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)?

Displaying album art on Nokia N-Series Music Edition

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.

Retrieving album art for MP3 files from Media Monkey

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