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

[Jose M Calhariz]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 08:27:18AM +1100, josh wrote:
> I think I found the cause in the do_embedalbumart() function. The
> image is moved at the end of the case for each output format, so it
> won't be available for the next format.
> 
> Have a look at lines 3704 - 3722 for the mp3 and flac cases.
> https://github.com/poddmo/abcde/blob/c30d1926c2258ce68932aa99bfc05299450c9046/abcde#L3704
> 
> I've wondered in the past why the cover.jpg is missing from the abcde
> temp directory when cleaning was disabled. Those move cases would do
> it.
> 
> Try changing them to copy commands, ie
> 
> mv "$ALBUMARTFILE" "$FINALDIR"/albumart_backup
> 
> becomes
> 
> cp "$ALBUMARTFILE" "$FINALDIR"/albumart_backup
> 
>

Yes, now I can generate both mp3 and flac files in one go with the
cover art.

Thank you

 
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 22:52, josh <poddmo at gmail.com> 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?
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Can you show the output of: ffmpeg -i trackname.flac
> >
> > 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
> 

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