Mon 8 Jan 2007
Do you notice that Nokia Nseries Music Edition devices, such as Nokia N73 ME and Nokia 91, displays album art of our MP3 files (see screenshot below)?
The new S60’s Music Player is able to read album art information from MP3 file. Note that if you got your album arts from iTunes or Windows Media Player, they won’t show up on Nseries. Why? It is because iTunes and Windows Media Player store them in a separate file (not as MP3 tag).
Darla Mack has posted a blog, Nokia N91 - Adding Album Art to Your Music. The trick works, but you have to do it manually.
Is there an automatic way to set album art on MP3 files? The answer is yes. One possibility is using a freeware, called Media Monkey. It uses music database from Amazon to auto-tag MP3 files. Furthermore, Media Monkey is able to set missing information from your MP3 tag, such as album title and genre.
Here is the step to add album art to your MP3 files:
- Download and install Media Monkey. There are several download links available on Media Monkey web site.
- After you installed it, run Media Monkey.
- Select one (or more) MP3 files.
- Right click and select Auto-tag from Amazon. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl+L to display Auto-tag dialog.
- Media Monkey looks-up for album art on Amazon’s database.
- After finished, double check that the information, such as title and singer, is the correct one. If yes, then click Auto-Tag to set the MP3 tag permanently.
Warning: Sometimes the Auto-Tag does not work properly, especially for songs that are not so popular. That’s why I would recommend to double check the result before you click Auto-Tag.
Compatible devices: Nokia Nseries Music Edition, e.g. Nokia N73 ME and N91
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January 17th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I did all this on my n73 ME it didnt work. It shows the art on media player but not on the phone
January 17th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
@mahal: What is your firmware? I don’t know what cause the problem. Most probably because the version that you have doesn’t support album art yet.
January 18th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
I got the newest firmware and I know album art is supported as a default track came with it named stave I think. What resolution does it have to be?
January 18th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
@mahal: You said it shows on the media player on your PC. Which media player is that? Is it Media Monkey or different player?
Note that album art from Windows Media Player and iTunes cannot be displayed on Nokia N73 ME.
January 19th, 2007 at 11:27 am
media player 10/11 and media monkey show the album art. so what resolution does it have to be?
February 16th, 2008 at 11:57 am
The cover must be as Cover Front in mp3 Tag
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
hi ı wont this player
January 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
How can I do this on a Mac? Mediamonkey only works on a PC.
July 31st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
@sarah I coded an application for Mac OS X that can automatically convert the covers of your mp3s so that they show up in iTunes, WMP and Nokia devices.
Its call Covers Everywhere and its open source, so you can download it for free from http://code.google.com/p/coverseverywhere/
I did it for myself but i thought that others might use it too. Hope it helps you.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:38 am
Mac users use this little program: “Coverseverywhere” to be found here: http://code.google.com/p/coverseverywhere/
It will convert any iTunes albumart Mp3 such that the album art is seen by almost any player, including Nokia Symbian phones like the N78 N97 and more.
Just point it at the iTunes music files or directories you want to convert (this could be your whole library!) and it shows up on your Nokia. Ofcourse you have to reload your music to your phone. On Mac’s this is easiest done troug Nokia’s Multimedia Transfer program. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/drivers/nokiamultimediatransfer.html
You must have the album art allready embedded in your Mp3’s for this to work.
In iTunes this means copying the albumart from any source and opening the album or track with “Command-I” or right clicking on “Info”. Then you paste the art into the illustration window.
This little program is a small gem. Works like a charm!
November 24th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
You all are facing multiple issues.
The main one is that there is no real definite standard, just yet.
I\’ve been working on this for weeks.
Issue 1: Your machine\’s (PC or mac) music player doesn\’t export the MP3 to your phone the same way and also behaves differently with the album art.
Issue 2: Nokia\’s Music Player on your phone is bugged when it comes to MP3 tags.
IMHO: embed the art into each individual tracks using a 3rd party tool (plenty of them out there- I use MP3Tag Tools)
Delete all irrelevant tags (ie: composer, comments, etc…) You need to do so because Nokia\’s Music Player is bugged and will not parse those properly.
THEN, and only then can you sync/export to your phone.