# Embed picture in files or not **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-picture-in-files-or-not/62613 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [October 28, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-picture-in-files-or-not/62613 "2023-10-28T20:07:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG) #### Post date: [October 29, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-picture-in-files-or-not/62613/4 "2023-10-29T03:31:41Z")
> [@Casual\_Tea](#): > > I'd be curious to learn the advantages of embedding the album art for your use case. This is useful in my case when syncing tracks to a mobile device. My main library has about 25k songs across 2k albums. But based on device capacity I tend to sync about 2-3k tracks at a time and change them up regularly. Having the artwork embedded ensures these are transferred without having to configure the sync to somehow always grab the cover art from each folder. > [@Casual\_Tea](#): > > Embedding art also hurts performance. Both while scanning (my library already takes 20+min without embedded art per rescan) and when backing up. I have never noticed a significant difference when scanning the library, whether on my main library PC or any mobile device. > [@Metadata disappearing when cover is added in FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-disappearing-when-cover-is-added-in-flac/62583/8): > > AFAIK, there is a limit for the max. picture size for FLAC files. This is correct. And since the text fields have very little impact on file size but carry the most weight for maintaining a library it is essential for them to exist. Reducing the artwork file size to allow these to exist is most important. > [@Casual\_Tea](#): > > Agreed, different people have different wants and needs after all. This is the most important thing. Do what works for you and your requirements. The best advice is to be consistent, regardless of how you prefer to manage your music. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-picture-in-files-or-not/62613)._