# How to batch Im-/Export of Cover Art?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-im-export-of-cover-art/3683
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 19, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-im-export-of-cover-art/3683 "2006-08-19T14:13:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@FrWo72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FrWo72)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-im-export-of-cover-art/3683/1 "2006-08-19T14:13:49Z")
Hi there!
I didn't fully understand the description on how to create
a batch job (action?) etc... 😲
Just an example:
What I'd like to do is extract/delete/import all cover art pictures from
my collection into the same directory as the audio file:
TFF - Shout.M4A
should give two files:
TFF - Shout.M4A
TFF - Shout.jpg
I've encoded my huge .WAV collection to .M4A and added pictures to the files.
Now I want to re-encode my whole collection from .WAV to .M4A or .AAC again
but keep the pictures I've already found...
Is this possible with MP3TAG?
/Frank
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-im-export-of-cover-art/3683/2 "2006-08-19T15:23:16Z")
[Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
You can use the action types
# Export cover to file (with the string _folder_)
and
# Import cover from file (with the string _folder.jpg_)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-im-export-of-cover-art/3683/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:51Z")