# 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, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-changes-in-flac-files-songs-dont-play/68245/8 "2025-04-18T18:05:42Z")

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> [@Quantor54](#):
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> but why this would make a music file unplayable would be a task for the developers.

That has also been explained already:

> [@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

a file bigger than the maximum size breaks the file structure.

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