# MKV issue when adding film art
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630 "2019-10-03T16:18:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/1 "2019-10-03T16:18:33Z")
hi,
ive been trying add cover art to my video files, i know this is music app, but its been working with some video files however it dont save to all mkvs and some other formats. some work and some dont all i want to do is add album art so i dont see the video clip i see the movie poster for the film.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/2 "2019-10-03T17:36:32Z")
see here:
> [@Add cover to .mkv files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-to-mkv-files/40883):
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> Hi! I just learned that MP3TAG now supports tagging for MKV files, I got very exited but I love this software, it's easy and user friendly, but I got dissapointed when I tried to add a cover to my MKV files from a PNG file I have in my hard drive , because i couldn't. Is there a way to do this? Thank you
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/3 "2019-10-04T12:02:02Z")
yeah i was trying to do the same with my mkv, and other mp4 however not all would let me add a cover and its quite frustrating. any solutions to this?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/4 "2019-10-04T17:37:22Z")
Could you be a little more specific in respect to which files would let you and which don't?
You know by now that mkv does not work, mp4 has been working for a long time.
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/5 "2019-10-05T02:22:16Z")
How do we get the mkv to work. As many files are in mkv format as it's one of the most popular
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/6 "2019-10-05T17:49:10Z")
> [@mbpt1984](#):
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> How do we get the mkv to work.
I am not quite sure how a statement by the developer that it is currently not possible to add covers to files in the mkv format could be misunderstood.
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/7 "2019-10-06T10:49:26Z")
Hi, I do understand that however I did manage to do the odd couple with the software, I mean mkv is a popular source, I guess I'll have to convert to mp4 to add covers . Thank you
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/8 "2019-10-06T14:56:54Z")
> [@mbpt1984](#):
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> I guess I'll have to convert to mp4 to add covers
Or try some other software, like this:
[https://mkvtoolnix.download/index.html](https://mkvtoolnix.download/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/9 "2021-04-16T16:02:55Z")
[Mp3tag v3.06e](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) adds support for editing cover art with Matroska MKA/MKV.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mkv-issue-when-adding-film-art/46630/10 "2021-05-16T16:02:56Z")
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