# Sort files by packaging size
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 21, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224 "2025-01-21T13:13:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Pavel206](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pavel206)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224/1 "2025-01-21T13:13:11Z")
How to sort files by packaging size.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224/2 "2025-01-21T13:34:17Z")
I am not sure what you mean by "packaging size".
A way to sort files has been described here:
> [@Sort files by extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-extension/65613):
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> The file name column fails sort file names by their extension, for example \*.mp3, \*.wma, \*.m4a, .... .
and here is a list of variables to address various properties:
> **[Format Strings and Placeholders – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#technical-information)**
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> Documentation on format strings and placeholders to describe the structure of file names and imported data. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
Which one do you want?
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### Author:  [@Pavel206](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pavel206)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224/3 "2025-01-21T15:18:06Z")
Google translate probably translated it wrong. I want to sort music files by the size of the album cover image.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224/4 "2025-01-21T15:19:44Z")
> [@Pavel206](#):
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> the size of the album cover image.
The picture has to be embedded.
You find %\_cover\_size% as one of the properties in the linked documentation. It refers to the first embedded picture.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-files-by-packaging-size/67224/5 "2025-02-20T15:20:34Z")
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