diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib_commands/app_api/integration.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib_commands/app_api/integration.rs
index 3009ff05..0d105af4 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib_commands/app_api/integration.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib_commands/app_api/integration.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ pub(crate) fn mpris_set_metadata(
     let duration = duration_secs.map(Duration::from_secs_f64);
     let mut guard = controls.lock().unwrap();
     let Some(ctrl) = guard.as_mut() else { return Ok(()); };
+
+    // #1102: Windows SMTC cannot render our cached WebP covers. souvlaki loads
+    // the file and SetThumbnail/set_metadata succeed, but the lock screen and
+    // Quick-Settings media tile show a blank cover (the OS thumbnail decoder
+    // does not handle WebP, even with the Store WebP extension installed).
+    // Transcode local WebP covers to PNG for the OS media controls; macOS
+    // (ImageIO) decodes WebP fine, so other platforms pass through unchanged.
+    let cover_url = smtc_cover_url(cover_url);
+
     ctrl.set_metadata(MediaMetadata {
         title: title.as_deref(),
         artist: artist.as_deref(),
@@ -94,6 +103,48 @@ pub(crate) fn mpris_set_metadata(
     .map_err(|e| format!("MPRIS set_metadata failed: {e:?}"))
 }
 
+/// Rewrite a cached WebP cover URL to a PNG the OS media controls can render.
+/// Windows SMTC cannot decode WebP thumbnails (#1102); other platforms and any
+/// non-`file://`/non-WebP URL pass through unchanged.
+fn smtc_cover_url(cover_url: Option<String>) -> Option<String> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        if let Some(url) = cover_url.as_deref() {
+            if let Some(path) = url.strip_prefix("file://") {
+                let is_webp = std::path::Path::new(path)
+                    .extension()
+                    .is_some_and(|e| e.eq_ignore_ascii_case("webp"));
+                if is_webp {
+                    match webp_file_to_temp_png(path) {
+                        Ok(png) => return Some(format!("file://{png}")),
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            crate::app_eprintln!("[mpris] cover WebP->PNG transcode failed: {e}")
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    cover_url
+}
+
+/// Decode a WebP file (libwebp, the same codec that wrote the cover cache) and
+/// re-encode it as a PNG in the temp dir, returning the native path. A single
+/// reusable file is fine: souvlaki reads it synchronously inside `set_metadata`,
+/// and the controls mutex serializes calls so it is never written concurrently.
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn webp_file_to_temp_png(webp_path: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(webp_path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let decoded = webp::Decoder::new(&bytes)
+        .decode()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "WebP decode returned None".to_string())?;
+    let img = decoded.to_image();
+    let out = std::env::temp_dir().join("psysonic-smtc-cover.png");
+    img.save_with_format(&out, image::ImageFormat::Png)
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    Ok(out.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 pub(crate) fn mpris_set_playback(
     controls: tauri::State<MprisControls>,