I just got my htc 8s and imported my music to the phone, and I came across the missing album art problem just like in this article
http://www.windowscentral.com/missing-album-art-windows-phone-8
It seems like no one has mentioned what I've found, so I'll just post here .
After some research, I realized it's due to the problem of ID3 tag.
For the people who don't know what ID3 is, it is an information tag embedded in your music/mp3 files.
It contains cover/album art, artist name, genre etc, and it has few different versions like ID3v1, ID3v2(2.3,2.4)
Due to various source of music, ID3 versions for the files could be quite mixed up(mine is),
and apparently wp8 seems only recognize ID3v2(2.3) for the album art, so if your mp3 file does't have v2.3 tag, it'll just show up grey.
To see or edit ID3tag for your music files you'll need some special softwares. The one I'm using is called "mp3tag."
Just simply add v2.3 tag to your music before importing, the album art will be showing up on the phone.
If it is missing or you wanna change the picture, it can be done by manually adding or editing.
Voila, problem solved.
http://www.windowscentral.com/missing-album-art-windows-phone-8
It seems like no one has mentioned what I've found, so I'll just post here .
After some research, I realized it's due to the problem of ID3 tag.
For the people who don't know what ID3 is, it is an information tag embedded in your music/mp3 files.
It contains cover/album art, artist name, genre etc, and it has few different versions like ID3v1, ID3v2(2.3,2.4)
Due to various source of music, ID3 versions for the files could be quite mixed up(mine is),
and apparently wp8 seems only recognize ID3v2(2.3) for the album art, so if your mp3 file does't have v2.3 tag, it'll just show up grey.
To see or edit ID3tag for your music files you'll need some special softwares. The one I'm using is called "mp3tag."
Just simply add v2.3 tag to your music before importing, the album art will be showing up on the phone.
If it is missing or you wanna change the picture, it can be done by manually adding or editing.
Voila, problem solved.
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