# BATCH method to import album art from file to tag?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-method-to-import-album-art-from-file-to-tag/8704
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 2, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-method-to-import-album-art-from-file-to-tag/8704 "2009-08-02T11:03:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@keyper7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keyper7)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-method-to-import-album-art-from-file-to-tag/8704/1 "2009-08-02T11:03:19Z")
Hey, new here but long-time Mp3tag user.
Till now I've been avoiding importing the album art in the tag because I use 400x400 images and that would considerably increase the file size.
Now however I have a new walkman phone and that can only read album art if it's embedded in the tag so...
Is there a way for me to import my several hundreds album art files, named either folder.jpg AND %album%.jpg (winamp reads them that way and it's easier when I have a multi-album folder) into my several thousands of MP3 files in one go?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-method-to-import-album-art-from-file-to-tag/8704/2 "2009-08-02T16:25:17Z")
You can use the action type
# Import cover from file
[/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
As format string enter i.e. _folder.jpg_ or _%album%.jpg_
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### Author:  [@keyper7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keyper7)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-method-to-import-album-art-from-file-to-tag/8704/3 "2009-08-02T17:23:02Z")
THANKS that worked beautifully!
I did import art by file and then specified
folder.gif
folder.jpg
%album%.gif
%album.jpg
in every case clicking the delete current art option so that there wouldn't be any doubles.
The reason for that is that if there were both folder and %album% files (multi-album folders) chances are the later would be the correct one while there are some files I had in gif (and if again there were both jpg would most probably be the preferred one).
It seems to have worked just fine for a test batch I did, gonna go make the rest of them now.
Thanks again!!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-method-to-import-album-art-from-file-to-tag/8704/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:41Z")