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I want to remove the embedded album cover from mp3 files using only Windows command line.

What I've tried

  • Tried ExifTool: Unfortunately the tool can only read (not write) mp3 tags as the author answered
  • Tried meta mp3: The help doesn't helped me enough. Maybe some others do understand the tool?
  • Tried tag.exe: Again the help doesn't help me and again maybe others know the right syntax

Q: How to remove embedded album covers from mp3 files via commandline?

StarGeek
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nixda
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  • foobar2000
    • foobar2000.exe /context_command:"Remove all pictures" "example.mp3"
  • ID3 Mass Tagger
    • id3.exe -2 -rAPIC "example.mp3"
Vlastimil Ovčáčík
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Here are some more utilities to try :

Tag (can only remove all tags)
ID3 Mass Tagger with its review

nixda
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harrymc
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Would using a Python-based tool be out of question? It looks like a command-line tool named "eyeD3" does what you want. Here's the documentation for the plug-in that does a lot of MP3 tag operations for eyeD3: http://eyed3.nicfit.net/plugins/classic_plugin.html

  --remove-image DESCRIPTION: Remove image matching DESCRIPTION.
  --remove-all-images   Remove all images from the tag

If this doesn't have to be from the command line, I read that a tool called Mp3Tag can remove album art as well: http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

Bora
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Download mp3tag. Put a song, folders, albums, etc. in it and select them all or just some. Right click on any of them and choose extended tags. On the right side there's a box where you can see album covers, click on the delete icon next to that box and click ok. You should see how it's deleting all the album covers if there are any ... I'm happy to help :).

Cyberpunk
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