Export album art changes file

[2bob]

I've ripped my CD's to WAV with embedded album art and a Folder.jpg file in the directory.

Then i made the mistake of using WMP. It replaced my original folder.jpg files with it's own version - smaller res and in some cases different artwork.

So i want to restore the original artwork by extracting it from the WAV files.

I installed the 'ID Tag Update' utility and it works like a charm except it seem to modify the original files for some reason - the date/time and file size changes.

Any idea why this should happen?

[Spoon]

Re: Export album art changes file

ID Tag update would modify the files as it clears the tags and rewrites them.

[garym]

Re: Export album art changes file

ID Tag update would modify the files as it clears the tags and rewrites them.

But your audio itself in the files is untouched.

[Porcus]

Re: Export album art changes file

I've ripped my CD's to WAV with embedded album art and a Folder.jpg file in the directory.

Then i made the mistake of using WMP.

Is there any reason whatsoever to use WAV over one of the losslessly compressed formats like FLAC? Added bonus: WMP doesn't know it and therefore doesn't sabotage it.