Player attempts to match the CD to an entry in the online database. If it finds a match, the Player automatically downloads the media information that is available for the CD, including album art. In addition, the Player periodically scans your library for songs that are missing album art. If it can match a song that is missing album art to an entry in the online database, the Player will download the missing album art. For information about changing how the Player downloads album art and other media information, see the question about getting the Player to fix media information automatically in Media information: frequently asked questions . You aren't connected to the Internet when ripping a CD. You are connected to the Internet, but the online database is missing album art (or there is no media information at all) for the CD you are ripping. Your system administrator has prevented your computer from downloading items such as album art from the Internet. You ripped the CD using a program other than Windows Media Player; doing so might prevent the Player from finding a match in the online database. Finally, if the online database contains incorrect album art for a CD, the Player will download that album art. The following procedures describe methods you can use to fix missing or incorrect album art. In the library In the List pane on the right side of the Player In the status area at the bottom of the Player (near the playback controls) In certain visualizations In the Windows folder where you store your music files (for example, the Music folder) In the Info Center View (to see this view, click the Now Playing tab, right-click the area where videos and visualizations appear, and then click Info Center View) In the Find Album Information dialog box (the dialog box that appears when you click the Find Album Info command) Note that the album art that appears in the Find Album Information dialog box is provided by data providers, such as AMG. The album art that appears in the Info Center View is provided by the online store that you currently have selected. For information about how switch to a different online store, see Shop online.','url':'http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/add-change-media-player-album-art','og_descr':'Learn how to change the album art associated with music files in your Player Library.