When I export the tags of FLAC files after adding album art, the tags no longer show up in the Windows 10 File Explorer's "Details" view. Possibly related, Spotify refuses to read the same files after adding album art via MP3Tag. Is there perhaps something I'm doing wrong?

From the above linked topic: [image] it's 3MB which breaks Windows Explorer. It is not yet known (AFAIK) which cover art size exactly (in Kilobytes) is problematic.

see e.g. here: [image] [X] Blank FLAC fields in Windows 10 after 'save' No Bugs Status I confirm this bug also happens using mp3tag 2.84c. Initially I thought this is a Microsoft bug, but now I tend to think it is caused by mp3tag. Environment: Windows 10 Pro v1703 OS B…

I'm confused. Are you offering a solution in the thread linked within the thread you just referenced (cutting/pasting tags, which didn't work), or simply saying "This is a Windows bug, it can't be fixed?" Either way, there's still the issue of Spotify refusing to play any modified songs, which neit…

[image] GreenGhost21: saying "This is a Windows bug, it can't be fixed?" Yes, that may be one explanation for the observed behaviour. In respect to other players: I honestly don't know whether similar restrictions apply. You could test the files with other players like e.g. Foobar2000 and se…

@Florian We also had this issue in Picard. It indeed seems to be that Windows only looks at the first portion of the file to read the tags, if it does not find them there it does not display tags. The solution I went for with Picard is to ensure that the metadata block is always written before the p…

@phw Many thanks for pointing! I was already doing this for new tags, but didn't reorder the metadata blocks for files with existing metadata. Starting with Mp3tag v3.07b , the VorbisComment metadata block is now always written before the Picture metadata block.

I'm Using: V3.23C on Windows 11 & I've recently run into this same issue, I was upgrading cover art & now I have files whose tags are no longer readable in windows but I can see all the tags in MP3tag & on my android devices as per usual. I figured this may be due to some cover files just being mass…

[image] mista_j: Is there a fix? You could try this workaround: [image] Why does certain artwork break Windows Explorer Metadata? Support The example file has a really large embedded picture, it's 3MB which breaks Windows Explorer. If you remove it or resize it fro…

Sounds Good, Thank You so much For future reference. Do we know what the breaking point for windows explorer Is so that i can avoid embedding art that i know will be problematic?

FLAC tags missing in W10 after adding album art

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LyricsLover December 27, 2023, 4:30pm 8

You could try this workaround: