# AudioMeta

The **AudioMeta** object is retrieved from the [**Metadata**](metadata)**.audio** or [**Metadata**](metadata)**.audio\_text** properties. It provides access to metadata relating to sound files.

| Property Name       | Return Type                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| _\<column keyword>_ | _variant_                                       | Returns the value of the specified column, as listed in the _Music_ section of the [Keywords for Columns](../../metadata_keywords/keywords_for_columns) page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| coverart            | _collection:_[**AudioCoverArt**](audiocoverart) | <p>Returns a collection of <a href="audiocoverart"><strong>AudioCoverArt</strong></a> objects representing any cover art imagery stored in the audio file.</p><p>The default value of this property returns the number of cover art images - for performance reasons, you should check whether this is greater than 0 before enumerating or accessing individual items in the collection.</p> |
