# Cover extraction from multiple tracks simultaneously
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060 "2025-10-31T15:50:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@einstein4fs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/einstein4fs)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/1 "2025-10-31T15:50:03Z")
Is it possible to extract the cover art from multiple titles simultaneously?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/2 "2025-10-31T15:52:07Z")
See the action "Export cover to file"
> **[Export Cover to File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/export-cover/)**
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> Documentation on the Export Cover action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/3 "2025-10-31T16:05:57Z")
> [@einstein4fs](#):
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> from multiple titles simultaneously?
Mp3tag always works with files one at a time. It is not designed to perform multiple Actions simultaneously.
However, you can export the cover for multiple selected files in one step, as mentioned above. Mp3tag executes your commands in 1 Action for every selected file.
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### Author:  [@einstein4fs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/einstein4fs)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/4 "2025-10-31T18:34:25Z")
anscheinend wurde ich falsch verstanden bzw. ich habe mich nicht verständlich ausgedrückt:
wenn ich mehrere titel angeklickt habe ist der menüpunkt ‘Cover extrahieren…’ ausgegraut und nicht anklickbar.
ich möchte lediglich mit nur einem befehl (‘alle Cover Extrahieren…’) alle cover der markierten titel extrahieren mit dem Albumnamen o. ä. als dateinamen. also wenn ich 10 titel markiert habe möchte ich am ende 10 coverarts haben, ohne daß ich jeden titel einzeln bearbeiten muß, beim coverart einfügen geht das ja auch. es sei denn ich habe mehrere alben markiert, dann funktioniert dies nicht ganz nach meinen wünschen, obwohl die ordnung der dateiordner immer gleich ist:
jedes album ist in einem separaten ordner eingefügt, darin befindet sich das coverart mit den namen ‘Cover.png’, ‘CoverMedium.png’ (eine kleinere version (600\*600px)), ‘Rückseite.png’, etc. und die einzelnen tracks direckt im ordner oder bei mehreren CD im album in den unterordnern ‘CD01’, ‘CD02’; etc.
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Apparently, I was misunderstood, or perhaps I didn't express myself clearly:
When I select multiple tracks, the menu item 'Extract Cover' is grayed out and unclickable.
I simply want to extract all the covers of the selected tracks with a single command (‘Extract all covers…’), using the album name or similar as the filename. So, if I select 10 tracks, I want to end up with 10 cover art files without having to edit each track individually, as is possible when inserting cover art. However, if I select multiple albums, this doesn't work quite as I'd like, even though the file folder structure is always the same:
Each album is in a separate folder containing the cover art named 'Cover.png', ‘CoverMedium.png’ (a smaller version (600\*600px)), 'Rückseite.png', etc., and the individual tracks are located directly in the folder, or, if there are multiple CDs in the album, in subfolders such as ‘CD01’, ‘CD02’, etc.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/5 "2025-10-31T18:45:22Z")
> [@einstein4fs](#):
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> When I select multiple tracks, the menu item 'Extract Cover' is grayed out and unclickable.
Yes, that works only for 1 cover at a time.
That what you want can be achieved with the suggested action. Apparently, you did not try it.
If you want to get a separate exported cover then take care that the resulting filename is unique, e.g. with `%artist%_%title%_(%_cover_type%)`
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### Author:  [@einstein4fs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/einstein4fs)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/6 "2025-10-31T19:23:03Z")
hab ich schon, aber nur jeden title einzeln über ‘coverart extrahieren…’, was dadurch sehr zeitraubend ist.
was ich möchte ist die möglichkeit, bei mehrere titeln mit unterschiedlichen coverarts mit nur einem befehl oder script nacheinander alle coverarts zu extrahieren ohne eine weitere bestätigung, am günstigsten wäre sogar das ich befehlsreihe in einem script oder ähnlich eintrage und auf einem button hinterlegt in der menüleiste angeheftet ist, so daß ich nur noch titel markieren und den button drücken muß und die befehlsreihe wird nacheinander ohne weitere bestätigung abgearbeitet
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I already have that, but only for each title individually via ‘Extract cover art…’, which is very time-consuming.
What I want is the ability to extract all the cover art for multiple titles with different cover art using just one command or script, without any further confirmation. Ideally, I'd like to enter the command sequence into a script or similar and have it pinned to a button in the menu bar, so that I only have to select the titles and press the button, and the command sequence is executed sequentially without any further confirmation.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/7 "2025-10-31T19:26:46Z")
Please select (all) the files
then try the suggested action (quick) for a proof of concept.
In the end you can create an action group to have it in a "script".
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### Author:  [@einstein4fs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/einstein4fs)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/8 "2025-10-31T19:35:07Z")
Danke, hat funktioniert, danke noch mal für die schnellen antworten.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction-from-multiple-tracks-simultaneously/70060/9 "2025-11-30T19:35:52Z")
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