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Did some searching, but couldnt find much. I'm looking for an mp3 player that will use the htc home plugin and show album art. The album art doesnt have to show in the plugin, but it would be nice for it to show up in the player itself. I already know that TCPMP shows album art, but its not finger friendly, or usable with htc home plugin.
found what i was looking for searching the forum with google. much easier then the forum search function.
Melody looks pretty cool.
Use the HTC Home customiser and change from Audio Manager to Media Player. This is available here and is discussed here, you can edit the registry directly if you are comfortable.
To use Window Media Player, you have to change the following registry:
"HKLM/SOFTWARE/HTC/Music Plug-In/" change the value to 1
MusicPlayer = 2 (HTC Audio Manager)
MusicPlayer = 1 (Windows Media Player)
You may need to sync the content from within Media Player on your PC to have album art enabled. Album art will not show in the today screen plugin but is visible in Media Player.
i copied direclty to my card, thats probably why the album art didnt cary over.
Does anyone know? I did a Windows Media Player sync like the getting started guide says. My playlists and music is recognized in the TouchFLO music player, but the album art does not show. The Album Art DOES show if I open the same playlists/music in Windows Media Player.
It looks like there is an "hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg" image in the Internal Storage/Content/Music folder for each album that the device came with. Is that what the TouchFLO 3D media player uses to display album art? Why can't it use Folder.jpg like Windows Media Player does?
Has anyone figured out how to get this to work without renaming a copy of folder.jpg for each album on the device?
EDIT: The following instructions is what I had to do on the 1.34 ROM in order to get album art to appear in TouchFLO 3D:
http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?p=74481#post74481
adamz said:
Does anyone know? I did a Windows Media Player sync like the getting started guide says. My playlists and music is recognized in the TouchFLO music player, but the album art does not show. The Album Art DOES show if I open the same playlists/music in Windows Media Player.
It looks like there is an "hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg" image in the Internal Storage/Content/Music folder for each album that the device came with. Is that what the TouchFLO 3D media player uses to display album art? Why can't it use Folder.jpg like Windows Media Player does?
Has anyone figured out how to get this to work without renaming a copy of folder.jpg for each album on the device?
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You can embed the album art in the tag with a tool like mediamonkey. I keep all my mp3's tidy with all info and art, the player on the diamond will go through the tags and display the art for you. I also saw the .jpg in a folder of provided content, so potentially that is another way But I have not tried it due to what I already explained.
I tired put my album image and rename to folder.jpg(200 x 200px) and hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg(256 x 256px) into Internal Storage/Content/Music/Artist/Album and the TouchFLO 3D would load the images.
citats said:
You can embed the album art in the tag with a tool like mediamonkey. I keep all my mp3's tidy with all info and art, the player on the diamond will go through the tags and display the art for you. I also saw the .jpg in a folder of provided content, so potentially that is another way But I have not tried it due to what I already explained.
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your sure? i have MP3s with embedded Album Art in the tag (i use MP3tag) but they would not show. Only if i use WMP11 to sync i have art
I have MP3s with Album art embedded too, and they didn't transfer over, probably because I sync playlists using Windows Media Player.
I tried adding hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg images to some folders in my synced music Library on Internal Storage/Music/, but that didn't work for showing album art either.
I don't do the drag/drop File Manager way of adding MP3s because that's way too much of a hassle to manage. Auto-syncing selective playlists in Windows Media Player is a much easier method of managing what music is on my device.
I guess I'll try running Tag & Rename (http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm) on the internal storage tonight, but that's going to suck if I have to do it every time I change my syncing playlists.
dont worry bro.. dont worry.. i did it without any extra programs
like this: internal storage/my documents/my music(u might need to create one) /madonna(eg. album) /madonna's mp3(all of madonna's mp3) AND folder.jpg(IMPORTANT! this folder.jpg IS madonna's pic or album art. u have to rename it to folder.jpg)
after u done that, htc will auto attach a .jpg file into your album, should be htc_am_album.jpg or somehting like that. and u got your album in your htc player. if it still doesnt load...
go to the player manually, tap library on the left lower corner. scroll to album and it might automatically detect it by then.
moobox82 said:
dont worry bro.. dont worry.. i did it without any extra programs
like this: internal storage/my documents/my music(u might need to create one) /madonna(eg. album) /madonna's mp3(all of madonna's mp3) AND folder.jpg(IMPORTANT! this folder.jpg IS madonna's pic or album art. u have to rename it to folder.jpg)
after u done that, htc will auto attach a .jpg file into your album, should be htc_am_album.jpg or somehting like that. and u got your album in your htc player. if it still doesnt load...
go to the player manually, tap library on the left lower corner. scroll to album and it might automatically detect it by then.
