Why should I do that? My old version of MP3 TAG works perfect in XP and WIN11. I use the old version in both OPERATIVE SYSTEMS.
Issue only happens with cover. embeeded on mp3 files in WIN11. When I embed on XP they kepp embeded in any other OPERATIVE SYSTEM.
I think the issue is related to WIN11, and some configuration, maybe with the folder, arsmall... IDK, that must be done to allow MP3TAG embed cover with no problems.
I hate that after WIN XP, in new OS, folders create thumbs and arts small with no chance to remove definitly. In XP you can do it and mix a lot of mp3 file with diffrent covers and they all are good. I guess issue is related to that.
Sometimes ALBUM ARTIST to add some notorious musicians.
Sometimes COMPOSED BY: to add writter
Hardly ever, COMENT, if there is some rare or special info
I work using WIN11. I only use XP for hobby, to add music to my main collection/library.
So while I working I download music in mp3, and when are some tags missing I add them on WIN 11. On then on weekend I move the file sto my old XP. But I hate that COVER is not embeed when I see files on XP so I have to embed again.
In both OS I use same version of MP3 TAG. But some minutes ago I update the version here on WIN 11. IDK what the difference is.
That is my way to limit down the variables.
So far I have not been able to reproduce your issue. And I assume that if you want any further suggestions it would be mandatory to see the same behaviour independent from your setup.
Or if the same behaviour still cannot be reproduced compare the settings of your local setup with the setup of others.
I can see that files with embedded covers (and that is definitely still embedded) coming from W10 or W11 do not show a cover in the XP explorer or the Media Player as long as there is no file called folder.jpg in the folder.
But you still rule out that this is cause.
You claim that the very same (rather outdated) version of MP3tag embeds covers in a different way when running in W11 than in XP.
And this is something that could easily be verified if you showed us the extended tags dialogue of the same file as it appears in W11 and XP.
I do not understand clearly this quote "I can see that files with embedded covers (and that is definitely still embedded) coming from W10 or W11 do not show a cover in the XP explorer or the Media Player as long as there is no file called folder.jpg in the folder."
About the extended tag dialogue yuo mean? wiche one?
What I have found:
I transferred files, tagged in W11, to a USB thumb drive.
I checked them in W7: Windows Explorer shows the cover in the miniature view, Windows Media Player does not.
I checked the same files, still on the USB thumb drive in XP:
Explorer does not show pictures.
WIndows Media Player does not allow to add the folder from the USB drive, so I had to copy them to the watched folder.
As soon as I did that, Media Player sprang to life and showed a dialogue "Adding x files" - and generated a hidden file folder.jpg and one albumartsmall.jpg in the new folder.
Now both, WIndows Explorer and WIndows Media Player in XP showed the pictures.
For me everything is as expected: XP relies on the folder.jpg file, the WIndows 7 Media Player also needs a folder.jpg file - but the explorer does not.
And in Windows 11 the media player is now called "legacy" nothing has changed since the previous versions
With these new insights you now have to investigate where and how and who on the various machines in use creates the hidden file folder.jpg.
Apparently, it does not happen in W11 in your environment but it does in XP.
I suspect that you treat files in XP in the media library which is watched by the media player so it creates folder.jpg.
Thank you for the screenshot from a single file in a version unequal to XP.
Now it would be interesting to see the same data in screenshots taken in WIndows XP.
What program are you using on the XP machine to confirm the artwork is not truly embedded? This is a part of the metadata in the file and should not just go missing during a file transfer.
You posted a screenshot of the Extended Tags window from your Win11 machine that shows this track by Information Society does have the cover. Your XP machine should show the same thing when using the Extended Tags window in mp3tag there. That would mean the cover is embedded.
You have to proof that the pictures are not embedded anymore when you connect your USB-Drive to your XP-System. You only can proof that with an extended tag-view (ALT-t) in Mp3tag of the same file. For that you have to use your Mp3tag on your XP-System.
While we wait for the screenshots of mp3tag's Extended Tags window from the XP machine, I want to verify something that you mentioned in your first post.
So it isn't just the XP machine that does not see covers. Music player apps on your Android phone also do not display covers? This would indicate to me that there is something else wrong. How are you transferring these files to the USB key and to your phone? Are you using the standard file browser, or some kind of syncing software?
This is not a Win11 specific issue. Clearly there are plenty of users here that are on that version and have no issues with embedded covers.
Last night I made the homework. Here are the proofs.
First, this is the USB device with the list of songs, plugged into my old win XP. No once can notice but it seems here that eveything is alright.
FIELDS like TITLE, ALBUM, ARTIST, YEAR, TRACK #, GENRE are all OK.
BUT when I take a look on MP3 TAG, some songs that I previously embbed the cover now appear with a "pantasm copy" of other cover from other mp3 file. and they hava a data, like you see in the example 154kb but resolution 0x0. And the cover of INFORMATION SOCIETY it is just a "phantasm".
And when I go to the right track of INFO SOCIETY, there it is the cover with resolution. so this track it is OK. BUT the issue is with the other BOYS CLUB song file. With is not the right cover embbed there anymore?
When a clikc on another song with the righ cover embbed, and then I click back on some of the files with this issue, in this case BOYS CLUB again, it shows the last cover, not INFO SOCIETY like I showed in other reply.
