# Cover Art WILDCARD Batch with Action Possible?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468 "2011-01-19T19:41:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@tmoca](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tmoca)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468/1 "2011-01-19T19:41:59Z")
I have read the post on how to create an action to pull the cover.jpg file from a folder to auto set the art for the files in that folder.
My question is this:
I have named all of my are by using a brief description of the album, so each one is different depending on the folder it is in. Is there a way to create an action to pull the only JPG file that is in the folder and apply it to the album art regardless of the name?
I have tied "\*.jpg" and that doesn't work.
Is there a way to do this or will I have to go back and rename all of them to cover.jpg or a name that is all the same in order to use the batch action?
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468/2 "2011-01-19T20:04:18Z")
> [@tmoca](#):
>
> I have named all of my are by using a brief description of the album, so each one is different depending on the folder it is in. Is there a way to create an action to pull the only JPG file that is in the folder and apply it to the album art regardless of the name?
>
> I have tied "\*.jpg" and that doesn't work.
>
> Is there a way to do this or will I have to go back and rename all of them to cover.jpg or a name that is all the same in order to use the batch action?
Wildcards are not possible here.
If you brief description of the album is the album name, you can use _%album%.jpg_ or _%artist% - %album%.jpg_. If it is a name which can not be constructed from the tag-fields, the filename or the foldername, you have to rename them first to import them all in one go.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468/3 "2011-01-19T20:12:31Z")
> [@pone](#):
>
> Wildcards are not possible here.
> ... you can use _%album%.jpg_ or _%artist% - %album%.jpg_. ...
... or one or some user defined tag-field/s too!
DD.20110119.2212.CET
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### Author:  [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468/4 "2011-01-19T20:43:57Z")
I've read this question about ten times here in the forum and always answered it is not possible with random filenames. But right now I had THE IDEA:
_1. Step:
Go to: File \> Options \> Tags. In the field "Restrict incoming files to:" add_ \*.jpg _(or/and_ \*.gif , \*.bmp _, whatever you need). When you now load a directory into Mp3tag, jpg files are also listed._
_2. Step:
Use the Filter (F3) with_
%\_extension% IS jpg
_or_
%\_extension% MATCHES (jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp)
_3. Step:
Use the Tag - Filename Converter with:_
%\_directory%
_or_
folder
cover
whatever
_4. Step:_
_Now you can import all you all your images with the standard Import Cover From File action. Use:_
%\_directory%.jpg
_or_
folder.jpg
cover.jpg
whatever.jpg
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-wildcard-batch-with-action-possible/11468/5 "2026-02-09T12:22:50Z")