# Saving changes in flac files songs don't play

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-changes-in-flac-files-songs-dont-play/68245
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 18, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-changes-in-flac-files-songs-dont-play/68245 "2025-04-18T14:25:35Z")
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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: [April 18, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-changes-in-flac-files-songs-dont-play/68245/6 "2025-04-18T15:45:04Z")

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> [@Quantor54](#):
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> check .flac files

This was the first usable fact. As you can see from the descriptions, the checking programs have their virtues for MP3 files.

If you want to supply more data, you could make the files available straight after ripping and a copy after you have tagged it.

As a test, you could also tag a copy of an old file which has successfully been tagged previously and see if that remains OK or is also broken.

What size do the covers have?

See e.g. here:

> [@Metadata disappearing when cover is added in FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-disappearing-when-cover-is-added-in-flac/62583):
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> I have several (about 12) WAV files that I converted to FLAC to then add metadata to. Originally the files hold metadata fine (album, artist, year, etc.), but when I add a cover in Mp3tag, it does not show on the files and when I check the properties, all the original metadata is gone as well. If I try to change the metadata or remove the cover, the metadata still shows as blank no matter what I do until I delete the FLAC files and convert them from the original WAVs again. Oddly, I had a differ…

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