# How does Album Art work?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-does-album-art-work/5683
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 3, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-does-album-art-work/5683 "2007-11-03T11:01:57Z")
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### Author: ![AntiApple](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AntiApple](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AntiApple)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-does-album-art-work/5683/1 "2007-11-03T11:01:57Z")

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Can someone please give me a simple summary (or point me towards one) of how and where album art is stored.

I'm confused as to the use of hidden AlbumArt jpg files. When I add Album Art using either MP3TAG or iTunes then no hidden system files are generated so is the Album Art now embedded in the file? Are the hidden AlbumArt files a legacy from previous versions of Windows Media Player?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-does-album-art-work/5683/2 "2007-11-04T18:40:41Z")

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Mp3tag stores the album art in the APIC frame of the ID3v2 tag.