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Sync Album Art to the SD Card

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Sync Album Art to the SD Card
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I have found that you'll always want your album art tagged to your music, especially if you use S2P, here are two ways to sync, EASY and FAST.
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The EASY way
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Using this method, you simply sync your music directly from your computer to your device. The transfer rate is awfully slow, but if you use WMP on your computer, it will sync additional info like your updated ratings and play count. Don't completely worry about the speed, as it's only slow the first time you sync, after all the music is on the card, you are good to go, unless you have new tracks. I use this way myself and have found it to be the best, since it updates the track info and autoplaylists as my other data syncs.
Code:
1. Be sure your SD card is in your device first!
2. Open WMP on your desktop and select the "Sync" tab.
3. Two "devices" should have appeared in the left-hand pane, your device and SD card.
If you use WMP on your device, completely ignore the reference to your device for
syncing, otherwise everytime you open your library on your device, you'll have to
set the library to the SD. Not a huge deal, but gets to be annoying after a while.
4. Right-click on your SD card in the left-hand pane, and select "Advanced Options...."
5. When the popup appears, choose the "Quality" tab.
6. Make sure the first option to convert the files according to the device is UNCHECKED!
7. Choose "Apply", then "OK", now your good to go!
The reason for this is, WMP recognizes the SD card as a device without a screen, so to save room, it removes the album art, so simply by not converting any of the media, it will keep all tagged data.
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The FAST way
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By syncing this way, you fool your computer into thinking your SD card is a device with a screen. You'll sync the music directly to your SD card through your computer with a card reader, which makes it MUCH faster than the first option. The only downside, you'll have to remove your SD card everytime you need to re-sync. A little more work required, but only once! I forget where I found this, but thanks!
Code:
1. Sync your device with WMP on your desktop, but only sync ONE song.
To do this simply open the "Sync" tab, choose your device on the left-hand pane,
and drop any ONE random song in the right-hand pane. I must emphasize only ONE,
since it's all you need, and memory is low.
2. After your done with the one song, disconnect your device from your computer.
3. Make sure your SD card is in your device.
4. Locate, with a file explorer, the root of your device "\", just hit "Up", until you
have reached the top!
5. Find the file, probably at the end, named "WMPInfo.xml"
6. MOVE, not copy, that file to the root of your SD card "\Storage Card",
if asked to overwrite, select yes.
7. After you have moved the file, remove the SD card from your device, and insert it
into your computer.
8. As before, choose the "Sync" tab, you'll find you SD card in the left-hand pane,
now choose to sync the music you wish.
9. While syncing, or at any time, you may delete the one song you previously synced.
You must transfer the .xml file because it contains the info that notifies WMP that the "device" [SD card] has a "screen", so it will include the album art during the sync.
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Thank you for the tip. I always had issues with WMP and syncing to my card when it came to album art. But also if you are lucky enough to get your hands on mediamonkey, it will grab high quality album art, organize, and sync it all to the card or the phone without issue. (and its a nice media player.)
Now if only I could figure out how to do it on linux easily.

how do you get album art for every song easily?
i mean this would be so much better for me if my songs had album art...

kidnamedAlbert said:
how do you get album art for every song easily?
i mean this would be so much better for me if my songs had album art...
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Update album info in the library in WMP. If that fails, download from Amazon and put it in the same folder as the album and name the art as folder.jpg

1999TL said:
Update album info in the library in WMP. If that fails, download from Amazon and put it in the same folder as the album and name the art as folder.jpg
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i didnt know wmp did that!
thanks!

I did have bad reading comprehension though. You said for each song individually. I would like to know how to do it. I just do it for albums. But I'd like a program to add it to each file individually if I have singles. The problem with this is, HTC audio manager and WMP dont play nice with embedded art using the advanced tag editor.

1999TL said:
I did have bad reading comprehension though. You said for each song individually. I would like to know how to do it. I just do it for albums. But I'd like a program to add it to each file individually if I have singles. The problem with this is, HTC audio manager and WMP dont play nice with embedded art using the advanced tag editor.
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oh yeah i just realized that. i used to use Media Monkey but its not free and i messed up alot of my songs not knowing how to use it.

