Some Covers not updating in Local Files

[CR1T1C4L]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

(iPhone 15 Plus)

Operating System

(iOS 18.5)

My Question or Issue

Some of the covers in my local files are not updating properly. Out of 400+ songs, 30 have a blank picture. All other metadata is working properly. The files are fine on my Windows PC. I’ve cleared Cache numerous times, change filed names, folder locations, re-installed Spotify, re-downloaded songs, and yet this issue persists.

[Amay]

Hey @CR1T1C4L, thanks for asking in the Community! 🎵

It is possible that the files' metadata is incompatible with the Spotify mobile app's local files feature. If it works on Windows but not on mobile, that could be the case. Do you remember if these files had cover art when you first added them, or are they like this since the moment you added them to the mobile app? 🙂

[CR1T1C4L]

All of the songs in the photo originally had working cover art. In fact, only 1 of the 30 glitched files didn't have original art. Other files that originally had no working art were updated just fine. I used Mp3tag in all 400 songs I have saved.

[MCV-1]

I had this sort of thing happen, but in reverse (fine on mobile, broken on PC). Go figure.

[Yordan]

Hi, @MCV-1,

Thanks for joining the thread!

Are the songs in .mp3 format? If they aren't, try converting them to .mp3 to see if that helps. It's also worth using another software to edit the files' metadata, or another photo as the album cover.

Let us know how it goes 👍

[CR1T1C4L · Accepted solution]

Hello, I would just like to make it known I found the fix myself by updating the covers and then redownloading the tracks, as well as altering the folder name.