# md5 for cover

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-for-cover/14214
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 10, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-for-cover/14214 "2012-12-10T12:46:57Z")
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### Author: ![antanof](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/antanof/32/408_2.png) [@antanof](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/antanof)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-for-cover/14214/1 "2012-12-10T12:46:57Z")

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Hello,  
I have a problem with exportation in .xml : I want to put md5 of the album's cover but I don't find the specific term. Maybe %\_cover\_md5% ?  
Thanks.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-for-cover/14214/2 "2012-12-11T08:54:18Z")

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As you cannot see the md5 value for tags separately you would have to export the covers first, then set the File\>Options\>Tags\>File extensions so that MP3tag also reads the jpg-files.  
Then read the folder so that the jpg-files show up in the files list.  
Then create a report that includes the variable %\_md5% (for the whole file). This will create the md5-value also for jpgs.

Esp. if you want to see covers in XML you would have to have the files in the file system anyway.

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### Author: ![antanof](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/antanof/32/408_2.png) [@antanof](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/antanof)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-for-cover/14214/3 "2012-12-11T13:07:25Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> As you cannot see the md5 value for tags separately you would have to export the covers first, then set the File\>Options\>Tags\>File extensions so that MP3tag also reads the jpg-files.  
> Then read the folder so that the jpg-files show up in the files list.  
> Then create a report that includes the variable %\_md5% (for the whole file). This will create the md5-value also for jpgs.
> 
> Esp. if you want to see covers in XML you would have to have the files in the file system anyway.

THX  
the code for my .XML :  
  
jpg  
%\_cover\_size%  
1440  
1440  
\<md5\_checksum\>%folder.jpg%%\_md5%\</md5\_checksum\>  
\<file\_name\>folder.jpg\</file\_name\>

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-for-cover/14214/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:13Z")

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