Try a program called Mp3tag
//Drakfisken

Use Winodows Media Player to Sync: Music, Playlists and Pictures

Windows Media Player (WMP) is a great application and works great for syncing to the Android platform.
The Music and Pictures application on the Android work with the file structure and playlists from WMP. It is an easy solution for managing content on your computer and having it sync automatically.
Benifits of using WMP to sync content
Sync Auto Playlists and User Created Playlists
Sync Pictures with options to resize to save space. (keeps folder hierchy for easy browsing)
You can reserve space so WMP does not eat all of the usable storage
You can prioritize your synced content giving you control over fresh content, or managing your favorites.
Sync 4 and 5 star Rated pictures and music from your computer
Examples of use:
Sync Pictures added to your computer in the last 30 Days
Sync You favorite songs first, then by playlist, and then fill the remaining space with the rest of you library and you can still leave room for other reasons like pictures taken from the G1
Researching the following:
WMP can convert and resize certain video formats and TV recorded from Media Center to a mobile sized WMV. I am researching to see if WMP can be tweaked to use another format and resolution
WMV playback on Android/G1
I have read alot of questions from users about media management. I wanted to start this thread as an awareness for using WMP to manage content. I see alot of G1 users feel like the link between the computer and android is not there. I think it is designed for an open platform, so you don't have to use one app for everything (i.e. Active Sync, itunes, ect.)
Moderators: please feel free to delete or redirect if this thread is out of place.
Jcostanza4

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How to Setup Windows Media Player (WMP) to sync to the G1
This guide is designed for Android version R29 or later and the use of a Micro SD or SDHC card already installed in the device.Earlier Android releases have different steps in mounting the device to the comptuer and are not in this guide.​
1. Connect the Device to the Computer via USB Cable
A Notification will appear in top bar. Slide down the curtain and select the notification labeled "USB connected". Select the "Mount" option.​
2. Open Windows Media Player on the Computer
Make sure you are on the "Library" tab of WMP, if not select it. If your device is properly installed and connected, your memory card should be listed on the left pane and would be titled based on how you formated the card or set by the manufacturer. [See Figure (1) Attached Below]​
3. Right Click on the memory card from the left pane and select "Setup Sync..."
[See Figure (2) Attached Below]
4. Name your device and click finish
Choose a name that will be easily recognizable for your convienence. If you are using multiple cards, you can setup different media to be synced to each card.[See Figure (4) Attached Below]​
5. Right Click on the memory card from the left pane and select "Setup Sync" and choose "Sync this device automatically"
In the list on the right remove playlists that you do not want to sync to your device. You can add more playlists by selecting the "Available Playlist" drop down box and select "Sync Playlists". This section will allow you to sync your picture library and possibly video and tv in the future (not availble yet). [See Figure (8) Attached Below]​
Set your Priorities: Change the priority list that sync to your preference. If you have "All Music" at the top fo the list, all of your music will sync first until the card is full. If the card is not full it will move to the next sync list and so on. I recomend syning your favorites of each categories and then use sync All Music or All pictures last. See reserving space note to leave room on your card.​
Click Finish when done and device starts to sync. ​
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How To Set Conversion and Space limits
Right Click on the memory card from the left pane and select "Advanced Options" to set quality preferences
A - On the sync tab: if you leave the "Create folder Hierarchy on the device" select it will sync over pictures and music in the same folder layout as it is on your computer. If you uncheck this box all files will be placed into one folder. Pictures are harder to browse on the device if you choose this option because they are all grouped into the main picture folder.
To Reserve space: you may want to reserve space so that your synced content does not take all of the space available on your memory card. Move the slider to the right to reserve space in 5% increments. If you are unable to move the slider you must stop any current syncing. [See Figure (10) Attached Below]​
Note: To Stop a sync in process, close or cancel the open window and right click on the memory card in the left pane of WMP and select "Stop Sync" [See Figure (9) Attached Below]​ ​B - On the Quality Tab: if you leave the "Convert music, pictures, videos and TV shows as required by this device" selected, the computer will resize images down to save space. Uncheck this box if you want the full resolution version of the image which will take up more space. You can also set the quality of the music by checking "Select maxium quality level" and setting the max bitrate for songs to be synced.
Note: Video and TV are not supported at this time and is not an option that you can select.​
Click Apply and then OK when finished.​About Playlists on the Device
You can create as many playlists as you wish. Note that the “Recently added” playlist is a system playlist and cannot be deleted or renamed. Also, if you make any voice recordings as part of a MMS message, they will be stored automatically in a playlist called “My recordings”. Supported Playlists: Playlist formats supported are M3U, WPL, and PLS. WPL is the Windows Media Playlist format and is the default format that WMP saves to. This playlist file will sync to your device if saved in the Playlist folder on the computer.​
Please ask some questions in the mean time so I can see the problems and questions that most users will have.

