# Difference between copy/past and add coverart as jpg?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difference-between-copy-past-and-add-coverart-as-jpg/19142
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 14, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difference-between-copy-past-and-add-coverart-as-jpg/19142 "2017-07-14T07:30:35Z")
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### Author: ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difference-between-copy-past-and-add-coverart-as-jpg/19142/2 "2017-07-14T08:09:53Z")

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> [@DeeSaR](#):
>
> Hi,
> 
> does anyone know the difference between copy/paste (coverart by browser from beatport) to  
> mp3 tag as coverart, and adding the exact same cover, downloaded from beatport as jpg?

Have a look here :

[Cover Art & filesize](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/16012/3)

> [@](#):
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> Mp3tag supports two methods for embedding cover art into the tag data area of a media file:
> 
> 1. by embedding the physical image file directly from the disk;
> 2. by Windows Clipboard.
> 
> In case 1 the image file will be embedded "as is".  
> That means, an embedded image file with filesize of 25 KB enlarges the filesize of the media file by about 25 KB.
> 
> In case 2 the image file will be transported via the Windows Clipboard.  
> That means, at first a JPG compressed image file will be decompressed into a "Device-Independent Bitmap" (DIB), for example, a 500x500 24bit image's data size grows from compressed 25 KB to uncompressed 732 KB.
> 
> Afterwards when embedding from the Windows Clipboard into the media file, the bitmap image data will be compressed into the given JPG compressed format.  
> However, the initial compression factor get lost.

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