Merging an image in audio file

[DarrellS]

A very easy way to create an audio with an embedded image is to use FFMpeg IF you download the version 20120426 because sometime in 201205xx they changed something that will not work now. I keep the previous version because it works on a lot that the later ones do not.

Anyway, just type : "ffmpeg-20120426.exe" -loop 1 -r 1 -shortest -i "shoes.jpg" -i "1.mp4" -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg4 "output.mp4"

That explains why I could never get it to work.

[Budman1]

Yes, DarrellS, sometime in May of 2012, as near as my testing got, something changed and this method no longer works. Like many others, I like an image for my Music so I can have my Thumbnails for songs. I keep the 20120426 version and even label it as such as shown in my example previously.

For anyone that has the problem of typing long filenames/paths, someone once informed me of a trick so I do not have to type it on the Black Command screen. Just drag and drop the FFMpeg file down to the command screen and it will fill it in for you, complete with path. At least it works in Windows 7.

[Selur]

Normally I use:

MP4Box -add "PATH TO AUDIO"#audio:lang=:group=1 -ipod -itags cover="PATH TO IMAGE" -new "PATH TO OUTPUT m4v"

this should work with iTunes (probably not Quicktime), WMP, VLC, MPlayer, ffplay. (it's basically the same as post #12)

[mzso]

A very easy way to create an audio with an embedded image is to use FFMpeg IF you download the version 20120426 because sometime in 201205xx they changed something that will not work now. I keep the previous version because it works on a lot that the later ones do not.

Anyway, just type : "ffmpeg-20120426.exe" -loop 1 -r 1 -shortest -i "shoes.jpg" -i "1.mp4" -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg4 "output.mp4"

I used the mpeg4 codec because it is less fussy about image width, height, etc.

Oh yeah... I couldn't find a great image like yours above so I used shoes. LOL

What else was messed up?

[mzso]

A very easy way to create an audio with an embedded image is to use FFMpeg IF you download the version 20120426 because sometime in 201205xx they changed something that will not work now. I keep the previous version because it works on a lot that the later ones do not.

Anyway, just type : "ffmpeg-20120426.exe" -loop 1 -r 1 -shortest -i "shoes.jpg" -i "1.mp4" -acodec copy -vcodec mpeg4 "output.mp4"

I used the mpeg4 codec because it is less fussy about image width, height, etc.

Oh yeah... I couldn't find a great image like yours above so I used shoes. LOL

Apparently the -shortest now should go after the input files.

But should it take that long to encodec? I used 0.008 fps (less then 30 frames for an hour)for a three hour audio which I only copied, but the encoding process took more than an hour...

[mzso]

What else was messed up?

Well, I can add one answer to my question... FPS1/FRAPS videos are not decoded properly and are encoded with huge gaps in the output file. There are a bunch of error messages. While the old version converts the files without giving a single error.

[Budman1]

Yes, many features or uses that fail do not show up in new versions unless someone tries to use them but, unfortunately several new versions can come out before the failure is noticed and posted anywhere. This is especially true with programs that are regularly updated, not just FFMpeg. Many users have written in here about software like PotPlayer and others that have lost some functionality with new versions.

My rule of thumb is, keep the old install program that worked and replace the new ones as they come out so I always have the 2 versions in archive.
Besides functioning errors, there is the notations like -vcodec replaced by -c:v and -qscale becoming -q:v that warns you now but for how long until it is permanently altered. Not a big thing but can be a pain in the butt to retype each time.

As far as the Fraps/FPS1 goes, I have noticed many encoders/decoders are being changed and many have not given the results I used to get. Guess some day I will have to break down and compile another "new" version.