WMA files: regardless of how you get them onto your device, tags aren't fully recognized, nor is cover art. MP3 files work fine though...

benjimen said:
WMA files: regardless of how you get them onto your device, tags aren't fully recognized, nor is cover art. MP3 files work fine though...
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WMA Metadata:
Which tags/data is not bieng recognized? 99% of my music is in MP3 format, so I have not run into this problem yet.
About Cover Art for MP3s:
Cover art is recognized for 80% of my music. I believe it because the android sees cover art that is embeded in the metadata and not reliant on the folder.jpg placed in each album folder.
Note:
After you initially sync, open up the Andoid's Music player and choose Albums. Let the Andoid update/find/process cover art for a couple of minutes and make sure you keep the device awake. Don't switch to another application or it will stop processing the cover art.
Jcostanza4

Thanks for the great detail.
I have started to use media player as my primary music app since installing media center. Syncing with media player and my G1 is something I forgot about.
Imp

jcostanza4 said:
Note:
After you initially sync, open up the Andoid's Music player and choose Albums. Let the Andoid update/find/process cover art for a couple of minutes and make sure you keep the device awake. Don't switch to another application or it will stop processing the cover art.
Jcostanza4
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When I open the music player in the phone and select albums, I get a list of albums without the cover art being displayed ( I have the phone set on never timeout). How long does it take for the cover art to be displayed? I let it sit for several minutes and it hasn't done anything. Do I have to initiate the update process or is it supposed to be automatic?

Not sure if this will help/work, but I've had a bit of experience working with getting mp3s with cover art in WMP.
I find the easiest way is to update the albums in WMP using the 'Find Album Info' option. This should pull art/track info from the web and alter the embedded art and id3 tags. It can be a bit hit and miss sometimes (occasionally the art/tags won't update properly).
You should also be able to drag/drop the art (folder.jpg etc) into WMP when sorted by album.
Syncing it after this should then push out any changes.
(my G1 is arriving tomorrow, so won't be able to confirm if this works 'til then)

xavier6303 said:
When I open the music player in the phone and select albums, I get a list of albums without the cover art being displayed ( I have the phone set on never timeout). How long does it take for the cover art to be displayed? I let it sit for several minutes and it hasn't done anything. Do I have to initiate the update process or is it supposed to be automatic?
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You should see the artwork start to appear one by one, if you don't see this happening it might be the way the cover art is setup in your library.
(EDIT: when I says start to appear, I mean about every second as soon as you open in Album view. If you leave it in this mode and let the device fall asleep it will still update the cover art, just don't open another application on top of that or it will stop. Scroll around and see if it is updating, it should be very apparent if its working)
We are all new to this so alot of my reasoning is just speculation at this point. The artwork that shows on my G1 is cover art imbeded into the mp3 file and not a jpg in the album folder.
Let me know if this helps.
Jcostanza4

jcostanza4 said:
You should see the artwork start to appear one by one, if you don't see this happening it might be the way the cover art is setup in your library.
We are all new to this so alot of my reasoning is just speculation at this point. The artwork that shows on my G1 is cover art imbeded into the mp3 file and not a jpg in the album folder.
Let me know if this helps.
Jcostanza4
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Ok, Ill try it again.
Thanks

wassup everyone working on album art for my g1 as well anybody discovered anything new? A lot of my art won't show up after sync still even after updating all the album info.

i need of real help
i have read threw your post and its help full but what has happened is that my phone use to sync even my play list from media player, but now its only syncing the songs and not the playlist can you help?

