Good Morning, i having a problem with moving my covers to a network drive. my action is format value field _directory string \mh\y my problem is that i don't know what i need to put after \mh\y to only move the cover, i now when i do this action it's oullung the mp3 file itself. so can someone …

@dp19 : Looks like you are not making friends here. See this thread as a starter: [image] Batch Jpg Program and Import Text Support Enable MP3Tag to show JPG-files. Go to Tools => Options => Tags => Restrict incoming files to and add *.jpg to the list. Read all folders …

If this is an embedded picture, use an action of the type "Export cover to file" [image] Export Cover to File – Mp3tag Documentation Documentation on the Export Cover action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag…

ok i try what you posted but when i run the action it pull everything under the current folder i'm working on to network y and all i wish to have done is pull the jpg file that is associated to the file i'm working on to a folder withe artist name on the network y drive.

Please show us a screenshot from your format string used in your "Export Cover to File"-Action: [image]

[image] dp19: and all i wish to have done is pull the jpg file that is associated to the file Do you want to treat jpg files outside the audio files? Or do you want to deal with embedded pictures? I do not think that jpg files are associated with audio files. It may happen that they are loc…

[Screenshot (2)] ok here the screen shot and i pull from jpg. files no emnedded files. this use to work.

What have you done to treat jpg files - as they are no supported file type for MP3tag? An action of the type "Format value" for _DIRECTORY renames a folder and moves all the files in this folder to the new location. This cannot be limited to just one file type. If you want to move individual files…

Thanks for all the replies. to bad this program doesn't support outside jpg files. i now have to do an extra step to save my cover.jpg files.so this program isn't universal as you claim to me. have a good day.

Could you show us where you found the claim [image] dp19: this program is.. universal But you are probably right: MP3tag is also far from universal if you want to do word-processing or spreadsheet calculations or manage your tasks. It is a tag editor. And any odd file in file system is no ta…

[image] dp19: to bad this program doesn't support outside jpg files. This is not true. Mp3tag can import such "outside jpg files" into the picture tag APIC of every selected song. There is an Action called " Import Cover from File ". And Mp3tag can export already embedded cover art from the p…

i understand that but i all i need ti action string to export the outside cover jpg. which i'm being told that can't happen. if this can happen please help with the string variable within the action export cover. I DON"T USE EMBEDDED ALBUM COVEER ART. Thank You

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ohrenkino December 14, 2024, 7:35am 16

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