# Cover Art not displaying

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-not-displaying/59894
**Category:** Mac
**Tags:** player
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-not-displaying/59894 "2023-01-30T15:58:16Z")
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### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-not-displaying/59894/12 "2025-02-05T20:07:44Z")

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> [@chemi\_pharm](#):
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> even though the standard does not prevent, lets say 25mb png file as the "cover art"

There is a limit on most tag formats at 16MB total based on the block sizes for each field in the metadata.

> [@Cover Art limit?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-limit/59469/2):
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> From the spec for [ID3v2](https://id3.org/ID3v2Easy) "Since each frame can be 16MB and the entire tag can be 256MB you'll probably never again be in the same situation as when you tried to write a useful comment in the old ID3 being limited to 30 characters." Since the artwork is one frame of the tag, it is subject to the 16MB limit.

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