Although I am completely against Microsoft and feel it is wrong to sync the almighty Android with microcough, it actually does work really well. I stole a bunch of music from a friends computer and was surprised how easy it was to sync with, a lot easier than ipod/itunes. Too bad I run Fedora on my laptop (well not really "too bad" but you get the point).

walliekid said:
i have read threw your post and its help full but what has happened is that my phone use to sync even my play list from media player, but now its only syncing the songs and not the playlist can you help?
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I have the same problem. All my playlists, both normal and smart playlists, are in my Playlists folder. But unlike what the instructions say, the playlists themselves will not sync to the G1. I can add a playlist to my automatic sync list and songs on that playlist will be synced, but the playlist file and the playlist itself will not sync. Any ideas about how to get playlists to sync between WMP and Android?

i have had issues with the cover art as well. i ripped a lot of my CD with wmp and it found the album art just fine, but when i loaded them to the sd card on the phone they never came with it. i also had a lot of music that was downloaded years ago that i put on and it is terrible for listing them in any sort of order even after redoing a lot of the tags. its not that great in my opinion and would be better if it would browse by folder like i have it on the card

Chirality said:
I have the same problem. All my playlists, both normal and smart playlists, are in my Playlists folder. But unlike what the instructions say, the playlists themselves will not sync to the G1. I can add a playlist to my automatic sync list and songs on that playlist will be synced, but the playlist file and the playlist itself will not sync. Any ideas about how to get playlists to sync between WMP and Android?
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I have the same problem. Syncing playlists with windows media player only add the songs onto the phone, not the playlists themself. I solved this problem by copying my playlist folder on my computer onto the memory card. Everytime you sync playlist with WMP, make sure you copy the actually playlists from your music folder onto your memory card too.
This is really stupid. Syncing playlists and it only puts the songs onto your memory card and not the actually playlists. I mean, WTF dude?

GuardianFlash said:
I have the same problem. Syncing playlists with windows media player only add the songs onto the phone, not the playlists themself. I solved this problem by copying my playlist folder on my computer onto the memory card. Everytime you sync playlist with WMP, make sure you copy the actually playlists from your music folder onto your memory card too.
This is really stupid. Syncing playlists and it only puts the songs onto your memory card and not the actually playlists. I mean, WTF dude?
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I'll try this, but on my phone, it actually synced the playlists as well... the only problem is that when I tried to play the playlist on the device, it can't find any of the files! I have to manually play them.

jcostanza4 said:
Benifits of using WMP to sync content
Sync Auto Playlists and User Created Playlists
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To the best of my knowledge, WMP uses .asx or .xml and Android can only read .m3u. Am I missing something, 'cause I'd LOVE it if syncing lists with WMP was as simple as all that.

Just picked up the Samsung Capitivate a couple of weeks ago. I'm a heavy playlist user as this is how I manage my various Podcasts daily to keep them playing in the order received. First thing i did was sync up my Android device with WMP as that's what i've been accustomed to for years now. I'm a recent WM convert.
Syncing is just as straight forward as any other media device as far as i can see. Playlist, album art, mp3 and unprotected wma are syncing. However my playlist are synced in reversed order for some reason. anyone else seen this?

HTC, Motorola, and Samsung all have options to sync with WMP that will also allow the syncing of playlists... but if you mount just as a "Mass Storage" device, then the playlists will not sync properly.
A work-around is apparently to copy your playlists folder to the Music folder on your SDCard... testing it shortly and will let you know.
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

Copying over the playlist folder didn't work...

Music folder for TouchFlo 3D

Currently I have my music synced (by Windows Media Player 11) to /Storage Card/Music folder (and subfolders). Windows Mobile Media player can see it and play fine, but TouchFlo 3D plugin does not seem to look into this folder at all.
Is it possible to force /Storage Card/Music folder as default for HTC player as well?

I can install it anywhere and TF3D Player finds it:
I got music in:
SD Card/My Documents/My Music/(any album oder artistname)
Or as WMP11 did by sync:
SD Card/Music
Nevertheless, TF3D finds it.
May try a softreset?

Flanders said:
May try a softreset?
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Did that, multiple times.
Anyway, moving files to \Storage Card\My Documents\Music seems to work.
I probably need to "reset" just the HTC Library to make it work under \Storage Card\Music, but I am not sure how.
// edit: disabling TOuchFlo 3D a deleting /Application Data/HTC did the trick

Radek Hulán said:
a deleting /Application Data/HTC did the trick
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Can you please explain what you mean by that??

