Xbox Music Artist Background : how to have it on 8.1

[John Balacano]

xbox music is boring without those artist background playing on the official xbox music app for WP. I found a way to have those background.

-Search the artist you want to get the background in the store.
Ex "Paramore"
-Then click on any album, Then press the 3 dots on the lower right.
-Then press add to. Then collection.
-Make sure that you off the "Show streaming music in my collection" in the settings.

 

[piaqt]

Use Mpa Tool to get artist / album pix. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/mpatool/a6056e5e-34bd-4098-9cd8-4ed5df611d97

 

[John Balacano]

bad thing MPAtool doesnt work with 8.1

 

[WavingReds]

bad thing MPAtool doesnt work with 8.1

still works for 8.1 with offline music, not cloud or streaming.

 

[abhishake620]

still works for 8.1 with offline music, not cloud or streaming.

It works for lockscreen while playing music or when using the old hub via that app ...else it does not work .....

 

[metalchick719]

Thanks a bunch! I just did this to add album art to my 810 that's running 8.1. Nice to have backgrounds for the artists back up, although some of them are album covers or weird photos not of the artist.

 

[Lu520]

After Pressing Add To there is no Collection Option. Any guess?

 

[Carl Joseph]

This is now working without going through all those steps. Just update to latest developer preview version and Xbox music update.
Also now shows artist on the lock screen too (you may have to deactivate, then reactivate to get it working)
P.S. I don't have a Music Pass, just local MP3's on my SD Card.

 

[Lu520]

Hi Carl Joseph,

Just update to latest developer preview version ///
Just checked in store n there is no update for Dev Preview App. Can you please elaborate the steps

 

[Jan Marcelo]

You're Stealing my thread :/ This post is mine :/

 

[Jan Marcelo]

http://forums.windowscentral.com/wi...42-how-get-background-new-xbox-music-app.html

 

[Richard Mlanji]

Why should struggle with all of these processes. I have three apps that work fine for bringing music in my mood.. All windows phone users check out the following
1. Airstem
2. n7player
3. vlc