# Custom cover art for playlist **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 4, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-cover-art-for-playlist/47225 "2019-12-04T17:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Noteworthy](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Noteworthy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Noteworthy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-cover-art-for-playlist/47225/1 "2019-12-04T17:04:15Z")
Hi, Newbie here. I wish to make a compilation of certain tracks from my music collection by generating a playlist. Each of those tracks already has its own tagged cover image. I wish to represent that playlist with a custom created image so that when the tracks are played via the playlist the custom image appears. Is this possible without changing the tagged cover image? If yes, how do I go about it? Many thanks in advance. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-cover-art-for-playlist/47225/2 "2019-12-04T17:39:31Z")
as the playlist only represents a collection of text references to file names to find the original audio file, I do not see any option to also link a special picture. So in short: no, I don't think that playlists have this feature. ---
**Author:** ![Noteworthy](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Noteworthy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Noteworthy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-cover-art-for-playlist/47225/3 "2019-12-05T07:53:34Z")
Well noted. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/crissov/32/6619_2.png) [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-cover-art-for-playlist/47225/4 "2019-12-06T21:08:51Z")
I think I remember some Winamp plugin that read cover image entries from extended M3U playlist files, but it apparently was not my then-favorite: Album List, which had introduced three new fields that could only appear once each: `#EXTART` _album/playlist artist_, `#EXTALB` _album/playlist title_ and `#EXTGENRE`. It would have made sense to also support `#EXTIMG`, `#EXTICO` or `#EXTCOVER` which would have applied to the file or URL referenced in the next line. ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-cover-art-for-playlist/47225/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:21Z")