[Abcde-users] Can not encode with cover to two output formats, possible bug in josh version?

Wed Feb 18 21:28:26 GMT 2026

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:52:35PM +1100, josh wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 18:27, Jose M Calhariz
> <jose.calhariz at tecnico.ulisboa.pt> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 05:27:48PM +1100, josh wrote:
> > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 17:15, Jose M Calhariz via Abcde-users
> > > <abcde-users at lists.einval.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to learn abcde and I am chasing a possible bug on abcde
> > > > v2.12.0.  Doing output to two formats (flac,mp3) and get cover art on
> > > > both.  With extra -V in one of tries I tried:
> > > >
> > > > abcde -V -V -V -V -B -o mp3 1 && abcde -V -V -V -V -B -o flac 1
> > > >
> > > > The mp3 gets the cover art, the flac is not generated.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Off the top of my head, first up I would suggest trying to output both
> > > at the same time:
> > >
> > > abcde -V -V -B -o mp3,flac 1
> > >
> > > if that doesn't work, try the explicit art download command
> > >
> > > abcde -V -V -G -B -o mp3,flac 1
> >
> > Done that, problem still present.
> >
> >
> > abcde -v:
> > This is abcde v2.12.1
> >
> > >
> > > I'd also recommend bumping up to the latest version so we are working
> > > with the same version:
> > > wget https://github.com/poddmo/abcde/releases/download/2.12.1/abcde_2.12.1-2_all.deb
> > > sudo dpkg -i abcde_2.12.1-2_all.deb
> > >
> > > If that all doesn't help, I'd like to see any warning or other
> > > interesting messages in the verbose output
> > >
> >
> >
> >  OK:
> > rm -r The_Chemical_Brothers-Come_With_Us/ The_Chemical_Brothers abcde.990cd70a
> > abcde -V -V -V -V -V -G -B -o mp3,flac 1
> >
> > (...)
> > Successfully embedded the album art into your mp3 tracks
> > Suitable cover image not found, no embedding done...
> > Finished. Not cleaning /data/tmp/wav/abcde_working/abcde.990cd70a.
> >
> >
> > The mp3 have cover art, the flac is missing it.
> 
> Is the cover.jpg file still in the abcde_working/abcde.990cd70a
> directory when the command exits with "Not cleaning" above?

The cover.jpg file is missing.  I use "Not cleaning" as a default.

> 
> I can't run a test or look into it deeper at the moment but could you
> please confirm that the image is embedded if you only do flac?
> 
> abcde -V -V -G -B -o flac 1

If I remove the acbde.xxxxx directory and run the above command the
flac file will have the cover art.

> 
> Can you show the output of: ffmpeg -i trackname.flac

ffmpeg -i The_Chemical_Brothers/2002_Come_With_Us/01-Come_With_Us.flac 
ffmpeg version 7.1.3-0+deb13u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 14 (Debian 14.2.0-19)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb13u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --disable-libmfx --disable-omx --enable-gnutls --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libglslang --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --disable-sndio --enable-libvpl --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-ladspa --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libdvdnav --enable-libdvdread --enable-libjack --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libx264 --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-sdl2 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librav1e --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-librsvg --enable-libjxl --enable-shared
  libavutil      59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
  libavcodec     61. 19.101 / 61. 19.101
  libavformat    61.  7.100 / 61.  7.100
  libavdevice    61.  3.100 / 61.  3.100
  libavfilter    10.  4.100 / 10.  4.100
  libswscale      8.  3.100 /  8.  3.100
  libswresample   5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libpostproc    58.  3.100 / 58.  3.100
Input #0, flac, from 'The_Chemical_Brothers/2002_Come_With_Us/01-Come_With_Us.flac':
  Metadata:
    ARTIST          : The Chemical Brothers
    ALBUM           : Come With Us
    TITLE           : Come With Us
    DATE            : 2002
    GENRE           : Big Beat
    track           : 01
    TRACKTOTAL      : 10
    CDDB            : 990cd70a
    MUSICBRAINZ_DISCID: 63wMgsMysgWSN4w5bnpqbrLUNFo-
  Duration: 00:04:57.63, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 995 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: flac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16
  Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj444p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 300x300 [SAR 1:1 DAR 1:1], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Cover (front)
At least one output file must be specified

> 
> I never use embedding in every track, to me it goes against the whole
> point of compressing to be adding the same image to every track. I'll
> test this tomorrow and get back to you.
> Have a look at my config file to see if there is anything there that may help.
> https://github.com/poddmo/abcde?tab=readme-ov-file#config-file-example
> 

I will take a look into it.

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