Album Art Quick Start

This assumes music files are stored on your computer in Artist\Album subfolders, similar to the folder arrangement on your MP3 player, but allows for some variations. Your player must have the ability to connect to the computer in UMS/MSC mode.

  1. Connect your phone or MP3 player to your computer as a drive (might be called "UMS" or "MSC" mode), or connect your phone's memory card as a drive.
    You should be able to see the player as a drive letter (e.g. E:\ depending on what other devices are connected) in Windows Explorer. See your player's documentation for how to connect in UMS/MSC mode.
  2. Start Shaken, not stirred and select the Copy Album Art to Player tab.
  3. The folders containing music files on your computer and player may have been automatically selected, so the lists at the bottom of the window show similar sets of Artist name subfolders on your PC and player. If the correct folders aren't already selected in the "Album art on computer" and/or "Destination on MP3 Player" sections, click the Browse button and navigate to the folder that contains Artist subfolders.
    On your computer the folder typically is "C:\Users\<my login name>\Music". On many players it's the "MUSIC" folder.
  4. In the "Album art on computer" section, select the file name of the album art files on your computer.
    If you used Windows Media Player to download the album art, they will be named "Folder.jpg". If you don't know, look inside the Album folders on your computer.
  5. In the "Destination" section, select the file name of the album art files on your player.
    If you already have some album art files on your player that work, select the same name. If there aren't any, you can try copying just one to see which name works. "Folder.jpg" works with many players.
  6. Click the "Find matching album art subfolders" button at the bottom of the window.
    It may then take several seconds to read and compare the subfolders.
  7. A "Copy checked images to player" window will open showing matching album folders. Click the green-yellow button to select all the matching folders where album art is not already on your player.
  8. Review the matches, and uncheck any where the program made a mistake. The ones marked yellow are only loose matches on folder names, so are more likely to be wrong.
  9. Click the OK button, and the album art files for all the checked folders will be copied to your player.

Reminder: Click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Windows taskbar's tray before disconnecting your player or SD card.

More details related to Steps 1-6 are in the Album Art Main Window topic. More details on Steps 7-9 are in the Copy Checked Images Window topic.