# DS DAC Mk1: Album Art display

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485>\
**Category:** DACs\
**Created:** [July 15, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485 "2026-07-15T21:42:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![analog-aecad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@analog-aecad](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/analog-aecad)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485/1 "2026-07-15T21:42:27Z")

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Currently: NAS-\>AirLens-\>DS DAC Mk1 (Sunlight)  
SD card (FAT32), MConnect (tablet/phone/PC)  
folder.jpg in all album folders.

The album art has never displayed. Is there a fix?  
Not that it’s strictly necessary, all art displays on MConnect (and even with the NAS app), but it would be nice to have.

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**Author:** ![carlodim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@carlodim](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/carlodim)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485/2 "2026-07-17T20:01:46Z")

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Have you used [SD Card Formatter](https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/)? I was having trouble until I used it but even now sometimes album art is slow to appear on album changes and will sometime only appear after playing a whole track. I have also had times where art will stop appearing but a full reboot (power switch on back of DAC) will fix.

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**Author:** ![analog-aecad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@analog-aecad](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/analog-aecad)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485/3 "2026-08-03T02:30:03Z")

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Yes, I reformatted the SD card in FAT32 with that app. AirLens-\>(I2S)-\>DS DAC Mk1. Full power off on both units. No joy.

If anyone with the same combo has success with album art displaying I’d like to hear about it.

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**Author:** ![carlodim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@carlodim](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/carlodim)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485/4 "2026-08-03T14:03:41Z")

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> [@analog-aecad](#):
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> AirLens

So you are using the AirLens as your streamer? The only input on a DS DAC Mk1 that will display album art is the Bridge if you have a Bridge installed. Any streamer connected via coax or toslink or USB or I2S is not going to display album art on the DAC. There isn’t even a place to display it. This is the I2S input:

 ![i2s](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/4X/5/3/1/5316e0c2300a8373f81602af3eae0ae69313b570.jpeg)  
and This is the Bridge input:  
 ![bridge](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/4X/7/f/9/7f96927ff9aca1b55c7b487552805ab630e010cd.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![analog-aecad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@analog-aecad](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/analog-aecad)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ds-dac-mk1-album-art-display/44485/5 "2026-08-03T15:05:38Z")

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Yes, the AirLens, as I stated in the original post. So that’s too bad. I’d been under the impression that the display would change to enable the feature. Oh well, c’est la vie.