I have an action group where I use "Import cover from file" for a large number of files (singles - not albums).
The intent is to update existing album art when I load updated cover art jpg files in the cover art source folder .
It works as intended, however, when a corresponding cover art file is not found, it deletes the existing album art. The behavior is the same no matter if I check the "delete existing cover art" option or not.
Is this the intented behavior and if so, Is there any other way not to delete existing art unless a source file is provided ?
Filtering is not an option as all files already have cover art, just want to update files where I submit new source jpgs.
Thanks for your help!
I cannot reproduce it. I deleted all jpg-files from a folder, started the action of the type "Import cover from file", first with a full cover filename (here: folder.jpg) and the existing cover stayed in the file, I got the message that 0 out of 1 files got modified tags. Just as intended.
I did the same, only this time with checked "delete existing covers" - and the result was the same: the exiting cover was preserved, the error message said that no tags got modified.
The third attempt then started with an existing jpg file, the filename given as *.jpg, the new file got imported, the old cover deleted and the message indicated that 1 out of 1 file got modified.
So: could it be that your file types are not correct or something?
Thanks for the prompt response, will do further testing and report back.
Ok, got this sorted out;
I had another action to "Remove fields except" but was using "COVER" as the exception field instead of "PICTURE"
Works now.
Thank you!
Yep, as specially noted in the help for Remove fields except:
Yes, that's where I found the info, thx 
