# What actually happens when you embed a file w/ Art?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-actually-happens-when-you-embed-a-file-w-art/69048
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [July 4, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-actually-happens-when-you-embed-a-file-w-art/69048 "2025-07-04T20:05:10Z")
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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: [August 11, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-actually-happens-when-you-embed-a-file-w-art/69048/4 "2025-08-11T12:45:27Z")

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See also this thread about opus files and covers:

> [@OPUS Audio Format Developped by IETF](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/opus-audio-format-developped-by-ietf/16350):
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> Hello ! laughing I use your MP3tag for years now and still love this great program ! It would be really great if you guys can add for [OPUS](http://opus-codec.org) (the best "Lossy" Audio Compression Format today), the Cover Art option! We can do this with a horrible, boring and long command line (see the command line below) but apparently and sadly, there is no GUI version on the Internet for this. opusenc - --picture command line: --picture filename|specification (Attach album art for the track.) Either a filena…

MP3tag allows to set a number of cover types as this is possible for some file types.  
If a particular type is not supported by the target format you get "Other" or the default type.

As you compare pictures in Foobar with those in MP3tag: have you checked that Foobar actually embeds the pictures?

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