# Unable to add cover art

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-add-cover-art/45997
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-add-cover-art/45997 "2019-07-26T09:09:04Z")
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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: [July 26, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-add-cover-art/45997/2 "2019-07-26T09:38:49Z")

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The search in this forum with the keywords "google play cover" would have shown you this thread:

> [@Google Play Music not recognizing embedded cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/google-play-music-not-recognizing-embedded-cover-art/45651):
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> For about a year now, any mp3 files I upload into Google Play Music that I have edited with MP3Tag do not show any artwork. I have to go manually add the artwork. It used to work fine. I thought maybe it was something on the Google side, but then I found out mp4 files DO display the embedded cover. I just downloaded tag & rename to do a test, and sure enough, the files edited with T&R showed the cover art in GPM just fine. Is this unique to me? Is there a setting I need to adjust? I don't want t…

Does that help?

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