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That didn't work for me. It should have detected them originally, since Windows Media Player syncing does create folder.jpg images like that. I have TouchFLO 3D 1.1.34072.1 1630.15. Is your's a different version??
This is what I had to do to get it to work:
http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?p=74481#post74481
The renaming to folder.jpg worked for me, too.
It appears it won't happen instantly, but after some time the picture is used.
In fact, the HTC album creates a new copy of the folder.jpg with an adapted resolution which it names htc_am_albumart.jpg.
So simply put your folder.jpg in your album folder and have some patience, it will happen. I've not yet figured out what triggers this.
syncing Album Art in USB mode
Hi All,
After a few days of frustation with my Diamond mediaplayer I found that syncing the following way is most satisfactory to get album art across from my PC:
1. set WMP 11 to sync without conversion, that is MP3 format (so no gain in WMA compression)
2. set your Diamond to USB
3. sync your songs from WMP
This seems to work fine for at least 9 out of 10 songs !
Have fun
Sjengie
Touch Flow does not find music
Hi,
I have synced all the musics via Media Player.
But Diamond does not find them in touch flow.
It allways says "No music Found"
I noticed that it puts the music in a folder called "Music" on the root of the Internal Storage instead of the \Content\Music
Anyone had this problem or has any ideias?
Regards,
Jose
Have you tried opening windows media player and updating the library ?
When I do that the tf3d page updates its library too
How to Sync TouchFLO 3D Album Art
HI
I have the same issue, I just let WMA to sync all my album to the HTC. All my albums are put in the /internal storage/music folder. Using the TF3D and the music option I can chose the library and launch one album but I can not have all my album diplayed in this screen.. I always must go through the library to chose my album.. But with this synchronuisation the image associete with the labum is fine dusplayed
I had also updated the lbrary using WMA on the HTC
thanks for your experience
when you view in TF3D all image album, you must create playlist with all song and then you look all album in TF3D, bud when you skip to other album must skip all song from previous album.
Better soft to play music is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377627
moobox82 said:
dont worry bro.. dont worry.. i did it without any extra programs
like this: internal storage/my documents/my music(u might need to create one) /madonna(eg. album) /madonna's mp3(all of madonna's mp3) AND folder.jpg(IMPORTANT! this folder.jpg IS madonna's pic or album art. u have to rename it to folder.jpg)
after u done that, htc will auto attach a .jpg file into your album, should be htc_am_album.jpg or somehting like that. and u got your album in your htc player. if it still doesnt load...
go to the player manually, tap library on the left lower corner. scroll to album and it might automatically detect it by then.
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This works for me too, perfect thanks mate!!!!
How to Sync TouchFLO 3D Album Art
hi
I just try the SP2 as player and it's run really fine
But .. using the default music icon on the TF3D only one album is showing there.
I want to be able to see all myalbum art through this screen.
Ypu speek about play list here.. I can create one , but how to put songs into then ?
Thanks for your support
fr
How to Sync TouchFLO 3D Album Art
nobody has an idea ?
thx
I must say that HTc are being a bit crap with this. Why on earth cant it just use the WMP album art is beyond me. They must have some right muppets in their project teams.
leaskovski said:
I must say that HTc are being a bit crap with this. Why on earth cant it just use the WMP album art is beyond me. They must have some right muppets in their project teams.
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I was thinking the same thing. Couple days ago i decided to try out the music player and i really can't understand (being a software developer myself) how the hell they let this pass.
Btw, i only managed to get the album art show, by renaming the WM art file to folder.jpg, deleting the HTC/AudioManager_Eng/AudioManager_Eng file, and reset the device. It created the HTC_AM.... .jpg on the folders.
cheers
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I was thinking the same thing. Couple days ago i decided to try out the music player and i really can't understand (being a software developer myself) how the hell they let this pass.
Btw, i only managed to get the album art show, by renaming the WM art file to folder.jpg, deleting the HTC/AudioManager_Eng/AudioManager_Eng file, and reset the device. It created the HTC_AM.... .jpg on the folders.
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where is the file you are deleting? I have still not got this to show art.
Works well
Rename all your albumart to folder.jpg using flashrenamer
JUst change the registry key HKLM/software/htc/audiomanager */audiomanager from 1.5 to 0.
