[Abcde-users] Abcde -W option

[Dry Martini Holding Company 😎]

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> On Feb 5, 2026, at 18:10, josh <poddmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 at 10:42, Dry Martini Holding Company via
> Abcde-users <abcde-users at lists.einval.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2/3/26 17:31, josh via Abcde-users wrote:
>>> Besides the track numbering, if the -W option is set then there will
>>> be some metadata tags written, especially flac and mp3
>>> 
>>> Cover art selection is primitive but still not too bad for a command
>>> line script.
>> 
>> Regarding cover art and metadata, I searched for the ffmpeg command to
>> embed image art, but it does not work. My workaround is to use Kid3-qt
>> to embed the album art.
>> 
>> Speaking of embedding art and metadata, when Kid3 grabs data from
>> Musicbrainz, it includes a lot more than the standard band, album titles
>> and date. Like you, I find this information useful and would like to
>> embed it as well, but using abcde to do it automatically. I have messed
>> with editing the script file itself, by adding additional fields, nut so
>> far I have not been successful. How are you embedding the metadata?
> 
> Thanks for the Kid3 pointer. I wish it could rip CDs!
> 
> Embed cover art using abcde with the -B switch. My current testing
> command line looks like:
> abcde -V -o flac -d /dev/sr0 -G -B
> 
> -G to download cover art, -B for embedding cover. No need for ffmpeg
> to rip and encode but ffmpeg is my favourite tool to review the
> metadata:
> ffmpeg -i 01.Everybody\ On\ The\ Floor\ -\ Pump\ It.flac
> Input #0, flac, from '01.Everybody On The Floor -

Ffmpeg is needed for encoding the songs to aiff format. I am still experimenting to find a solution for embedding the cover art, and adding other metadata. 

DM