WMP 12 Custom Album Art

A significant number of CDs, particularly compilations, do not automatically obtain correct information from the Internet.  Album artwork can be missing or wrong if this happens.

To create the artwork for a CD ripped into Windows Media Player (WMP) 12, scan or screen capture the album artwork and create a 200x200 size jpg file.  Create the following files from this file

filename    size
folder.jpg 200x200
AlbumArtLarge.jpg 200x200
AlbumArtSmall.jpg 75x75

Restart WMP with these files in the album folder and the artwork should be displayed in WMP.

Image files are Artist\Album folder and marked as system files.  If incorrect artwork is displayed delete all the existing jpg files and copy the new versions described above.  You will need to turn off the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in windows explorer to see the system jpg files.