Just refresh librairy in windows media player and it should be done
Working for me...

This is explaining it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459596
Disable TouchFlo 3D and then you can delete the folder.
Then soft reset
Enable TouchFlo 3D again and then the library should refresh again
This is how it solved my issue .
Be patient too : if you have a lot of songs, it can take a while before the library loads up completely

Radek Hulán said:
Currently I have my music synced (by Windows Media Player 11) to /Storage Card/Music folder (and subfolders). Windows Mobile Media player can see it and play fine, but TouchFlo 3D plugin does not seem to look into this folder at all.
Is it possible to force /Storage Card/Music folder as default for HTC player as well?
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The are two keys in the registry:
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config\device_scan_path_path
and
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config\device_scan_path_path_0
You can define search locations for tf3D player there.

Still a Problem
I started the tread referred to in one response above but am still having problems. I tried all the recommended options with varying degrees of success. So far I have managed to get the music file recognised but showing the wrong album cove in the library and now allowing you to flick through them on the first screen. Soft reset allowed flicking but still wrong cover. Wipe SD card, hard reset and still the same. Am I doing something to do with the cover jpg file? And is there a way to convert the standard cover file to a folder jpg other than renaming as they are a lot smaller.

You just need to add an AlbumArt to your mp3s files' tags. You can do it with windows media or, for example, mp3tag.

same problem. i have added an album art to a mp3 file and stored it on the device, but still there is no album art.
(added album art with winamp 5.5 and refreshed with windows media player.)
is there a difference between saving an album art with media player and winamp?
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I think there is a difference. the mp3 i added album art still dont have an album art in windows media player (on desktop). if i add the album art in windows media player the alum art is also available on my Touch HD...

Loading Music Files

Hi all,
This may be a dumb question but as a "newbe" to he HD can someone tell me the correct method and or directory structure required when copying music files to the storage card? I tried puting them in Music/"album name"/ but my HD did not find them. I followed the manual and used actisync and WM11 but it still did not work. Have done a hard reset as after trying these two methods the original two songs did not show either. Any help would be appreciated.

You need to add the Music Tracks to the Windows Media Library - once you've copied the files across onto the Memory Card (it really doesn't matter on the Directory Structure) go into Windows Media - it normally takes you straight to the Library - then from the Menu select "Update Library ..." and wait a while.

Many thanks
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the quick response, I new it had to be something simple.

Adding Music to TF3D music player.
Hi there,
I was struggeling with the same thing.
Remove; Application Data\HTC\HTC Album\AudioManager_Eng\'Audiomanager_Eng.vol' and softreset.
If you can't remove this file softreset first and try again.
After the file is removed and a softreset is done TF3D will add your music automatically to the library when you scroll to the today music player.

It is music/artist/album.
You might want to get a small piece of software on your PC to check the music ID tags. I had alot of problems to start with and found that deleting the album no and comments gave no problems.
You dont have to use active sync through WMP11. You can simply use the explore on active sync to find your music folder and then drag and drop.
To delete audiomanager.exe you will have to disable touchflo.

I'm having the same problem with the TouchFlow3D media player. However I don't seem to have the folder structure you mention. I have ...
"Application Data\HTC\HTC Album" but there's no "AudioManager_Eng" folder. My "AudioManager_Eng" folder is located at "Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng" and in there I DO NOT have "Audiomanager_Eng.vol".
Any other suggestions?
Thank you,
Mike

1. if you add a lot of music files it will take a long time for your HD to find them. a very long time!
2. to test, start with 1 or 2 albums in mp3 format
3. take care that each of the mp3 files to have the same album name on the Id Tag
4. on your card you can have any structure. i use something similar to my PC: music/artist/album
5. you can add a picture (artwork) within the respective folder for each album and it will be displayed on the tf3d player (the name should be folder.jpg for each picture)
if you respect these steps for sure it will work. you can also use s2p and the albums pictures will look very cool when you wil slide them
good luck!

Any update on this? Mine doesn't work..

