# Cover Display Issue

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 17, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309 "2015-10-17T04:39:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![littlefriend420](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@littlefriend420](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/littlefriend420)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309/1 "2015-10-17T04:39:15Z")

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I'm getting an issue when adding covers where the cover appears as a small thumbnail in the upper left and the rest of the square is black.  
 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/d8f3a44843a6d700e5ceae32e2690b1670332d25.jpg)

I've tried with multiple items with the same result.

I've tried dragging/dropping, importing and right-clicking and adding the file all with the same result.

I don't remember what version I had previously, but I just updated to v2.72 when this issue manifested.

Any ideas?

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/d8f3a44843a6d700e5ceae32e2690b1670332d25.jpg)

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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309/2 "2015-10-17T07:18:58Z")

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> [@littlefriend420](#):
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> Any ideas?

No.  
Same version here. No such issue.

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309/3 "2015-10-17T08:16:25Z")

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> [@littlefriend420](#):
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> ... the cover appears as a small thumbnail in the upper left and the rest of the square is black. ...

It is just a shoot into the dark:  
look into the right click properties of the shown cover image ...  
and try out the option "Correct aspect ratio".

DD.20151017.1216.CEST

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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: [October 17, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309/4 "2015-10-17T08:17:00Z")

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Could you elaborate a little more?  
Which OS?  
What kind of file?  
Portable installation or local one?  
What kind of device? Mobile phone/mobile network or landline?  
Does the preview for such files work for other programs?

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309/5 "2026-02-09T12:25:55Z")

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