Hi everyone. This is my first post. A Hyundai customer care rep asked that I post this message, so that others would know of a solution that he and I worked out related to a nagging little problem with the Premium Audio System in my 2015 Genesis Coupe (Ultimate version). The problem had to do with showing of song data (album art, song title, artist, and album name) when a song was playing from the USB flash drive. I started out by ripping some CD's (I have only about 25) using Windows Media Player (WMP). It defaults to a "WMA" file extension. I didn't change that at first. The music played very well, but no data was showing. The rep suggested ripping again and using an "MP3" file extension. When I tried that, the lines for song title, artist, and album name showed data, but still no album art. The WMP program in the ripping process also created into the album folder several files (in .JPG format) that contained the album art, but the car's audio system would not pick that up. The rep and I tried using different image file types (such as .BMP), but it still didn't work.
At this point, I had resigned myself that the album art just wasn't going to be shown on the audio system. I then decided to purchase and download two albums from Amazon. Amazon states on the website that it creates the music file in MP3 with a variable bit rate (VBR). So, after the download I tried the new album in the car (not sure if the VBR would work properly). To my amazement, when I selected the first song on the album, the art was immediately displayed. After that discovery, I did some research on the MP3 format and also the data area known as "Metadata" or "ID3Tag". And, of course, the explanation is that the car gets all of the data (including the art) from the data embedded in the MP3 file. Amazon had included the art in each downloaded file, but the WMP had not when it ripped from CD.
I also discovered and downloaded a program called MP3TAG that can add the art to existing MP3 files. There are others that can do the same thing. So, I updated all of the other album folders. It is interesting that the extra .JPG files created by WMP are of no use to the car. It uses only the "Metadata" from each MP3 file.
The audio system is an Infinity Premium Audio System with 10 speakers.
At this point, I had resigned myself that the album art just wasn't going to be shown on the audio system. I then decided to purchase and download two albums from Amazon. Amazon states on the website that it creates the music file in MP3 with a variable bit rate (VBR). So, after the download I tried the new album in the car (not sure if the VBR would work properly). To my amazement, when I selected the first song on the album, the art was immediately displayed. After that discovery, I did some research on the MP3 format and also the data area known as "Metadata" or "ID3Tag". And, of course, the explanation is that the car gets all of the data (including the art) from the data embedded in the MP3 file. Amazon had included the art in each downloaded file, but the WMP had not when it ripped from CD.
I also discovered and downloaded a program called MP3TAG that can add the art to existing MP3 files. There are others that can do the same thing. So, I updated all of the other album folders. It is interesting that the extra .JPG files created by WMP are of no use to the car. It uses only the "Metadata" from each MP3 file.
The audio system is an Infinity Premium Audio System with 10 speakers.
