I like for my songs to have high quality covers but I don't know why it doesn't work with lossless codecs like FLAC.

[image] Cannot embed large size cover image(s) for FLAC No Bugs FLAC has a limitation of ~16MB because the length field of the metadata block can only hold numbers up to 24bit. I'm moving this to #bug-reports:no-bugs and since Mp3tag v3.18a there should be an extende…

I have not experienced what you are referring to. I have had no problems adding higher quality art to large file size FLAC files. Edit: So it appears that there is a limit to the file size for artwork because of the 24-bit metadata block length that the field uses. For MP3 files, I found the fol…

Putting a 16 MB cover image inside a music file is unreasonable. They get displayed when clicking through the library and would cause a lag, and defeat the purpose of compression. Usually you would put high resolution images in a subdirectory and have a smaller cleaned up cover to display.

Most of my songs are in 24-bit FLAC or WAV and each is over 300MB so I don't really have a reason for songs or covers to be compressed.

Isn't it a little vain to discuss the standards?

Why does MP3 support covers above 16MB and FLAC does not?

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LyricsLover May 27, 2024, 6:15am 3

and since Mp3tag v3.18a there should be an extended error message about this fact: