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

[josh]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 at 08:38, Jose M Calhariz
<jose.calhariz at tecnico.ulisboa.pt> wrote:
>
> 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

No worries, thanks for testing it. I don't know why move was chosen
over copy in the first place. I've created a github issue to give it
some more thought before changing.

https://github.com/poddmo/abcde/issues/28



>
>
> > 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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