# Assign Cover Images by text file

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assign-cover-images-by-text-file/51167>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assign-cover-images-by-text-file/51167 "2020-12-13T11:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommandoBot](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/commandobot/32/8488_2.png) [@CommandoBot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CommandoBot)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assign-cover-images-by-text-file/51167/1 "2020-12-13T11:47:39Z")

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Hi,

I am using "Textdatei - Tag" to assign Tags to MP4 files. That's the easiest way for me since I have all the data in a database and easy can automate this that way.

I also have all the cover art on a file system and the links to that files are available as well in the DB.

Unfortunately I was not able yet to load the images that way.

Is there a syntax in the format string that can load image files (JPG) when using a text file as tag import?

I already tried %\_covers% and assigned the path to the image into that variable ... but with no success ...

To load the images manually is quite a hassle since I have to wait until each file is rewritten, wich may take a minute or so on 2G+ file sizes ....  
When it is automated it can run in the background and I hardly care how long it takes 🙂

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Armin

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assign-cover-images-by-text-file/51167/2 "2020-12-13T12:04:21Z")

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The only way I could think of:  
import the path and filename of the cover to a user-defined field, e.g. %cover\_path%  
use an action of the type "Import cover" where you use the contents of %cover\_path% as filename specification,  
delete the field %cover\_path%.

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**Author:** ![CommandoBot](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/commandobot/32/8488_2.png) [@CommandoBot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CommandoBot)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assign-cover-images-by-text-file/51167/3 "2020-12-13T12:13:54Z")

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Thanks a lot ... I Tried it right a way ...

It works a treat.

The only error I made was to put the path string in quote marks ... that caused some issues. But without it works perfectly fine ...

😄 👍

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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:** [January 12, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assign-cover-images-by-text-file/51167/4 "2021-01-12T12:13:56Z")

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