chaning the default Album art hack.

leesmann · 05-19-2007, 06:38 PM

Hey all was messing around inside the zune dlls looking for a way to remove the marketplace menu item, which doesn't seem to exist, but I found out where the default Album art is, and how to change it, so I may change it since hte dafault stuff is so lame.

Once I get mine changed, I'll give the how to on doing it, shouldn't take me too long to do.

David · 05-19-2007, 06:44 PM

MasterShake · 05-19-2007, 06:54 PM

nice, im looking forward to it

PityOnU · 05-19-2007, 07:03 PM

Walkthrough would help a lot of people. The H&M team made something like this a while back, but it was never distributed because we thought there would be a lack of interest, and there would have been.

But a walkthrough is exactly what people need.

Then they can add there own pictures, instead of downloading a premade pack. More personalization.

Good luck. They take forever. :evil laugh:

leesmann · 05-19-2007, 07:08 PM

OK so I got it to work, here it is in the Zune Software.

Only thins is though that It's still the same album art on the zune, I tried erasing the zune, but I think it stores them on there from default.
I'll look into the zune more and find out where they are stored there too.

leesmann · 05-19-2007, 07:24 PM

OK the walk thru for this is actually really simple.

You need a POWERFUL resource hacker, not the program called Resource hacker, as it doesn't do enough. I use a program called, PE Explorer, but it's got a 30 day trial on it. http://www.heaventools.com

I open Zuneloc.dll in the program and then click Resource viewer/Editor

Once you have it open goto the folder 257, this has alot of the images for the zune software in it. Also Folders HTML & 256 have some image sin them too.

Once you have the image found that you want, right click on it and click Save Resource. and save the resource somewhere you'll be able to find it later. It's a .png file, the best software I use it just paintshop pro to edit these. The dimensions are 200x200 on the album art.

After you have the filed modifed, then right click on the item in PE again and choose Edit Resource, when the window pops up just choose the open and choose th modified file you made it will appear on the right, then click ok. and you are done.

Click save as in the file menu to save the zunelod.dll, and then just open The Zune software and enjoy.

MasterShake · 06-04-2007, 05:58 PM

worked good for me, but i should have read this thoroughly

i thought it was gonna change it on my zune lol

ellemeyer · 06-29-2007, 09:32 AM

Yeah, I agree with MasterShake, I really was hoping it'd edit the art on the actual Zune. If someone could do that, that would be great. I really hate the default art.

merrell · 07-12-2007, 05:54 PM

About that 30 day trial . . . they screwed up. It just starts over once it's past the limit.

leesmann · 07-13-2007, 12:19 AM

I am going to try to look into this this weekend again, been away for awhile, and see if I can figure out how to get it to load these files onto the Zune it's self. I can't imagine it being something to hard, to do, unless these files are stored in the hidden partition on the Zune.

PityOnU · 07-13-2007, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by leesmann

I am going to try to look into this this weekend again, been away for awhile, and see if I can figure out how to get it to load these files onto the Zune it's self. I can't imagine it being something to hard, to do, unless these files are stored in the hidden partition on the Zune.

They are

leesmann · 07-13-2007, 06:10 AM

Yeah I figured they might be, but I haven't done a complete reformat since I changed the art work in the zune software, so I am hoping that it might load the art work from the software, when it does an update, when you first add a song, is when I hope it first loads the default album art.

ehntoo · 07-13-2007, 12:11 PM

Just some information which might help. Unless I'm much mistaken, the default album art would be built into the firmware. The firmware is encrypted and signed. If you change even so much as a bit, the signature will change, and the firmware won't run.

I could be mistaken, and the Zune could read the album art off the hard disk on the fly, but it seems unlikely to me.

2cool4u9188 · 08-16-2007, 09:02 PM

this would be mad cool cause all my songs have sean kingston its very annyoing..but good luck!

05-19-2007, 06:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
leesmann Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA Posts: 96 Reputation: 15	chaning the default Album art hack. Hey all was messing around inside the zune dlls looking for a way to remove the marketplace menu item, which doesn't seem to exist, but I found out where the default Album art is, and how to change it, so I may change it since hte dafault stuff is so lame. Once I get mine changed, I'll give the how to on doing it, shouldn't take me too long to do. __________________ Killer Turtle Software --- Making Defunct Software work for you. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm working on updating my website, so it will have everything I have worked on and news on what I am currently working on as well.

