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I created album thumbnails for my music in my computer and it is shown while the song plays in the media player. The catch is this: when I transfered the whole album to my protable device, the album thumbnails never appear. My original albums (purchased music) has thumbnails but those "other" music I have has none.

FIrst, your portable device has to support this function (like Sony PSP, MS Tune,etc). I believe you are using one that supports this function.

Second, the thumbnails will appear IF AND ONLY IF they are added to the songs. Legal purchased music is always added these small pictures but illegal downloaded or ripped from CD are not.

To do so, you will need to edit media tag (I’m using windows media 11 but I believe many others do):
- Make sure your music is not assign read only attribute (you can check by right click on your songs, choose "properties", make sure there is no check-mark in "read only").
- You should have pictures (CD covers, artist’s picture…)

- add your music to windows media library
- Go to library in windows media
- right click on the song(s) you want to add thumbnail,
- Choose "advantage tag editor"
- Go to "pictures", choose "add"
- browse to picture you want to add into your song(s)
- press apply.
- Done

***This will take very long time if you are having a big library.

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1. ^_^ vinh le ^_^ Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 3:30 am

   FIrst, your portable device has to support this function (like Sony PSP, MS Tune,etc). I believe you are using one that supports this function.

   Second, the thumbnails will appear IF AND ONLY IF they are added to the songs. Legal purchased music is always added these small pictures but illegal downloaded or ripped from CD are not.

   To do so, you will need to edit media tag (I’m using windows media 11 but I believe many others do):
   - Make sure your music is not assign read only attribute (you can check by right click on your songs, choose "properties", make sure there is no check-mark in "read only").
   - You should have pictures (CD covers, artist’s picture…)

   - add your music to windows media library
   - Go to library in windows media
   - right click on the song(s) you want to add thumbnail,
   - Choose "advantage tag editor"
   - Go to "pictures", choose "add"
   - browse to picture you want to add into your song(s)
   - press apply.
   - Done

   ***This will take very long time if you are having a big library.
   References :

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