# Easy cover for \[ " AVI " \]
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [June 3, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420 "2021-06-03T05:59:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@DigmanBlager](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DigmanBlager)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420/1 "2021-06-03T05:59:11Z")
easy cover for **[" AVI "]**
_Please let it be like the mp4 or mkv_
Put a face on the **".avi "**
_with this update, your program will be very amazing and popular_
portada facil para los **[" .AVI "]**
_Porfavor que sea asi como los mp4 o mkv_
Ponerle cararatula a los . **" .avi "**
_Con esta actualizacion, su programa sera muy increible y popular_
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420/2 "2021-06-03T06:04:51Z")
See also this thread:
> [@Mp3tag Support for.Avi video files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-support-for-avi-video-files/49508):
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> Hello, I have approx 1000 TV episodes in .avi format, and i'd like to tag them all. Will Mp3tag be supporting .avi at any time in the future? Yes, I am aware that avi is a rather old and very large format... I am also aware that there are avi tagging programs, AviTagEdoter, but i'm using a screen reader and this program is not accessible, whereas mp3tag is completely accessible. any help appretiated. Regards. Melissa.
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### Author:  [@Zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zip)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420/3 "2021-06-11T00:59:35Z")
Hi **Melissa** ,
Until it's available - you could do what I do and just rename the file extension to .mkv, .mp3, etc
... change desired tag details
... save tag
... then rename back to .avi
Works for me !
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420/4 "2021-06-11T05:00:13Z")
> [@Zip](#):
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> rename the file extension to .mkv, .mp3, etc ... Works for me !
AFAIK avi files use RIFF chunks for tags.
Mp3 uses ID3 tags.
mkv uses somethin different.
Yes, it is possible to add tags to files that show an extension that MP3tag considers as supported format. Like that you can even add tags to text files.
Usually, the files are then broken and cannot be processed by the application for the orginal format.
So, I would advise to not treat avi files with this alleged workaround.
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### Author:  [@Zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zip)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-cover-for-avi/53420/5 "2021-06-11T06:48:20Z")
Fair enough - that being so - just try it on a copy of the .avi video - if it works, it works.
If it doesn't - no loss as you've still got the original file.
As I said, I do it and it works for me.
Many video files I get are 'tag named' by the encoder and my old Xtreamer video player displays the file name as the encoder's tag, meaning nothing to me.