Batch Edit Album Art from Progressive to Baseline Support?

[junmilreyso]

I have a ~10,000 library of album art-embedded MP3s, but unfortunately my music player cannot detect the album art because it is in progressive format. All other metadata are properly detected.

Does MP3Tag have a batch edit for changing album art from progressive to baseline type?

[ohrenkino]

No.
you would have to export the embedded pictures to the file system,
convert them with a suitable program.
re-import them into the audio files

The picture files can be exported and imported by MP3tag with an action (sort of batch process).

[junmilreyso]

Thats pretty unfortunate in my case with ~10,000 songs.

Regarding the export and re-import steps, could you share the way how to do it using action?

[ohrenkino]

See the FAQs/Howtos on how to create an action:

Actions and batch-operations

How to create a new action? First, create a new action group via Actions > [Actions] Actions or Alt + 6. Then, click on the button [New] New and give your action group an expressive name, e.g., "All tag fields Upper Case". This action group can be applied to the selected files after you have added one or more actions to it. Now, you can create a new action in your action group via the button [New] New and choose the desired action type from the list. At the moment the following action types a…

and
http://help.mp3tag.de/options_format.html#exportcover

Use an action of the type "Export cover to file" to export.
Enter a useful format string like
Format String: %album%_%title%_%cover_type%
Execute the action.

Do the conversion.
See the help on the next action type:
http://help.mp3tag.de/options_format.html#importcover

Create an action of the type "Import cover from file"
Format string: %album%_%title%_%cover_type%.jpg
Tick "Remove existing covers"
Execute the action.
This should be it.

[junmilreyso]

Aright Ill give this a try later today, thanks a lot!