Windows Media Player 11 automatic image retrieval issue

[Extracampine]

Windows Media Player 11 by default will try and retrieve album art
(folder.jpg) from the internet. If it finds it, it will overwrite any
pre-existing folder.jpg (even if the pre-existing one is a larger file) as
well as create an AlbumArtSmall.jpg file.

Having this as a default option is foolish, as the program began to
overwrite my scanned-in high-resolution images with crappy low-resolution
ones. Realising this, I searched the options for a remedy to this.

The tools/options/library tab enables the user to switch off various
"Automatic media information updates for files". Great, I thought. However,
despite this option being switched off, Media Player continues to carry out
this assault of my file organisation rather sporadically.

Any ideas?

 

[Michael Cecil]

Windows Media Player 11 by default will try and retrieve album art
(folder.jpg) from the internet. If it finds it, it will overwrite any
pre-existing folder.jpg (even if the pre-existing one is a larger file) as
well as create an AlbumArtSmall.jpg file.

Having this as a default option is foolish, as the program began to
overwrite my scanned-in high-resolution images with crappy low-resolution
ones. Realising this, I searched the options for a remedy to this.

The tools/options/library tab enables the user to switch off various
"Automatic media information updates for files". Great, I thought. However,
despite this option being switched off, Media Player continues to carry out
this assault of my file organisation rather sporadically.

Any ideas?

I just set the firewall to disallow WMP Internet access (you have to set
up the advanced firewall rules from the control panel) and marked the
folder.jpgs as read-only for good measure.

 

[Extracampine]

2 pieces of excellent advice, thanks. This should however not be necessary
with a piece of software as accomplished as Windows Media Player 11 though !