# Cover Art and Filename
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 29, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007 "2019-03-29T15:35:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@grandpaterry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grandpaterry)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/1 "2019-03-29T15:35:07Z")
If the title and the cover art is the same why can't you guys make a program that inserts the cover art automaticlly
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/2 "2019-03-29T16:38:17Z")
> [@grandpaterry](#):
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> why can't you guys make a program that inserts the cover art automaticlly
Well, you could.
There is an action to import covers.
Enter as filename format string: %title%.jpg
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### Author:  [@grandpaterry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grandpaterry)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/3 "2019-03-29T20:42:15Z")
Sorry I don't understand...
Ex: B.B. King - Rock Me Baby - Kent 393 Song
B.B. King - Rock Me Baby - Kent 393 Title
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/4 "2019-03-29T20:45:39Z")
I don't understand either: I thought this was about the external picture file that should be embedded in the file.
To embed a picture you can use an action.
If this is not the case, please explain again more elaborately.
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### Author:  [@grandpaterry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grandpaterry)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/5 "2019-03-29T20:51:50Z")
The song and the label are in the same folder.
Thank you for your time I appreciate it
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/6 "2019-03-29T21:00:58Z")
> [@grandpaterry](#):
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> The song
Is this the filename or the tag field TITLE?
> [@grandpaterry](#):
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> label
Is this what you use as synonym for the picture file that should become the displayer cover? I ask because there is also a tag field called LABEL ...
The "HowTo" section in this forum tells you how to create an action:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of actions, which can be applied to filenames and tags. The actions are grouped together into named sets (action groups), which can be applied independently via Alt + 6. If you do not want to create a reusable action group for applying one single action, the Actions (Quick) toolbar button or keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + 6 can be used. How to [create a new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2)? How to ... [change upper/lower case of tag fields or filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/3)? [replace the string “xyz” in tag-fields …](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/4)
Something similar can be found in the help:
> **[Actions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/)**
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> Documentation on Quick Actions and Action Groups that covers replace text, case conversion, tag to tag conversion, duplicate field handling, batch cover import/export, and more. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
In the help you also find a description of the action to import a cover (picture) from an external file.
You fill find that you have to either enter a fixed filename or one that is created dynamically from tag field variables.
Depending on whether you quoted the filename or the tag field TITLE when you mentioned
> [@grandpaterry](#):
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> B.B. King - Rock Me Baby - Kent 393
you enter as
Format string: %title%.jpg
or
Format string: %\_filename%.jpg
Try it with a test file.
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### Author:  [@grandpaterry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grandpaterry)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/7 "2019-03-29T21:09:42Z")
> The song
Is this the filename or the tag field TITLE?
They are both filenames
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/8 "2019-03-29T21:10:46Z")
OK, then use
Format string: %\_filename%.jpg
Yet, I don't understand why you embed the cover but do not fill the other tag fields.
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### Author:  [@grandpaterry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grandpaterry)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/9 "2019-03-29T21:15:19Z")
I did this about 15 years ago as I have the whole Billboard
Top Pop Singles 1955 to 1990 on 3 Hard drives this is why they are in the same folder
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### Author:  [@grandpaterry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grandpaterry)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/10 "2019-03-29T21:17:16Z")
%\_filename%.jpg
Where do I do that
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/11 "2019-03-29T21:22:23Z")
Do you know that you can retrieve data from the filenames to put it in the tag fields?
See the function Convert\>Filename-Tag
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-and-filename/45007/12 "2026-02-09T12:28:00Z")