Soft reset your diamond
Then the diamond makes files called HTC albumart and you can then see all your album art in the Touchflo 3d screen.
i can't understand if i can have all my albums listed in the T3D and choose them [like the photos] or i can just see the songs are playing...
Now i put two albums and i see just one cover [every song has the sam cover obviously...]
how does it works?
isn'it a kind of library?
hey
yes you can just download the free software mp3tag and add your foto save and put into the internal storage
ciao
yep.. but... in the music tab can't i see ALL the albums loaded in the diamond? or just the "playing" one?
IMHO, you should forget the inbuilt music tab, download S2P from these forums and use that!!!!
i've tried it.
i don't like it all.
why should i use something like the iphone??
when you need look all album you must create playlist with all song in your diamond and then you look all album image in TF3D, bud for skip to other album, you must skip all song in previous album.
Better soft is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377627
HFX9 said:
when you need look all album you must create playlist with all song in your diamond and then you look all album image in TF3D, bud for skip to other album, you must skip all song in previous album.
Better soft is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377627
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no this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408510
this build is compatible with diamond!
anubis.genix said:
no this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408510
this build is compatible with diamond!
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i use S2P v0.40 on my diamond and all work great.
in your trhead is only exe file no install cab !!
just place a JPEG image called "folder.jpg" in the folder of the album. That works for me on virtually _every_ application I use that supports cover art:
HTC Manila Audio Player
S2P 0.41e
XBMC - completely off topic ;-)
So I have it all-in-one...
BTW: I don't use WMP to sync my music to my device - i simply copy the folders over to the device. Wether it's done via ActiveSync or USB HDD mode doesn't make a difference for me.
As stated before the HTC Manila audio player places a rescaled version of the image right next to it in the same folder. S2P also seems to place some files in there...
THank you!
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just place a JPEG image called "folder.jpg" in the folder of the album. That works for me on virtually _every_ application I use that supports cover art:
HTC Manila Audio Player
S2P 0.41e
XBMC - completely off topic ;-)
So I have it all-in-one...
BTW: I don't use WMP to sync my music to my device - i simply copy the folders over to the device. Wether it's done via ActiveSync or USB HDD mode doesn't make a difference for me.
As stated before the HTC Manila audio player places a rescaled version of the image right next to it in the same folder. S2P also seems to place some files in there...
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THis workaround really worked! Thank you!
So far, no one has answered the original poster's question.
The answer to your question diamondino is whatever is in the Now Playing list in HTC Audio Manager is what will show up in the Manila audio player. You can create a playlist containing anything you want (i.e. all your music) and it will all show up in the 3D player. Or, if you just select an album from your library and press play, it will automatically add that album to Now Playing, and that's what will show in the 3D player.
Unfortunately, there is no way to scroll through albums on the 3D player, only songs in a playlist.
I've searched high and low for this and can not find it. All I am finding is the HTC Audio Manager without album art support. Does anyone know where it is?
It looks like that the Dutty's ROM has HTC AudioManager_1_2-1212.716 that has album art but I cant find the cab for it.
Does it not exist?
Please help.
If this is what you are referring to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=388947
He has a screenshot of Windows media player with Audio manager skin. See in the picture at the top is says "WINDOWS MEDIA". There is no HTC Audio Manager with Album Art as far as I know unless you have Diamond or Touch Pro with Touch flo 3d.
However, you might find something interesting in the Touch Flo 2d forums
Do a search for Touch flo 2d or manila 2d
ok I see. I was taken in by the AudioManager look and not realized it was just a WMP skin.
Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at the manila 2d stuff.
Why do you want audiomanager with Album art support anyway when you can use Windows media that already has album cover support. Or S2P with Album cover support, or TCPMP with album cover support or..... There are many to choose from is what I am saying. You don't have to limit yourself to Audiomanager.
I like the finger friendly interface of AudioManager. WMP is not finger friendly.
I will check out the rest of the apps that were mentioned.
Thanks
As said earlier, you might want to take a look into TouchFlo 2D / Manila...
I just flashed the lastest Garmin ROM with Manila, and it has Audio Manager with Cover Albums. So maybe in the Manila Thread you will find the CAB for this version of Audio Manager (version 2 build 1819.2129, thats what i have).
I also love Audio Manager compared to WMP or CorePlayer, and also it works great with my remote control.
