Yesterday I found out that the file size doesn't actually decrease if you delete an embedded album cover image in a FLAC file with MP3tag and if you've changed the image several times the file size increased every time. Apparently this happens because MP3tag just overwrites the file with random data…

[image] hsr03t: Yesterday I found out that the file size doesn't actually decrease if you delete an embedded album cover image in a FLAC file ... See e.g. here: /t/11033/1

That's just the metaflac command I had already tried in a batch file. If you run it as is it just adds a bit padding, if you change "--block-type=PADDING" to "--block-type=PADDING,PICTURE" it also removes embedded images but it doesn't remove the data that stems from the images that have been "remov…

[image] hsr03t: ... and why does MP3tag allow "removing" embedded images in FLAC files if it leads to such problems or not at least display some kind of warning? Mp3tag does not believe it is causing problems, but rather that is is providing a service! :slight_smile: However, I share your co…

Deleting embedded images in FLAC files doesn't reduce file size

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ohrenkino September 19, 2015, 4:04pm 2

See e.g. here:
/t/11033/1