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That’s a very good point. You also don’t have to worry about whether the player (hardware or software) looks for cover.jpg, folder.jpg, albumart.jpg, {album_name}.jpg, or a .png variant of those names.
> If you have a need to move your music/mp3's to another location, you don't need to worry about leaving your album art behind. It travels with the music file.
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> On Friday, December 21, 2018, 11:45:13 AM EST, Jeff [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [EAC] <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> On 12/21/18 8:18 AM, 'M' [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [EAC] wrote:
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> > Is there any advantage to having the album art imbedded in the
> > music file? It seems like a number of players will search the
> > folder for album art and display it if the player has that
> > functionality. So I am not sure what the value of bloating a
> > file just for a picture.
> There are still inferior players out there that only work with embedded pictures, the best-known of which is the iPod. Though I think the original poster was asking about FLAC files, which wouldn't apply to an iPod (another reason it's inferior).
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