# Retrieve album art from web and save it embedded in files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [March 2, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964 "2024-03-02T14:08:26Z")
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### Author:  [@t4gg3r](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/t4gg3r)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/1 "2024-03-02T14:08:26Z")
First, if you have not used [Strawberry Music Player](https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/), it's the best file based music player IMO.
It can query these sources and optionally embed the album art in the media file...
...and the source code for how this is done is publicly available here: [strawberry/src/covermanager at master · strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry · GitHub](https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/tree/master/src/covermanager)
I would like to see this feature added to Mp3Tag so that bulk operations can be perfomed like adding embedded album art to an entire collection at once!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/2 "2024-03-02T15:23:44Z")
> [@t4gg3r](#):
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> like adding embedded album art to an entire collection at once!
You have eventually added pictures to your whole collection if you go album by album - this is the function already available in MP3tag.
The way it is implemented at the moment lets you pinpoint exactly that release that you really have in front of you and you do not have to rely on some kind of automatism with its own criteria what would be the best hit.
If you do not really care then 3rd party programs like albumartdownloader can be integrated as a tool.
> [@How to use AlbumArtDownloader in Tools for Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-albumartdownloader-in-tools-for-cover-art/19422):
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> [AlbumArtDownloader](https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) is arguably one of the best free album cover art downloaders around. It effortlessly searches a large number of cover art sources with standalone scripts that are constantly updated. And it presents all the found art with previews, sizes, etc. Download and install AlbumArtDownloader from SourceForge: [https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) In MP3TAG, click on Tools and select Options... (Ctrl-O shortcut) In the Mp3tag Options window, select Tools on the left side,…
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### Author:  [@t4gg3r](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/t4gg3r)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/3 "2024-03-06T13:28:52Z")
@ohrenkino I cannot use AlbumArtDownloader on a Mac, it is Windows only.
Is there another way to retrieve album art and to embed it in the files for a Mac MP3Tag user?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/4 "2024-03-06T13:31:30Z")
> [@t4gg3r](#):
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> Is there another way to retrieve album art
Yes, as described: album by album with a suitable web source script.
For the whole collection with just 1 function call - no, not with MP3tag functions.
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### Author:  [@t4gg3r](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/t4gg3r)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/5 "2024-03-06T13:42:28Z")
@ohrenkino could you point me toward documentation on how to use this feature? I don't see it in MP3Tag's Mac settings and I am not sure where to obtain these scripts you speak of?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/6 "2024-03-06T13:51:01Z")
See here:
> [@Import Tags from Online Tag Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-tags-from-online-tag-sources/56329):
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> Mp3tag allows for importing tags and cover art from two online databases — [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/) and [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/) — via Tag Sources → Discogs and Tag Sources → MusicBrainz. The last used Tag Source can be triggered by ⌘ I. The import works on a per-album basis and is usually a 3-step process: Search via Tag Source Here, you provide artist and/or album details to search for the release in the online database. The more complete, the better the result. Choose one of the search resul…
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### Author:  [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/7 "2024-03-07T12:02:27Z")
Just to point out an alternative:
I always use [this tool](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tool-for-cover-lookup/59761) to quickly look up cover art online as it yields more and better results than AlbumArtDownloader (for me at least).
As it only uses a website it should work on mac, but I have not tested that it does. Good luck!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/8 "2024-04-06T12:02:40Z")
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