# Wavepurity seems to not support PNG cover art in APEv2 tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342 "2020-03-28T11:39:44Z")
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### Author:  [@MarDeco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarDeco)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/1 "2020-03-28T11:39:44Z")
I have a mp3 file and when I add all the tags I need and save the file from mp3 file all is ok.
I also have Wavepurity to edit, like volume i.e. , but in this case I do not . I just use it to check the problem I discovered.
When I add the cover to this mp3 file then the music was cut off at the end. When I select the file to play in media player it shows 5:46 play time instead of 5:59 before the cover was added.
the cover I add is a png file.
When I open it in Wavepurity I can see problems at the end of the song.
Then I realized this cover is the only cover that I have that is png format. I opened the png in Paint and saved it as jpg. Now I use that cover on the mp3 and after applying it, the music is still 100% correct.
Conclusion: do not attach png as covers!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/2 "2020-03-28T11:45:15Z")
> [@MarDeco](#):
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> Conclusion: do not attach png as covers!
I have numerous files with png covers. So, I would say that your conclusion is not correct.
Could you check your file prior to editing with one of the linked tools for integrity?
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …
and then test the whole thing with an error-free file?
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### Author:  [@MarDeco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarDeco)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/3 "2020-03-28T14:37:42Z")
Hi, Just tried with the software you recommended and....it confirms what I say. No mp3 file errors on the orig mp3 ripped with windows media player. The one with png cover on has mp3 stream errors..
To bad I cannot attach anything here so you can confirm
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/4 "2020-03-28T14:48:09Z")
I tried it just a minute ago and added a png file without any problems. Neither mp3val nor Mp3diags report anything suspicious for the file with the embedded png file.
If you have a file hoster, you could PM me with the link.
It would be good if you could link both: the original file and the edited one.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/6 "2020-03-28T15:21:48Z")
Thank you.
What one can see immediately is that APE tags were added to the bad one.
These are usually at the end and are classified as "garbage at end" by MP3val and as "Unsupported APE" with following "streams" (which represent the APE tag) by Mp3diags.
Set File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg so that you do not write APE tags and see if that helps.
(I added the included png file and saved it without APE tags and did not get any problem reports)
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### Author:  [@MarDeco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarDeco)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/7 "2020-03-29T13:23:22Z")
Ok, thanks, Anyway, wont; be using PNG's anymore, was an exception. Not sure what APE is or why it makes a difference but since the software writes it , it does something wrong.
thanks again
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/8 "2020-03-29T13:25:23Z")
Nope.
It's the player that cannot cope with APE tags.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/9 "2020-03-29T14:20:54Z")
I've updated the topic title accordingly. Thanks @ohrenkino for investigating this issue.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wavepurity-seems-to-not-support-png-cover-art-in-apev2-tags/48342/10 "2026-02-09T12:28:29Z")