Embed album art in mp3 -permanently

Is there a way to permanently embed albumart into a mp3/music file. It seems to me that when you do this from iTunes its only as a reference in the library - not as part of the file itself. Is this correct. And is there a way to do this as a batch job (on 10 000 files)?

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    little further down in the post I explained how.
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    Is there a fairly simple program that will convert files and imbed album art by track? All of my music files are flac with album art included in the album folder.

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    Artwork is stored in the file if you paste it into the Artwork tab, but not if you use the Get Album Art feature.
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    For Notes, you can use the Comments field, or if they are long, you can commandeer the Lyrics tab.
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  • Downloaded album art not saved in mp3 file?

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  • Problem with showing mp3 album art in list view.

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    In SNOW LEOPARD all work fine, and all mp3 files have album art's preview in list mode in finder.
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    I have the fix!!!!
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    Hope this helps!! Let me know if there are any other questions.
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  • Can I force iTunes not to embed custom album art, but store it separately?

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    Now as far as I am aware, when iTunes downloads album art, it stores it separately from the audio files, and thus several tracks share the same image file for their artwork. This seems economical to me, considering the space limitations that most Apple devices have.
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    Can I force iTunes not to embed custom album art, but store it separately?
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  • Need applescript to apply album art to daily ripped mp3 streams

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    Since it is an open source application, you can use the scripts (or parts of it) without restrictions (certainly for personal use), if I'm correct.
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    M
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