# Cover art is not displaying on my desktop
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 8, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422 "2025-02-08T06:15:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/1 "2025-02-08T06:15:39Z")
I downloaded a podcast episode and the download in addition to the audio file also provided the podcasts cover art. A 3000x3000, 284kb, PNG file. I embedded the cover art using Mp3Tag but its not displaying on my desktop. The audio file type is a MP3.
I tried using different cover art and the results were the same. I also installed a tool that removes any excess padding and that didn't fix the issue either.
I converted the MP3 file to FLAC to see if it would fix the issue and it did. But the obvious drawback is the larger file size. Whats causing this one specific MP3 to not display cover art?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/2 "2025-02-08T07:45:43Z")
> [@Aniconomics](#):
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> Whats causing this one specific MP3 to not display cover art?
From the distance this is more or less impossible to say - as you do not supply that file for others to investigate.
But what you could do straightaway: check the file for problems.
See this thread for links to checking tools:
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/3 "2025-02-08T09:00:00Z")
Here's a link to the episode. There's a download option.
[https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/japan-station-a-podcast-about-747859/episodes/understanding-otaku-and-akihab-51454700](https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/japan-station-a-podcast-about-747859/episodes/understanding-otaku-and-akihab-51454700)
MP3val and MP3 Diags did not find errors. The Foobar2000 utility did not work.
Bitrate and Length are visible. No audio blips and the tags can be easily changed
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/4 "2025-02-08T09:01:38Z")
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/5 "2025-02-08T09:17:35Z")
I do not find a link to download - and even if I downloaded the file it would only show that either my file is OK or might have a completely different problem.
I would use a copy of the file and reduce the cover size to something like 1000x1000 and see whether it works.
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/6 "2025-02-08T09:22:07Z")
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/7 "2025-02-08T09:22:42Z")
> [@Aniconomics](#):
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> I embedded the cover art using Mp3Tag but its not displaying on my desktop.
What do you mean by this? Where do you want to see the cover art?
Your screenshot of Mp3Tag shows the cover art for the mp3-file.
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/8 "2025-02-08T09:24:32Z")
I embedded the cover art but the file icon itself has not changed. The top image shows this.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/9 "2025-02-08T09:24:57Z")
Where exactly did you get this 3000x Pixel cover?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/10 "2025-02-08T09:26:35Z")
> [@Aniconomics](#):
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> I embedded the cover art but the file icon itself has not changed.
You have associated `.mp3` with a software that uses that icon:
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/11 "2025-02-08T09:27:41Z")
The image was provided with the audio file when I downloaded it using the RSS feed link. Like I said in the description, I tried other images which were also at smaller dimensions. Like 1000x1000
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/12 "2025-02-08T09:29:12Z")
I have file extensions enabled. It shows .mp3 in the name which is shown in the screenshot. Regardless, when I successfully embed cover art, the foobar icon is usually replaced with the cover art.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/13 "2025-02-08T09:31:53Z")
> [@Aniconomics](#):
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> I embedded the cover art using Mp3Tag but its not displaying on my desktop
Where exactly "on your desktop" you expect to see the cover art?
In your Windows File Explorer?
In a player software? If yes: Which player?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/14 "2025-02-08T09:31:58Z")
> [@Aniconomics](#):
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> Like 1000x1000
I just added a different picture to the file
And it shows up like that in the explorer
I added a picture with 4000x3000 pixel
and that looks like this:
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/15 "2025-02-08T09:34:56Z")
By desktop I mean file explorer. Their inextricably linked, try turning off the file explorer exe in the file manager and your desktop vanishes. But I guess I need to be more specific since you might think I am referring to an audio player.
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/16 "2025-02-08T09:37:53Z")
Huh, weird. I tried a 500x500 image and it still doesn't work. The file size is also not over 3MB because windows cannot handle cover art over that file size.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/17 "2025-02-08T09:38:46Z")
The same here:
On the left side you see the downloaded cover picture as 512x512 JPG.
On the right side you see the same picture embedded in the mp3 in the Windows File Explorer.
(My mp3 are associated with VLC).
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/18 "2025-02-08T09:39:59Z")
> [@Aniconomics](#):
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> Huh, weird.
That is why I suspected something is wrong with your file locally - could you download it again and see whether that helps
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/19 "2025-02-08T09:42:32Z")
In list view (and also in detail view), Windows Explorer by default only shows the icon of the linked default app for MP3 files (e.g. VLC, Windows Media Player).
Displaying embedded cover images as file icons only works in the "Large icons", "Extra large icons" and sometimes in the "Tiles" view modes - but not in the list or detail view.
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### Author:  [@Aniconomics](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aniconomics)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-is-not-displaying-on-my-desktop/67422/20 "2025-02-08T09:46:33Z")
Nope, still not working. I downloaded a new file and embedded several different images. The issue seems localized to me for some reason. I also downloaded the file using three different software's. gPodder, Extreme Download Manager and GoSpeed. What could possibly be the issue?
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