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Using id3v2 to add information to MP3 files, but I don't seem to be able to add the image using the --APIC flag, it doesn't fail but it doesn't add it either.

Info: running Ubuntu 14.04LTS & id3v2 (installed via apt-get);

id3v2 0.1.12
Uses id3lib-3.8.3

Here is the command I am running: id3v2 --APIC image.jpg ../tracks/track.mp3

Looking through the docs that looks to be accurate, but I am not getting the image added, so unable to see the album artwork in something like iTunes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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As far as I know, id3v2 cannot embed images in mp3 files.

Looking at the source, it only prints information to the console, without doing anything else.

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  • Oh, I thought I would be able to add the image to mp3 file so that it would be used as the artwork. Is there no way to add the artwork/packshot to a file so that is viewable via something like iTunes? Thanks @SMeyer – mchaffe Nov 28 '16 at 13:44
  • Not with id3v2, but there are multiple tools that should be able to do that. See for example http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/84915/add-album-art-cover-to-mp3-ogg-file-from-command-line-in-batch-mode – Meyer Nov 28 '16 at 14:08