Missed covers and dates for APE and WV audio files

[Nutul]

Hi,

In some few specific cases I am not able to show the cover, moode audio prompts the 'Cover art not found' message even if the 'Cover.jpg' file is available.
The issue affects only the folders that include APE and WV audio files, while the covers related to the MP3, M4A and FLAC folders are fairly displayed.
A Thumbnail Generator -> Regenerate command didn't help.
The issue seems quite recent, because the covers failed to appear only few weeks ago, but I cannot report the latest moode audio version ables to display covers correctly.
Moreover the 'Date' information is not available for the APE and WV audio files, even if the 'YEAR' tag field is filled.

Could I have corrupted some settings? Any suggestion to fix the above issues?

Regards,

Pier Federico

Hi,

this is a topic I have been investigating for a long time; so I'd like some more information:

1. did the files not showing the picture / date NOW show the same data in past versions of moOde, or are they new APE / WV files added recently?
2. can you see the metadata in question (picture / date) when examining the very same files with other (on Windows / Mac / Linux) players / metadata editors?
3. can you run the following command (you need to SSH into the Pi for doing this):

mediainfo <one of the problematic files of your choice>

and produce its results? You should see something like the following, just for you to know what to look at:
(note also, the amount of information, especially in the first chunk - General, may be less)

Code:

General
Complete name                            : /media/Spare 4/Music/N/Nine Inch Nails/The Slip/06 - Head Down.flac
Format                                   : FLAC
Format/Info                              : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size                                : 102 MiB
Duration                                 : 4 min 55 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 2 902 kb/s
Album                                    : The Slip
Album/Performer                          : Nine Inch Nails
Part                                     : 1
Part/Total                               : 1
Track name                               : Head Down
Track name/Position                      : 6
Track name/Total                         : 10
Performer                                : Nine Inch Nails
Composer                                 : Trent Reznor
Genre                                    : Industrial
Recorded date                            : 2008
Writing application                      : Sound Grinder 3.2.4
BPM                                      : 122
Copyright                                : 2008 nin
Cover                                    : Yes
Cover description                        : Media Rage JPG Image
Cover type                               : Cover (front)
Cover MIME                               : image/jpg
DISCC                                    : 1

Audio
Format                                   : FLAC
Format/Info                              : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration                                 : 4 min 55 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 891 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 96.0 kHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 102 MiB (100%)
Writing library                          : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)