Change MP3 Album Cover (Fast, Easy & Automated)

Do you love music? We all do! Listening to music everyday can help you reduce stress. It can also add up to your emotional well-being. If you’re having difficulty sleeping, listening to relaxing and calming music can help you fall asleep early. But as with any other thing, a growing music library has certain drawbacks. If your MP3 files lack correct album covers, it can be a challenging task to find and organize them. Worse, you may end up downloading the same song multiple times. Curious how you can change mp3 album cover? If so, you’ve come at the right place. Keep reading.

What’s Album Cover (Album Art)?

An Album Cover , also known as Album Art, is an image embedded inside your music file along with other textual mp3 file tags such as artist, bit rate, copyright, etc.

The advantage of including Album Art is that it adds additional context to the audio file being played and improves the overall user experience.

Steps to Change MP3 Album Art

Method 1: Automatically Retrieve Album Art Online (Recommended)

If you haven’t guessed already, Windows Media Player can automate this task for you without having you to do anything. WMP can automatically retrieve the right album art for you online, so that you don’t have to rely on a third-party tool just to edit mp3 album art.

1. Open Windows Media Player Legacy.
2. Click on the Library to explore the contents of your media library.
3. Double-click on the Music icon.
4. Right-click on an MP3 file to change its album art.
5. Select the Update album info.
6. Windows Media Player will look for corresponding album art online. If it is found, it will be updated online. If not, go with the manual method given below.
7. That’s it, it’s that easy to change MP3 album art Windows.

Method 2: Manually Edit MP3 Album Cover

Sometimes, WMP may fail to retrieve the correct album art, especially if your song isn’t popular or your region isn’t supported. Or, may be, you may dislike the default retrieved and may want to change MP3 album image to something else. If so, follow these steps:

1. Download an album art image from the Internet.
2. Open the downloaded image using Microsoft Paint. To do so, right-click on it and select Open with > Microsoft Paint.
3. Select the entire image. (Ctrl + A)
4. Right-click on the selection and choose Copy. Alternatively, you may use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C.
5. Exit the Paint application.
6. Open Windows Media Player Legacy.
7. Click on Library > Music.
8. Right-click on a song to change mp3 album image.
9. Select Paste album art.

Method 3: Change MP3 Album Art Online

If you don’t want to change MP3 album cover with the legacy tools in Windows, there’s another way: Free third-party websites.

Some of these websites support bulk file uploads so that you don’t have to individually add album art for each file. Regardless of the website you use, the steps are usually same:

1. Visit a free website that allows you to change mp3 album cover.
2. Click on the Choose Files button. (Or simply, drag and drop your music files on to the selection area)
3. Wait for your file to upload. It may take some time.
4. Once your file is uploaded, click on the Browse button ahead of Choose new album art / picture.
5. Select your desired image, and then click on Open.
6. Click on the Start or similar button.

Conclusion

If you’re a music lover, album covers can serve as visual identity and help you connect with your favorite music. You can change mp3 album art online or with the pre-installed applications in Windows to gain a more immersive experience.

Bonus Tip: De-duplicate Your MP3 Files Library

Do you have a large music collection? If so, you might have come across several duplicate music tracks. Such repetitive tracks can degrade your listening experience by playing the same songs ove & again.

Thankfully, it’s easy to find and remove such duplicate MP3 files. DupInOut Duplicate Finder can come to your aid. Here’s how:

1. Download DupInOut Duplicate Finder.
2. Click on the New Search tab.
3. Click on the Add button.
4. Select your Music folder, and click on Open.
5. If you’ve other folders too, add them.
6. Select the Music Search option.
7. Start the scan.
8. Once your scan concludes, use the “Mark Duplicates” and “Selection Assistant” buttons to automatically mark/ unmark hundreds of duplicate music matching your criteria.
9. Click on “Select Action“, and choose an action (for example, delete, move or rename your duplicates).

Features

• Fast and accurate scan. Lightweight program with simple and straightforward UI.
• Search for duplicate music using various music tags of your choice (album, artist, bit rate, year, etc.)
• If the music tags information is not embedded into a file, the program will either skip that file, or compare the file’s content. You may change this behavior from the program settings.
• DupInOut Duplicate Finder makes it super easy to review your results. You don’t need to manually check/ uncheck hundreds of files. You can automate it using the “Mark Duplicates” and “Selection Assistant” features by selecting a criteria of your choice.
• In addition to duplicate music search, you can also find duplicate documents, videos, archives. You can also compare two folders for same files, different files, and additional files using the Folder Compare feature.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Does MP3 support album covers?

Obviously! Much like other music files, MP3 files use album covers to provide additional depth and context about the song being played.

How to attach an image to an MP3 file?

You can edit mp3 album art online or using Windows tools (such as, Windows Media Player). If you’ve a large music library, it’s recommended to use the latter to avoid the time and effort required in uploading and downloading so many files.