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| − | Windows Media Player can be a useful application to manage your music, even if you don't use it to listen. This | + | Windows Media Player can be a useful application to manage your music, even if you don't use it to listen. This article will teach you how to change an album cover for a MP3 song on Windows 7. |
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4. Right-click on the album.<br> | 4. Right-click on the album.<br> | ||
5. Select "Find album info."<br> | 5. Select "Find album info."<br> | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
===Searching for Album Art=== | ===Searching for Album Art=== | ||
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#*If Windows Media Player can't find the album art, see the next section for adding it manually. | #*If Windows Media Player can't find the album art, see the next section for adding it manually. | ||
===Adding Art Manually=== | ===Adding Art Manually=== | ||
| − | #Understand how album art works. MP3 files support an image as "Album Art." This image will serve as the album art image for every song in that album. Because of how MP3 files work, you cannot set different images for different songs in the same album.<ref>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-change-media-player-album-art#1TC=windows-7</ref> | + | #Understand how album art works. MP3 files support an image as "Album Art." This image will serve as the album art image for every song in that album. Because of how MP3 files work, you cannot set different images for different songs in the same album.<ref name="rf17233">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-change-media-player-album-art#1TC=windows-7</ref> |
#Find and download the image that you want to set as the album art. If you want to use the official image for the album, perform a Google Images search for the album name. Right-click on the image and select "Save" to download it to your computer. The larger the album image is, the better quality it will appear in the Now Playing window. | #Find and download the image that you want to set as the album art. If you want to use the official image for the album, perform a Google Images search for the album name. Right-click on the image and select "Save" to download it to your computer. The larger the album image is, the better quality it will appear in the Now Playing window. | ||
#*If you can't find official album art, or you want art for a mix you've created, you can make your own album image. Open a program like Paint or Photoshop and create a new 600 x 600 px image. This will ensure that the image is high quality and displays well in Windows Media Player. | #*If you can't find official album art, or you want art for a mix you've created, you can make your own album image. Open a program like Paint or Photoshop and create a new 600 x 600 px image. This will ensure that the image is high quality and displays well in Windows Media Player. | ||
