# Re: Adding native FLAC padding column and removal

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372 "2023-03-14T13:17:14Z")
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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: [March 14, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372/13 "2023-03-14T14:37:30Z")

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The topic is still on the to-do-list:

> [@Why does certain artwork break Windows Explorer Metadata?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-does-certain-artwork-break-windows-explorer-metadata/59995/4):
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> The example file has a really large embedded picture, it's 3MB which breaks Windows Explorer. If you remove it or resize it from within Mp3tag (e.g., via Adjust Cover), the preoccupied space is still left as padding (which is reserved space for future changes). Unfortunately, it might be still too large for Explorer to handle. Before you ask: removal of padding (or at least resizing it to something that makes sense) is on my internal list of things to improve for Mp3tag. Until then, you can cr…

This post is from February 2023.  
All I am saying: until it gets implemented you are stuck with that what is classified as workaround.

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