# Action - Album Art import through regular expression

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 4, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787 "2014-06-04T12:56:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chicmatt](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chicmatt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chicmatt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787/1 "2014-06-04T12:56:17Z")

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Hello.

I'd like to make an action that import Album Art from a file.

Each folder has a cover file with one of the following names.

folder.jpg  
folder.png  
cover.jpg  
front.jpg

How can I import it regardless of the file name?

I tried as follows, which seems wrong.

_.jpg|_.png

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**Author:** ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787/2 "2014-06-04T13:46:06Z")

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Create an Action Group with 4 "import cover from file" actions, one for each possible file name.  
Whichever file exists will be imported.  
The ones that don't exist create a warning.  
If you don't want to see the warnings, they can be turned off in the "Messages" tab of the Options dialogue.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787/3 "2014-06-04T14:28:34Z")

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> [@Matt123](#):
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> Hello. I'd like to make an action that import Album Art from a file. Each folder has a cover file with one of the following names.  
> folder.jpg folder.png cover.jpg front.jpg How can I import it regardless of the file name? ...

I don't know for sure but you may try ... **_o_.\*g**

DD.20140604.1828.CEST

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**Author:** ![chicmatt](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chicmatt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chicmatt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787/4 "2014-06-04T21:28:15Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-album-art-import-through-regular-expression/15787/5 "2026-02-09T12:25:05Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC