# Extracting embedded art and placing into folder
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 2, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042 "2012-02-02T11:45:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@keiron99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keiron99)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042/1 "2012-02-02T11:45:10Z")
I have all my music stored as ALAC (Apple Lossless) files and the album art is embedded into the song files.
Now I am switching to using Winamp and using my Android phone as a remote using the aWARemote app.
The app works well, apart from the fact it does not display embedded art in ALAC files. I could convert all my files to FLAC, but I still use Itunes on occasion and want to keep them as ALAC.
So what I need to do is copy the embedded art and place it into the album folder. \*Unless anyone knows of a better solution)
However, this will take me ages as I have about 1000 albums.
Is there any way I could use mp3tag to perform this for me?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042/2 "2012-02-02T13:05:39Z")
> [@keiron99](#):
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> ....So what I need to do is copy the embedded art and place it into the album folder. \*Unless anyone knows of a better solution)
> ...
> Is there any way I could use mp3tag to perform this for me?
>
> Thanks.
There is an action to export embedded covers. I kknow, it works with mp3 files.
Proceed as follows:
Select the files which may have embedded covers.
In the toolbar press teh button "Actions (quick)".
In the combo box select "Export Album art".
Specify a name e.g. folder.jpg
Do not allow duplicates.
Press OK.
For each folder a file with the specified name will be created.
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### Author:  [@keiron99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keiron99)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042/3 "2012-02-02T20:47:20Z")
Thanks I have followed your advice.
The "Export Album Art" option on the quck actionsis actually called "Export cover to file" but that's just a detail.
Either way, it works.
However, I still have to do it one album at a time. Is ther a way I can load up all 1000 or so albums and leave it running?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042/4 "2012-02-03T05:13:27Z")
Yes. If you have a folder structure that separates the albums from each other. Otherwise it is just like the "Highlander": There can only be one.
If you have separate folders for each album, you only have to navigate to the top-most folder and load all files in the subordinate folders (which is then done automatically).
Then execute the action and it will create a bitmap file in every folder.
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### Author:  [@keiron99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keiron99)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-embedded-art-and-placing-into-folder/13042/5 "2012-02-03T06:04:47Z")
ohrenkino, that is absolutely brilliant, I can't thank you enough. I had set Saturday aside to do this. You have saved a day of work.
More time to spend with the wife and kids 