#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use MP3::Tag;

my $artfile =  'barred-spiral-NGC1512.jpg';
my $art;
{
  local $/=undef;
  open my $jpg,'<', $artfile or die "Couldn't open file: $!";
  binmode $jpg;
  $art = <$jpg>;
  close $jpg;
}

my $mp3 = MP3::Tag->new('Andrew_Ford__Cygnus_X1_Trawler.mp3');
$mp3->get_tags();
$mp3->{ID3v2}->change_frame("APIC", chr(0x0), 'image/jpeg', chr(0x0), 
+'Cover Art', $art);
$mp3->update_tags();

$mp3->close();
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