# can't add cover art to AAC file

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-cover-art-to-aac-file/18461
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-cover-art-to-aac-file/18461 "2016-11-28T00:14:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![gazzawazza](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gazzawazza](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gazzawazza)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-cover-art-to-aac-file/18461/1 "2016-11-28T00:14:53Z")

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hi all

Lovely program - thank you for your hard work.

I don't normally use AAC files and recently extracted an AAC file from an MKV file.

I've successfully added text based tags (trackname, album, etc).

However, when I try to add cover art, all the right-click album art options are greyed out.

The only active option is "correct aspect ratio".

I picked a random MP3 file and tried to add exactly the same image (copy/paste) and the option is available.

I also tried using the menu "Tag Sources" and option "cover art" but after finding the art on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) it reported 0 of 0 tags saved. I tested using Tag Sources/cover art to change the artist - this worked fine.

I have no problems at all normally adding album art.

Am I doing something wrong?

Didn't work in v2.79 and v2.80 on win 7 home premium 64bit. Not tested on other versions.

Thanks,

Gary

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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: [November 28, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-cover-art-to-aac-file/18461/2 "2016-11-28T05:16:36Z")

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see this thread: [/t/8635/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8635/1)

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### Author: ![gazzawazza](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gazzawazza](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gazzawazza)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-cover-art-to-aac-file/18461/3 "2016-11-30T01:16:20Z")

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Thank you very much for the info.

Regards,

Gary

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-cover-art-to-aac-file/18461/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:32Z")

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