WTF? Where did this album art come from??

[RyanM]

Okay, so I'm anal. I use CDex to rip all my CDs at 224 Kbps AVBR. I have them meticulously catalogued in the My Music folder (/me hugs XP).

That's not the issue.

What concerns me is that I was browsing the directory in folder view today, instead of detail, and I noticed that almost all of the CDs had ALBUM ART that went along with them.

WTF?

All of the files were created between 5/28/03 and TODAY, at 1:19 AM.

Now, I'm no rocket scientist, but I do not recall downloading these files. Ever.

Where in the name of Gates did these things come from?

 

[ZOXXO]

WMP adds media information to files in it's media library unless configured not to.

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: ZOXXO
WMP adds media information to files in it's media library unless configured not to.

Yeah, but that doesn't make any sense - I never used WMP to play music. Ever. You telling me it just scans the hard drive and starts downloading every time I'm watchin' a porn?

Sonofa....

 

[conjur]

Well, when you insert a music CD, does any program autorun? If so, it's probably loading the album art.

MusicMatch Jukebox does that. I think it's kinda cool.