topic Re: Local Files Album Art Compression in Desktop (Windows)

Local Files Album Art Compression

jxbrdy — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:52:55 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

United States of America

Device

Desktop

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

I created a 1600x1600 png to use as album art for my local files, but the quality of the image compresses horribly. What's up with that? I'll attach a screenshot of the art in the desktop app as well as the original image. The details from the original are completely lost.

Re: Local Files Album Art Compression

MihailY — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:13:37 GMT

Hey @jxbrdy,

Thanks for reaching out.

We understand that this isn't ideal, but since album cover images are compressed to improve performance, what you're seeing is expected behavior. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback here on the Community and we'll make sure to forward it to the right team.

We're here for you if you have any other questions.

Re: Local Files Album Art Compression

jxbrdy — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:57:47 GMT

When you say, "...album cover images are compressed to improve performance..." do you mean performance on a local end (my computer) or server-side performance? I don't think my PC would have any problem loading 1600x1600 .pngs, and since local files are taken directly from my computer, I'm struggling to understand how there could be a server-side issue. I understand there's probably no reason for Spotify to fix this issue, so an explanation would definitely help me out. I appreciate your initial response, but I'm still a bit lost. Thank you!