# No metadata in flac files after cover has been added
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 14, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418 "2025-08-14T10:42:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Masquerade](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Masquerade)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418/1 "2025-08-14T10:42:26Z")
Tremor,
How did you fix the metadate issue?
I have over the last two days started to experience the very strange issue of Windows losing the metadata of 13 songs as soon as I add an album cover and save the files. If I do not add an album cover, the metadata remains intact. BUT it only happens for these 13 FLAC files, and I have re-encoded them from WAV several times to check if the FLAC files are faulty but they are not and the other FLAC files I have encoded from WAV keep their metadata even after I add covers. Driving me crazy.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418/2 "2025-08-14T10:46:27Z")
> [@Masquerade](#):
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> strange issue of Windows losing the metadata of 13 songs as soon as I add an album cover and save the files.
I would look at the image you are trying to use in this case. What is the image’s file size and type?
> [@Cannot embed large size cover image(s) for FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-embed-large-size-cover-image-s-for-flac/42923/5):
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> FLAC has a limitation of ~16MB because the length field of the metadata block can only hold numbers up to 24bit. I'm moving this to #bug-reports:no-bugs
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### Author:  [@Masquerade](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Masquerade)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418/3 "2025-08-14T10:52:12Z")
I considered that also, but have eliminated that being the issue. I have made the album cover myself, 3000x3000 pixels, two variations, PNG and JPG each is less than 16MB limit and I have always tried different covers that do not relate to the album I am writing the tags for and as soon as the tags save, no matter what album cover is being used, the same thing happens again.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418/4 "2025-08-14T11:03:11Z")
Windows software has difficulties with pictures in flac files that are larger than 4MB (well below the standard limit)
see e.g. here:
> [@Metadata only show up in Mp3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-only-show-up-in-mp3tag/60133/4):
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> One of the possible causes for Windows File Explorer is "too big cover art". Where "too big" is something about 4 MB. Could you try to reduce the cover size to something about 2MB and then try if the windows file explorer show metadata from such a flac with reduced cover art file?
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### Author:  [@Masquerade](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Masquerade)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418/5 "2025-08-14T11:10:38Z")
That SOLVED my problem immediately!! I reduced the .jpg file size below 4MB and the tag data was still intact in Windows after the album cover was written into the file.
I am very thankful to you for that suggestion, I have been using MP3Tag for so many years and never had any issues at all and then this has been perplexing me for 2 days!🤩
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-metadata-in-flac-files-after-cover-has-been-added/69418/6 "2025-09-13T11:11:39Z")
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