[Lamplighter]

Hello all- I am using the Sony NWZ-A846 and it is a stunning player but all my album art seems to be hit or miss quality wise.
Does anyone know if there is a pretty good standard as far as what resolution to use (I am varying around 300x300), any of my larger files just come out messy and pixelated.
I am using JPEG, would any of the other supported files make much difference. I have been experimenting but am also wondering if anyone has some information on what the best size and format is.
Thank you for any help !!!
Cheers, LL-

 

[Ascariss]

well you should probably use 240x240 since that is the max side resolution of the screen. I use 240x240 on my X-series and never had issues.
 
sometimes the files are even larger, up to 800x800 and they display just fine on my X series.

 

[TCD1975]

 
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sometimes the files are even larger, up to 800x800 and they display just fine on my X series.

Really? I always used to use 275 x 275 for my album art but recently I tried adding some album art at 500 x 500. My x series wouldn't display the latest album artwork so I went back to usng 275 x 275 and it's okay again. I assumed that there was an upper limit of about 300 x 300 pixels or so.

 

[Ascariss]

well if the album art appears in the mp3 tag it will appear on the X, i use mp3tag to add all my album art.

 

[TCD1975]

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well if the album art appears in the mp3 tag it will appear on the X, i use mp3tag to add all my album art.

So do I. The album art was appearing in MP3 Tag but not appearing on my X Series. Perhaps it has something to do with the way I transfer music to my player (drag and drop).

 

[Ascariss]

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So do I. The album art was appearing in MP3 Tag but not appearing on my X Series. Perhaps it has something to do with the way I transfer music to my player (drag and drop).

I only use drag and drop, I don't use any other method or programs because I liked to see what I am moving and what is on the device.

 

[Rip N' Burn]

I had issues with certain picture tags and my Sony dap. I found out that the issue was with progressive jpeg's. What I have done is use a free program called GIMP, copy the jpeg, and save it as 'Optimized' instead of 'Progressive'. It works every time and I usually use 500x500 jpeg's.

 

[TCD1975]

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I had issues with certain picture tags and my Sony dap. I found out that the issue was with progressive jpeg's. What I have done is use a free program called GIMP, copy the jpeg, and save it as 'Optimized' instead of 'Progressive'. It works every time and I usually use 500x500 jpeg's.

Ah, that's probably the problem I was having. That said, if the max display size on the X series is 240 x 240 I don't really want to have images much larger than that. It's just a waste of file space and I would imagine it takes fractionaly longer for the player to load and display the aertwork when creating lists.