It's a bit of a shame that Microsoft chose such a boring name for the new app, but at least users shouldn't be confused about what it does. Allows you to provide your own album art to display instead.

The app looks nice and it's the cherry on top of a long, long-awaited overhaul of Windows Media Player. Of course, the Media Player design reflects the clean aesthetic of Windows 11. You'll still be able to access the old version of Windows Media Player through Windows Tools. Right-click on the song that you want to add album and choose Show album. Click 'Select all albums with missing artwork', and then click Get. Album Art Downloader will go through your entire music library quite rapidly, looking for the artist name, album name, and whether or not the album already has artwork. I copy files from Explorer to my FLAC player, so would really help to have the art work showing in Explorer so it would copy over. But it does not show in Windows Explorer where originals are stored. Open the Groove Music on your Windows 10 computer. Point the File Browser at your music library (C:UsersezukMusic above) and click the large Search button. The embedded art work in my music files shows on Windows Media Player, Groove, Nero, etc. If you find that there is no proper art in the album or no art at all, please refer to the following steps. Media Player currently has a couple of issues, Microsoft notes, including ones that affect playback from some network locations, editing album metadata and library content with accented characters. Adding album art to MP3 files in Groove Music is very simple. Microsoft says those include 'improved keyboard shortcut and access key support for keyboard users and with other assistive technologies.' There are accessibility-focused options in the app too. Through the settings, users can tell Media Player where else to look for things to bring to the library. The app will add files from your PC's music and video folders too. During playback, you'll see album art and 'rich artist imagery' in both full screen and mini-player modes. Microsoft says users will be able to quickly browse their library to find what they want to listen to, and create and manage playlists.

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