# Mp3tag software not detecting album art

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 23, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074 "2017-06-23T14:21:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sarangan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sarangan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sarangan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074/1 "2017-06-23T14:21:06Z")

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Hello,  
Please download the .mp3 file to test here:  
_Edit: Removed URL_

This tracks album art is being deteced by Foobar player software, but not by Mp3tag.

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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:** [June 23, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074/2 "2017-06-23T14:26:18Z")

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Which web source did you use that also could be used by foobar?

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**Author:** ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074/3 "2017-06-24T04:10:38Z")

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I downloaded the file and played it in Foobar, and also Foobar doesn't show album art.

Do you have by any chance stored the album art in a File in the directory where the file is playing ?

Check in Mp3tag if this is unchecked

Under File - Options - Tag

- Don't Display first image from file directory as cover art

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074/4 "2017-06-24T04:44:04Z")

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The file shows "BAD ID3v2" in the tag column and when looking at the tags almost every possible field is filled with some music downloads site URL.

I'd remove the tags and fill in proper ones.

Kind regards  
– Florian

P.S. I've also removed the URL from above.

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**Author:** ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074/5 "2017-06-24T08:25:04Z")

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Good catch @Florian.

I didn't even see that ![:blush:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/c5a064300f7d900a70c2196f6eee95e32dde9b52.gif ":blush:") , I was more focused on playing the file with Foobar and looking for the Album Art

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-software-not-detecting-album-art/19074/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:52Z")

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