I also Use Mort Player for in the car as it has some really nice big finger friendly buttons + Supports album cover as well. Mort Player is also free
edit: for mort player just download skins from the mort player web page to get the skin for car to get the big buttons skin
guigui42 said:
As said earlier, you might want to take a look into TouchFlo 2D / Manila...
I just flashed the lastest Garmin ROM with Manila, and it has Audio Manager with Cover Albums. So maybe in the Manila Thread you will find the CAB for this version of Audio Manager (version 2 build 1819.2129, thats what i have).
I also love Audio Manager compared to WMP or CorePlayer, and also it works great with my remote control.
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I just flashed the Garmin 4.3a rom and my Covert Art does not work in Audio Manager. How did you get it to work? Do you need a jpg in the album folder called something specific?
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I just flashed the Garmin 4.3a rom and my Covert Art does not work in Audio Manager. How did you get it to work? Do you need a jpg in the album folder called something specific?
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Yes. Call the jpg "cover" or "folder" One or the other or maybe both will work. Then place the album cover jpg in the album folder. This is the same with WMP - S2P and TCPMP. TCPMP will show some embedded album art sometimes too and I thing so will S2P
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Yes. Call the jpg "cover" or "folder" One or the other or maybe both will work. Then place the album cover jpg in the album folder. This is the same with WMP - S2P and TCPMP. TCPMP will show some embedded album art sometimes too and I thing so will S2P
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Thanks hotrod! Mine were named cover.jpg and they need to be folder.jpg . Guess I have some renaming to do....
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If this is what you are referring to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=388947
He has a screenshot of Windows media player with Audio manager skin. See in the picture at the top is says "WINDOWS MEDIA". There is no HTC Audio Manager with Album Art as far as I know unless you have Diamond or Touch Pro with Touch flo 3d.
However, you might find something interesting in the Touch Flo 2d forums
Do a search for Touch flo 2d or manila 2d
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i just used this added this skin to WMP and i love it. It seems like WMP works a hell of a lot better than htc audio manager when it comes to bluetooth headphones. i simply had a lot of problems w/ audio manager.
BUT...does anyone know if there's anyway to actually arrange the songs in WMP by the actual song name itself, in alphabetical order? i must say i HATE that, it makes going to a particular song extremely time consuming especiallying since there's no search function or anything
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i just used this added this skin to WMP and i love it. It seems like WMP works a hell of a lot better than htc audio manager when it comes to bluetooth headphones. i simply had a lot of problems w/ audio manager.
BUT...does anyone know if there's anyway to actually arrange the songs in WMP by the actual song name itself, in alphabetical order? i must say i HATE that, it makes going to a particular song extremely time consuming especiallying since there's no search function or anything
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You might want to look for a play list editor of some sort. There are several available that I have seen. I only tried one and honestly don't use it that much so don't really know if I can arrange songs alphabetically
OK I just checked. the Play list Manager I am using can sort the songs alphabetically. I will try to find the link to where I found it but you can try to search yourself it is called Vicsoft PlaylistMgr. If I can't find the link I will look for my copy of the cab and post it here later.
OK I tried doing the obvious searches and not a single hit and I don't have the patience tonight to keep searching online for the link. I really wish I could give credit to the author of this freeware app.
Here is my copy of the cab. It was easier for me to find then I thought.
have fun with it.
edit: I found the link http://mobile-sg.com/software/?p=PlaylistMgr&platform=ppc
Check it out (Lots of screenshots and information and if you feel that this app is worthy of a donation - The author is accepting donations.
thanx for the help man. i download the program, and i can't get it to work at all. it wont open playlists, it'll search for playlists but then wont allow me to open it or edit it. and it wont allow me to save any playlists. i guess i'll have to live w/out alphabetical playlists for a while longer.
hey i downloaded the newer/larger/possibly non corrupted version on their website. finally got everything up and running...even finished all the playlists for the 30+ albums i have on my microSD card. thanx for the help man.
stupid browser, sorry for the double post
Anyone has a .cab for it?
Thanks.
Or any newer/older but working one?
HTC Album
I have no idea what vercion this is, but it works well for me.
http://rapidshare.com/files/155988116/HTC_Album_cab.rar.html
here is htc album HTC Album v2.0.1815.2532.cab
hope it helps u
is this the htc album that does not have portrait and cannot play videos?
mayastig said:
is this the htc album that does not have portrait and cannot play videos?
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it does not have playback and you can not rotate the picture but if u open the tilt it will go into portrait or bind a botton to rotate