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[Tanushan]

which is better? when it is checked or unchecked?

i heard that when it doesn't store inside the file, the database size increases which slows down MC.

also once cover art is stored in MC's database file, can u remove it?

[LonWar]

I have mine inside the file and it works well...

To remove the cover art, Select the file(s) and Tools - Image - Remove Cover Art

[Drowbe]

I have mine inside as well...works well.  The nice thing is that if you ever use other applications, the cover art will likely work...if you keep it in the MC cover art folder, it will only be accessable to MC.

I also store a copy of the cover art in the same directory as the album...if an application doesn't read the interanl art, it usually looks in the folder for it...

[KingSparta]

it works fine both ways, and i have used both ways.

there is one advantage of using it unchecked and thats so it does not store the art inside and sending cover art to a portable that is already cramped for space.

an advantage for having the file "inside" is in case you take and burn the songs to CD for taking on a trip or to your friends place.

it all depends what "you" the user wants

[Nolonemo]

King, I did some tests on this, and it turned out that putting a 300x300 pixel jpeg inside a 192 vbr mp3 added less than 1% to its size (the typical 300x300 cover art downloaded off of Amazon.com is around 23KB).  I decided I could live with losing 1 track out of 100.  Of course, if you use larger images and lower bit rates, that number can go up real fast . . . putting 600x600 jpegs in 128 files means you'll lose about 1/5 of your capacity!