Music Album Cover Art Issues-HELP!!

[MrCrowley33]

OKAY I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!

This has been bugging me for years but i figured it out today. If you are in fact experiencing the same issue as me which i think you and most android users are i have sorted out how Android looks at album art in general.

TL;DR - IF YOU GO THROUGH AND SET ANYTHING INSIDE THE ALBUM FIELD OF ALL YOUR MP3'S, IT WILL USE THE EMBEDDED ART OF THAT MP3 INSTEAD OF INHERITING ****

Okay, so per file you have the Artist, Title, and Album ID3 Tags.

Normally, in windows, if there is album art embedded in the file (this is called the file cover) its smart enough to display it, THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH ANDROID.

Android will ALWAYS pull the album art from whatever the folder.jpg (traditional way album art is handed out) is inside that folder the MP3 is in (if there is no folder.jpg it will use a random album art from any song in the folder).

Now the CORE OF THE ISSUE is that if you look at your MP3's ID3 tags, you NEED something set for the album field ( i set this to the same as the title, or the artists). If you don't it will insert the Folders name and inherit the Album art for the folder, which will be nothing, or a random art for whatever song it chose at random.

I DID THIS FOR YOU INTERNET,

EDIT: I use Tag&Rename to quickly edit all my album tags it literally takes one second, theres an option under tools that copies one field to another for every individual song in one shot - i copy the title field to the album for anything that dosn't already have a album title set.

EDIT EDIT: Also if you want something to populate for whatever dosn't have album art, just put a picture of your choosing in that folder and name it "folder.jpg"

 

[Corn Tall]

I'm not sure what the hell I did, but every song I have on my SD card show the exact same album cover in my media player. I have went into my SD card and deleted my songs and put them back, still the same.

Hey, i know the solution to that problem.....

(Change the album cover first... then do this)

1.open settings
2.hit the search button
3.type in "apps" and open the one thats first on the list
4.find samsung music in there, and open it
5.press the "three dot" on the top right corner of your phone
6.press uninstall update
7.install it back in the playstore (search:"samsung music")

I know it sounds kinda stupid... but it work for me though...

 

[Yxrstrxlya]

OKAY I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!

This has been bugging me for years but i figured it out today. If you are in fact experiencing the same issue as me which i think you and most android users are i have sorted out how Android looks at album art in general.

TL;DR - IF YOU GO THROUGH AND SET ANYTHING INSIDE THE ALBUM FIELD OF ALL YOUR MP3'S, IT WILL USE THE EMBEDDED ART OF THAT MP3 INSTEAD OF INHERITING ****

Okay, so per file you have the Artist, Title, and Album ID3 Tags.

Normally, in windows, if there is album art embedded in the file (this is called the file cover) its smart enough to display it, THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH ANDROID.

Android will ALWAYS pull the album art from whatever the folder.jpg (traditional way album art is handed out) is inside that folder the MP3 is in (if there is no folder.jpg it will use a random album art from any song in the folder).

Now the CORE OF THE ISSUE is that if you look at your MP3's ID3 tags, you NEED something set for the album field ( i set this to the same as the title, or the artists). If you don't it will insert the Folders name and inherit the Album art for the folder, which will be nothing, or a random art for whatever song it chose at random.

I DID THIS FOR YOU INTERNET,

EDIT: I use Tag&Rename to quickly edit all my album tags it literally takes one second, theres an option under tools that copies one field to another for every individual song in one shot - i copy the title field to the album for anything that dosn't already have a album title set.

EDIT EDIT: Also if you want something to populate for whatever dosn't have album art, just put a picture of your choosing in that folder and name it "folder.jpg"

Hey well could you put the steps so I know where to find those. It would really help me, please and thank you c:

 

[johnny_v]

I fixed this problem by going to /Android/data/com.android.providers.media/albumthumbs on the phone and just deleting every file there (make sure that you can see hidden files if that folder seems to appear empty)

Maybe this can help you ^^