Help!
I don't know what's wrong with my HTC Diamond. I got the Sprint version. It was working fine until a few days ago. Everytime a play a song on the TF3D player, it plays the songs, but then it stops the songs halfway thru, and then it wont continue playing unless I restart the whole song. I tried doing the Hard reset, soft reset, follow the steps above and it still does the same thing. On the WM player, they work fine, but not on the TF3D player. Pls help

How to correctly upload songs to HTC HD2

Hi all
Uploading songs to HTC was a messy affair initially.Following are the lessons i learned the hard way.Hope these may come handy for a new user of this amazing phone:
Mistake 1:First i created a folder in Storage Card-->Music-->English and uploaded around 500 songs into it.The result was that the music player took ages to load and was extremely sluggish.
Lesson learned:Never upload more than few(20-25) songs in a single folder.
Mistake 2:Next i used Windows Media Player to sync the music with HD2.The syncing was super fast with songs automatically organized into artist folders.Neat.But wait,when i opened my music player,the albums were blank.The songs where there all in the storage card but some how the music player was unable to read them.
After many unsuccessful tips gathered from net,i finally solved this by copying all files from HD2 back to my PC and pasting them back to Storage Card-->Music-->English (of course after deleting all files from there first)
Lesson learned:Never sync with Windows Media Player(this also leads to few other problems)
Mistake 3:Use ID3v2.4 UTF-8 in Mp3tag.When i did this,HD2 was unable to show the album/file cover art.
Lesson learned:Use ID3v2.4 UTF-16 to tag the files if you want the album art displayed.
Why not use Automatic album art update?:The Automatic album art update in HD2 works like a charm but it always go for the lowest quality image.
Finally:
This is how i upload music files to get the album art display correctly:
Tag files with Mp3tag using ID3v2.3 UTF-16 (Tools-->Tags-->Mpeg.Check ID3v2.3 UTF-16 in "Write".Leave other options unchanged).
Active Sync HD2.
Explore-->My Windows mobile based device-->Storage Card-->Music.
Create a artist named folder in Storage Card-->Music-->English (or any other name of your choice).
Just copy and paste the song/songs of your choice into this.
It works just fine for me
Hope u too will find this useful !!!

very useful post thanks for sharing
should be made a sticky because it is actually a very common problem
thanks again

right no offence here but surley my method is easier, if your tracks are tagged properly which most peoples are create folder on storage card called music, i have mine like this
storage card >band name>album
pop them on the card.
album art rename the picture in the album to folder.jpg
works simple

I must be lucky. Never had a problem using Windows media Player to sync music to my HD2. Works flawlessly syncing to my MicroSD card. No extra steps required. Album art transfers fine for me too but I have noticed that the Update Album Art feature does sometimes provide better quality features.

trev666 said:
right no offence here but surley my method is easier, if your tracks are tagged properly which most peoples are create folder on storage card called music, i have mine like this
storage card >band name>album
pop them on the card.
album art rename the picture in the album to folder.jpg
works simple
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Isnt this exactly the same as what i said (minus the last step of renaming the picture)

over 60gig's worth of music is album art tagged (mp3 tag) and levelled out (mp3 gain) on my pc and using sync is sweet for me. after uploading an album to my phone i always refresh the sync button though as i once bricked my phone after putting 20 albums on all at once...

donwhann said:
over 60gig's worth of music is album art tagged (mp3 tag) and levelled out (mp3 gain) on my pc and using sync is sweet for me. after uploading an album to my phone i always refresh the sync button though as i once bricked my phone after putting 20 albums on all at once...
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How much memory r u usin?
Also,an album may contain few singles with a diff cover art.But once we upload,the album art over writes it.U kno anyway 2 avoid this without putting singles into individual folders?

I have to completely dissent
The only sane way is trashing the builtin eye-candy media player and disable its tab, install mortplayer and copy your music over, wherever and however you prefer, then simply add it and press play
It's not like you're watching the animation of albums and songs passing by when you listen to your MP3s, you're most likely keeping it in your pocket with the display off.
If that's only for the sake of impressing friends, you may just keep the music tab and use it with 10 songs to show off the graphics

well,using a 3rd party software is the easiest way out....but i want to use the default player with full features on.
Also I want to see the album art while selecting a song and it completes the experience....nothin 2 do with impressing friends.
In btwn,Mortplayer indeed is a good player..... I liked GSplayer too...

nessqn said:
Hi all
[*]Tag files with Mp3tag using ID3v2.4 UTF-16 (Tools-->Tags-->Mpeg.Check ID3v2.4 UTF-16 in "Write".Leave other options unchanged).
[*]Active Sync HD2.
[*]Explore-->My Windows mobile based device-->Storage Card-->Music.
[*]Create a artist named folder in Storage Card-->Music-->English (or any other name of your choice).
[*]Just copy and paste the song/songs of your choice into this.
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It works just fine for me
Hope u too will find this useful !!!
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So if I'm reading your instructions right, I have to create a folder of each artist then transfer the music over? Even if I do that which takes a lot of time, when you transfer the music over using activesync it tries to reformat the songs and that could take forever. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, I'm brand new to WinMo.

