# Tag sources cover-art problem
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 8, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360 "2018-04-08T01:32:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@hal.place](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hal.place)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360/1 "2018-04-08T01:32:51Z")
When going to Tag sources Cover Art if I select Discogs I get
"Failed to authenticate OAuth (1). The message received was unexpected or badly formatted"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360/2 "2018-04-08T08:02:49Z")
see here:
> [@Another Discogs problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-discogs-problem/19357):
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> I see a number of other complaints about problems retrieving info and cover art from Discogs, but none of them match my symptoms. I get the following error message: "Failed to authenticate using OAuth (1) \>\> -2146893018: 2148074278: The message received was unexpected or badly formatted." This has been going on for at least a week. I get the same error message no matter what track or album I submit, and no matter whether or not I'm logged into Discogs with my web browser. Seems to me that it m…
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### Author:  [@hal.place](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hal.place)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360/3 "2018-04-08T15:01:37Z")
Yes, I get the exact same error as you.
I first experienced it about two weeks ago after I upgraded to the latest version.
I hadn't used MP3TAG for quite a while and when I tried it I saw that Amazon was no longer
a tag source so I installed the latest version and then this error happened. Haven't been
able to use it since. Too bad Amazon is no longer a source it always worked perfectly with it.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360/4 "2018-04-08T15:16:01Z")
If you use MP3tag and Windows XP, then you have to upgrade your system.
See also here:
> [@\[X\] Check for updates broken on Windows XP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-check-for-updates-broken-on-windows-xp/40979/2):
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> see e.g. here:
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360/5 "2026-02-09T12:27:21Z")