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echo: rberrypi
to: ANDREWS@SDF.ORG
from: PETE
date: 2020-05-27 05:24:00
subject: Re: Audio file metadata?

In article ,
Andrew Smallshaw   wrote:
>On 2020-05-26, Pete  wrote:
>>
>> While I'm here, I have another question...  I play back the files
>> several ways, but I was amused/startled/slightly-horrified that
>> when I use vlc, it pops up an image of an album cover for many
>> of the files!  What is it using to find that?  Some of the metadata
>> I added, I suppose.  Must be going to the cloud...
>
>The cover art may be embedded in the actual media file, essentially
>it is another form of tag. I know easytag allows art to be added,
>not familar with the other options. It isn't looking them anywhere,
>nor is it unique, my phone and even my TV do exactly the same thing
>if the art is there in the first place.

Not in this case... unless somehow the image was imbedded in an ancient
45! (:-))  These are all files I've digitized directly from the original
vinyl.  The tags are ones I added myself, not always even exactly what's
on the label.

 -- Pete --

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