Question about Thumbnail Cache


  1. Gornot
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    Question about Thumbnail Cache


    I have always avoided deleting thumbnail cache when cleaning my PC, both manually and with Ccleaner. Currently, my thumbnail cache is ~ 180MB.

    My simple question is: if I delete the thumbnail cache, will I lose any embedded album art from my AAC (.m4a) files?
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  3. Gornot
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    Apologies for pumbing this, but I'm really curious since those album art tags are stored as .jpg files in the same album folder, hidden and considered as protected system files.
    I wouldn't want to accidentally delete them and have to start all over xD
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  4. mborner
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    Gornot said:
    My simple question is: if I delete the thumbnail cache, will I lose any embedded album art from my AAC (.m4a) files?
    No, but the next time you access your album art you'll notice it will take a few seconds to rebuild. Not to worry, it is safe to clean thumbnail cashe, although, it's not hurting anything by being there.
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  6. Gornot
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    True, I have plenty of disk space now with the new HDD, I was just curious. Thanks for your help
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