# \[X\] mp3tag handles a bad embed poorly

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-handles-a-bad-embed-poorly/15691
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [April 28, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-handles-a-bad-embed-poorly/15691 "2014-04-28T01:47:12Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-handles-a-bad-embed-poorly/15691/5 "2014-04-28T16:55:35Z")

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> [@MrSinatra](#):
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> so I have a mp3 ... and it has an embed that is faulty somehow, and mp3tag does not display it. ... I'm not sure whats wrong with the embed ...

Using Mp3tag I was able to extract the embedded png file from the media file.  
The extracted png file has a corrupt header.  
The corrupt png file misses the first 9 bytes (89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A 00).  
After merging both parts together the png file has been repaired.  
 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/800c4e4687588f5fc3680a78d25e3f1899ca7441.png)

There seems to be a bad APIC header in the media file.  
The "MIME media type" is not correct ... "PNG" instead of "image/png".  
The "Picture type" is missing ... should be e. g. $03 for Cover (front).

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a58d64a1ff5e12eca284ee1a7d55de055553f5c0.png)  
 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8e2fae78af1c21c2a38f793bc780036c148fbc96.png)

See also ...  
[/t/5607/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5607/1)

DD.20140428.2055.CEST, DD.20140429.1011.CEST

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/800c4e4687588f5fc3680a78d25e3f1899ca7441.png)

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a58d64a1ff5e12eca284ee1a7d55de055553f5c0.png)

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8e2fae78af1c21c2a38f793bc780036c148fbc96.png)

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