Extracting a cover image from a mp3-file

Posted on 2009-06-29 22:34:12-07 by linuxuser

How do I extract a cover-image, which is included in a mp3-file?

I tried

exiftool my.mp3 -previewimage -b > cover.jpg

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Posted on 2009-06-30 00:17:28-07 by exiftool in response to 11087

Re: Extracting a cover image from a mp3-file

Extract all tags with "exiftool my.mp3" and look for a tag with a value like "(Binary data XXXXX bytes, use -b option to extract)". Any images that can be extracted will appear like this. If there is an embedded image that exiftool can't extract, send me a sample and I will add support for decoding this information.

- Phil

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Posted on 2009-06-30 20:28:49-07 by linuxuser in response to 11088

Re: Extracting a cover image from a mp3-file

I have sent you 2 samples. Don't know if they are different re metadata.

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Posted on 2009-07-01 10:35:36-07 by exiftool in response to 11098

Re: Extracting a cover image from a mp3-file

ExifTool extracts an image from both of these samples. The tag name is "Picture".

- Phil

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