# Newbie asks: Where to get metaflac and make MP3tag detect it?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486 "2022-09-15T21:27:27Z")
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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: [September 16, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486/2 "2022-09-16T05:31:46Z")

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See this thread on how to

> [@DreamyQuiet258](#):
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> get MP3Tag to detect metaflac

> [@How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891/13):
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> Something else to note: You can use metaflac.exe to remove the images themselves. No need to do it manually in Mp3tag and then run a script to remove the excess padding. --remove --block-type=PICTURE And if you wish to preserve file modification times, use: --preserve-modtime

metaflac is part of the flac codec package, so you have to download that, e.g. here:  
[https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/xiph/releases/flac/](https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/xiph/releases/flac/)

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