Add coverart into ogg containing an opus audio stream with ffmpeg without re-encoding the audio stream

Question

I'm trying to add a coverart into an ogg file with ffmpeg :

Here are my source.ogg and source.jpg files :

$ ffprobe -hide_banner source.ogg 
Input #0, ogg, from 'source.ogg':
  Duration: 00:03:02.45, start: 0.007500, bitrate: 73 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
$ identify source.jpg 
source.jpg JPEG 480x360 480x360+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 15.1KB 0.000u 0:00.000

I tried this :

$ ffmpeg -hide_banner -i source.ogg -i source.jpg -map 0 -map 1 -c:a copy -c copy -map_metadata 0 dest.ogg -y && echo && ffprobe -hide_banner dest.ogg 
Input #0, ogg, from 'source.ogg':
  Duration: 00:03:02.45, start: 0.007500, bitrate: 73 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
Input #1, image2, from 'source.jpg':
  Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3023 kb/s
    Stream #1:0: Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 480x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
[ogg @ 0x5655578064c0] Unsupported codec id in stream 1
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Invalid argument
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #1:0 -> #0:1 (copy)
    Last message repeated 1 times
[ogg @ 0x5655577e8540] Format ogg detected only with low score of 1, misdetection possible!
dest.ogg: End of file

I've also found this answer but it does not explain how to do it with ffmpeg.

I've read about a "METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE" metadata in the ogg container that might contain the picture in base64, so I tried this :

$ ffmpeg -hide_banner -i source.ogg -map 0 -c:a copy -c copy -metadata METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE="$(base64 source.jpg)" dest.ogg
Input #0, ogg, from 'source.ogg':
  Duration: 00:03:02.45, start: 0.007500, bitrate: 73 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
File 'dest.ogg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, ogg, to 'dest.ogg':
  Metadata:
    METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEABALDA4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkz
                    : ODdASFxOQERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2MBERISGBUYLxoaL2NCOEJjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
                    ..............................................................................
                    : nVmaS2E/urUWVbH6ORI9z2l8zyRfFpkLooIHSBuk9lFFoC6OBnP1SON8rEooqM2WOVHDdRRAAUVK
                    : KiiCWRRRRBJ//9k=
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
      METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEABALDA4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkz
                      : ODdASFxOQERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2MBERISGBUYLxoaL2NCOEJjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
                      : Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY//AABEIAWgB4AMBIgACEQED
                      ..............................................................................
                      : nVmaS2E/urUWVbH6ORI9z2l8zyRfFpkLooIHSBuk9lFFoC6OBnP1SON8rEooqM2WOVHDdRRAAUVK
                      : KiiCWRRRRBJ//9k=
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=    1658kB time=00:03:02.41 bitrate=  74.5kbits/s speed=1.01e+03x    
video:0kB audio:1624kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 2.100392%

It kinda "worked", but neither ffplay nor mpv can parse the cover art :

$ ffplay -hide_banner dest.ogg
[ogg @ 0x5655577e8540] Failed to parse cover art block.
Input #0, ogg, from 'dest.ogg':
  Duration: 00:03:02.44, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 74 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
   3.95 M-A: -0.000 fd=   0 aq=   14KB vq=    0KB sq=    0B f=0/0    
$ mpv dest.ogg 
Playing: dest.ogg
[ffmpeg/demuxer] ogg: Failed to parse cover art block.
 (+) Audio --aid=1 (opus 2ch 48000Hz)
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz stereo 2ch float
A: 00:00:03 / 00:03:02 (2%)


Exiting... (Quit)

I alse tried -metadata:s:a along with the --wrap 0 of base64 (which I had forgotten to specify, oops :) ) :

$ ffmpeg -i source.ogg -map 0 -c:a copy -c copy -metadata:s:a METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE="$(base64 --wrap 0 source.jpg)" dest.ogg
Input #0, ogg, from 'source.ogg':
  Duration: 00:03:02.45, start: 0.007500, bitrate: 73 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
File 'dest.ogg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, ogg, to 'dest.ogg':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100
      METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEABALDA4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2MBERISGBUYLxoaL2NCOEJjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY//AABEIAWgB4AMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAaAAACAwEBAAAAAAAAAAA
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=    1658kB time=00:03:02.41 bitrate=  74.5kbits/s speed=1.22e+03x    
video:0kB audio:1624kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 2.084397%

But still the dest.ogg jpg coverart cannot be read properly :

$ ffprobe -hide_banner dest.ogg 
[ogg @ 0x5655577e8540] Invalid picture type: -2555936.
[ogg @ 0x5655577e8540] Could not read mimetype from an attached picture.
Input #0, ogg, from 'dest.ogg':
  Duration: 00:03:02.44, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 74 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:03:02.441000000
      ENCODER         : Lavf58.20.100

Can you please help me ?

perhaps this can help: https://github.com/biapy/howto.biapy.com/blob/master/various/mussync-tools — cregox, May 13 '21 at 10:31
yet another related issue https://superuser.com/questions/1648830/reduce-my-90gb-collection-of-mp3-to-about-10gb — cregox, May 13 '21 at 11:00
@cregox I've just updated the title of my question because it was not representative of what I needed. Can you have a look ? — SebMa, May 13 '21 at 17:53
yes. my similar question got closed, but not answered. `opusenc` apparently can't compress as good as `ffmpeg`. in fact, i could only get double the size i want with 16k bitrate. i was hoping you had a solution already... have you tried that script or such other tools yet? — cregox, May 13 '21 at 22:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '21 at 20:38

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This works for me:

ffmpeg -i mysong.ogg -i coverart.jpg song_with_art.ogg

answered Mar 21 '21 at 20:38

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Can you please do a `ffprobe` on your output file (`song_with_art.ogg`) and paste the output ? – SebMa Mar 22 '21 at 20:46
In my example, my ogg file contains an opus audio stream not a vorbis audio stream. Can you do that with an opus stream without re-encoding the audio ? – SebMa May 13 '21 at 17:50

Add coverart into ogg containing an opus audio stream with ffmpeg without re-encoding the audio stream

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