There is not another way. There is no "must be." To use patches, you must learn to compile. The only other alternative is to find a precompiled build made by someone else that has the patch compiled in.
Album art is also only available as a patch (or in precompiled builds). Also, I'm warning you again. Please use whole words ("thx" is not a word) and attempt to use proper punctuation. We strive to have our forums easily readable and easily translated, and part of this requires that users make an attempt to use proper English.