# Automatic Covert based on Artist

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263 "2019-08-28T17:16:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TagNewbie65](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TagNewbie65](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TagNewbie65)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263/1 "2019-08-28T17:16:31Z")

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First of all... That is one awesome forum ! That's how it should be done !

Now to the question...

I have a huge collection, and I would like MP3Tag to include a COVER art for each song based only on the artist. So if it's the same artist, then it should be the same cover art.

Is it possible to automate this ?

best

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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:** [August 28, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263/2 "2019-08-28T17:20:55Z")

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> [@TagNewbie65](#):
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> Is it possible to automate this ?

This depends a lot on where you have the artists' pictures.  
If they still have to be retrieved from the internet, then I would recommend the albumartdownloader (google it).  
If you have a dedicated folder and the name of the picture file is the same as the name of the entry in a tag field, then you could use an action of the type  
"Import cover from file" with e.g. the  
Format string: `d:\picturefolder\%artist%.jpg`

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**Author:** ![TagNewbie65](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TagNewbie65](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TagNewbie65)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263/3 "2019-08-28T17:36:55Z")

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I have no art in the folder. So I think I will go with albumartdownloader.

thanx

Edit : I have all my files sorted into singles inside a big GENRE folder. So this wont work. I need the program to write directly into the mp3 file.

Maybe there is a mp3tag action i can do ?

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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:** [August 28, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263/4 "2019-08-28T19:00:37Z")

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> [@TagNewbie65](#):
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> Maybe there is a mp3tag action i can do ?

AFAIK albumartdownloader has a lot of options, even some that write covers directly to a file (I could be wrong, though) or at least to the filesystem with a filename created from file properties.  
There is no MP3tag script that would get the artist picture.

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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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-covert-based-on-artist/46263/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:13Z")

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