I think to make the transfer of the files faster, use a card reader, load all the songs on the memory card, pop it back in, and off you go.

nessqn said:
well,using a 3rd party software is the easiest way out....but i want to use the default player with full features on.
Also I want to see the album art while selecting a song and it completes the experience....nothin 2 do with impressing friends.
In btwn,Mortplayer indeed is a good player..... I liked GSplayer too...
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ok then, I stand corrected you alone can decide what you want your phone to be doing Me, I tried using manila player, but gave up after couple minutes, realizing that it just picked up the mp3s at its own leisure without me being able to control it in any way. Another manila tab off the hook

so i simply cannot put all my music into storage card>Music? i have to make new folders within music folder of each band name and album?? i guess my question is.. whats changed?? from touchflo 3d to sense??
because i uploaded my music just like that... on ym fuze.. and everything worked perfectly... and it was all under the music folder. no individual band names necessary... so did they change up something or what??

~~Tito~~ said:
I think to make the transfer of the files faster, use a card reader, load all the songs on the memory card, pop it back in, and off you go.
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How is removing the SD card, load the songs then pop it back in different from connecting the phone to the computer and selecting the Disk Drive option instead of ActiveSync? Also, do you have to remove the back cover of the phone, not the batter cover, to remove the SD card? I had a hard time trying to pull that sucker out. Thanks.

wiggindude said:
So if I'm reading your instructions right, I have to create a folder of each artist then transfer the music over? Even if I do that which takes a lot of time, when you transfer the music over using activesync it tries to reformat the songs and that could take forever. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, I'm brand new to WinMo.
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ActiveSync-->Tools-->Options:see whether box for Media is unchecked.

wiggindude said:
How is removing the SD card, load the songs then pop it back in different from connecting the phone to the computer and selecting the Disk Drive option instead of ActiveSync?
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I think its the same...

nessqn said:
ActiveSync-->Tools-->Options:see whether box for Media is unchecked.
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I checked the the Media box is checked. It got stuck at 89% transferring so disconnect the phone, connect using Disk Drive, delete everything under the Music folder and I am going to retry again. I have also put a movie under the Video folder but I couldn't locate it anywhere. I tried Pictures & Video, I tried looking at the document folder, nada...sigh.

wiggindude said:
I checked the the Media box is checked. It got stuck at 89% transferring so disconnect the phone, connect using Disk Drive, delete everything under the Music folder and I am going to retry again. I have also put a movie under the Video folder but I couldn't locate it anywhere. I tried Pictures & Video, I tried looking at the document folder, nada...sigh.
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keep the media box unchecked.otherwise the folder will be formatted each time u active sync with pc.
if u find it hard to create artist named folders on your own,sync using media player;it will do the job for you.But then sense music player may not detect the songs.If that's the case,try opening a single song with file explorer or phone media player.then soft reset.the songs may appear.for me it dint work as i mentioned in the first post.so i copied all folders in "music" to pc and deleted the folders in "music" and re pasted the folders to "music" from pc.

nessqn said:
keep the media box unchecked.otherwise the folder will be formatted each time u active sync with pc.
if u find it hard to create artist named folders on your own,sync using media player;it will do the job for you.But then sense music player may not detect the songs.If that's the case,try opening a single song with file explorer or phone media player.then soft reset.the songs may appear.for me it dint work as i mentioned in the first post.so i copied all folders in "music" to pc and deleted the folders in "music" and re pasted the folders to "music" from pc.
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Thanks. I will give this a try and report back.

OK. I followed nessqn's instruction and all the songs are there along with the album arts. But it freezes everytime I go to Music. I have to take out the battery or do a soft reset. Is it because it's trying to compile the library therefor it's slow?