05-19-2007, 06:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-19-2007, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
leesmann Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA Posts: 96 Reputation: 15	OK so I got it to work, here it is in the Zune Software. Only thins is though that It's still the same album art on the zune, I tried erasing the zune, but I think it stores them on there from default. I'll look into the zune more and find out where they are stored there too. __________________ Killer Turtle Software --- Making Defunct Software work for you. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm working on updating my website, so it will have everything I have worked on and news on what I am currently working on as well.

05-19-2007, 07:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
leesmann Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA Posts: 96 Reputation: 15	OK the walk thru for this is actually really simple. You need a POWERFUL resource hacker, not the program called Resource hacker, as it doesn't do enough. I use a program called, PE Explorer, but it's got a 30 day trial on it. http://www.heaventools.com I open Zuneloc.dll in the program and then click Resource viewer/Editor Once you have it open goto the folder 257, this has alot of the images for the zune software in it. Also Folders HTML & 256 have some image sin them too. Once you have the image found that you want, right click on it and click Save Resource. and save the resource somewhere you'll be able to find it later. It's a .png file, the best software I use it just paintshop pro to edit these. The dimensions are 200x200 on the album art. After you have the filed modifed, then right click on the item in PE again and choose Edit Resource, when the window pops up just choose the open and choose th modified file you made it will appear on the right, then click ok. and you are done. Click save as in the file menu to save the zunelod.dll, and then just open The Zune software and enjoy. __________________ Killer Turtle Software --- Making Defunct Software work for you. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm working on updating my website, so it will have everything I have worked on and news on what I am currently working on as well.

06-04-2007, 05:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
MasterShake Zuner Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 74 Reputation: 10	worked good for me, but i should have read this thoroughly i thought it was gonna change it on my zune lol __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-19-2007, 06:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
MasterShake Zuner Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 74 Reputation: 10	nice, im looking forward to it

05-19-2007, 07:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
PityOnU Super Zuner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the real world Posts: 1,987 Reputation: 134	Walkthrough would help a lot of people. The H&M team made something like this a while back, but it was never distributed because we thought there would be a lack of interest, and there would have been. But a walkthrough is exactly what people need. Then they can add there own pictures, instead of downloading a premade pack. More personalization. Good luck. They take forever. :evil laugh:

06-29-2007, 09:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
ellemeyer Zewbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Reputation: 10	Yeah, I agree with MasterShake, I really was hoping it'd edit the art on the actual Zune. If someone could do that, that would be great. I really hate the default art.

07-12-2007, 05:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
merrell Squirt Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 26 Reputation: 10	About that 30 day trial . . . they screwed up. It just starts over once it's past the limit.

07-13-2007, 12:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
leesmann Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA Posts: 96 Reputation: 15	I am going to try to look into this this weekend again, been away for awhile, and see if I can figure out how to get it to load these files onto the Zune it's self. I can't imagine it being something to hard, to do, unless these files are stored in the hidden partition on the Zune. __________________ Killer Turtle Software --- Making Defunct Software work for you. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm working on updating my website, so it will have everything I have worked on and news on what I am currently working on as well.

07-13-2007, 06:10 AM	#12 (permalink)
leesmann Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA Posts: 96 Reputation: 15	Yeah I figured they might be, but I haven't done a complete reformat since I changed the art work in the zune software, so I am hoping that it might load the art work from the software, when it does an update, when you first add a song, is when I hope it first loads the default album art. __________________ Killer Turtle Software --- Making Defunct Software work for you. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I'm working on updating my website, so it will have everything I have worked on and news on what I am currently working on as well.

07-13-2007, 12:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
ehntoo Squirt Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Reputation: 8	Just some information which might help. Unless I'm much mistaken, the default album art would be built into the firmware. The firmware is encrypted and signed. If you change even so much as a bit, the signature will change, and the firmware won't run. I could be mistaken, and the Zune could read the album art off the hard disk on the fly, but it seems unlikely to me.

08-16-2007, 09:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
2cool4u9188 Posting Disabled Zewbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Reputation: 10	this would be mad cool cause all my songs have sean kingston its very annyoing..but good luck!

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