EZAC can’t find Album Cover anywhere

[omrsc]

OK, this may be a little long-winded, but here goes. What follows uses FLAC w/default settings.

I have a 2-disc compilation (Bread – Retrospective, 1996 – Rhino Records) that includes a 12-digit Barcode. When I inserted the first CD, EZAC was able to identify the album Title and Artist, but showed “No cover image available”. Here is what happened.

• I entered the 12-digit Barcode, got the green checkmark, clicked “OK”, and the response came back “Unknown title” and “Unknown artist” (this has happened before with a few other CDs, but after several Barcode entries those CDs were finally identified). I did the Barcode entry 4 times and got the same responses – “Unknown title”, “Unknown artist” and “No cover image available”.
• I then tried the Title and Artist entries several times and got the same responses - “Unknown title”, “Unknown artist” and “No cover image available”.
• I finally settled on “Inserted CD” (with “No cover image available”) and was able to rip everything even though EZAC couldn’t confirm this was a 2-Disc CD (which I was able to correct by renaming the Discs…so no big deal about this).
• In no case shown was “cover image available”.
• 27 of the 28 tracks I selected were ripped “error free”. All of them sound excellent.

Since I’d like to have the album cover available (I replay everything through my home system using my OPPO’s USB port and 55” monitor), I googled the Artist, Title and “album cover”, found numerous images, and downloaded a JPG. I renamed the file to “cover” and copied to my FLAC file. The JPG appears nearly identical to other “cover” files in my other FLAC files when examined using Windows 7 “Property” function (file name, file size, “opens with”, pixels, etc).

• EZAC doesn’t show this cover.

What am I missing or doing wrong – and how can I display cover art?

Regardless of the outcome here, I’m totally satisfied with EZAC.

[korth]

EZAC retrieves metadata (artist, album, track names) and cover art from 3rd-party online databases. EZAC currently can't make use of local cover art you already have on your computer.

EZAC embeds the cover (saves inside the FLAC file) and also saves as cover.jpg in the folder along with the FLAC files. Your OPPO can probably read the embedded cover but may not be able to make use of the cover.jpg file that you saved to the folder.

You could use a program like Mp3tag to embed cover art after EZAC extracts the audio.
You would load the FLAC files then highlight them all. Select Actions on the toolbar then click Actions (Quick) and select Import cover from file from the drop-list and click OK. For Format string for image filename: click the button to the right with 3 dots and select and open the cover.jpg file. Import cover as: Front Cover and click OK.

[omrsc]

Thank you.

I'll download the the "Mp3tag" file and then follow your instructions.  I'll let you know if this works.

[omrsc]

MUCHO THANKS, korth.  I downloaded the "mp3tag" program and followed your instructions (took me a few attempts to understand everything)...and I've now got Album Art for my FLAC files that EZAC can't locate.  Since I had previously downloaded a ".jpg" file/image (via google) for this album and copied it to my FLAC file and named it "cover", your directions were far easier to have an Album Cover installed than what "mp3tag" recommended.  Henceforth, anytime EZAC can't find an Album Cover, I'll do a search and import a "xxx.jpg".

An additional question - Does EZAC have a max pixel size (H x W) for Album Art that can be shown on video monitors?

Again, thank you for your assistance.

[Admin]

Basically there is no image size limit I know of, but EZAC will usually scale large images down to 800x800 pixels max. This is in order to have a good ratio about quality and size. (But this is only valid for files EZAC will download from the metadata providers)

If you tag your own image files using MP3Tag, there should be no size limitations whatsever.

Best regards,

Andre

[omrsc]

Mr. Wiethoff,

I am ABSOLUTELY satisfied with your software...simple to use and it's FLAC Codec is indistinguishable from my CDs in terms of sound quality and fidelity (and I have a nice system).  However, I do have a question for you.

I was able to copy everything from a 2-Disc CD (tracks, titles, etc)...excepting the acknowledgement that this was a 2-Disc CD and “No cover image available”.
- This CD was: Bread - Retrospective, Barcode: 081227350925

Any explanation as to why this CD was unidentifiable?

Thanks to korth's response to my question(s)...this CD now displays an "Album" cover.

In any event I REMAIN satisfied with your software!

[Admin]

I am sorry about your problems!
For debugging purposes it would be helpful if you would send some debug logs. The process is pretty straight-forward...
For that try to retrieve the CD metadata again ("Search ... via inserted CD").
Then just download and execute www.easyaudiocopy.com/SupportInfo.exe
Enter your email address and press send (no message will be shown that it has actually send the information, but I should get an email)
Thanks!

Best regards,
Andre

[omrsc]

Andre,

Thanks...and another question.

If EZAC fails to download any metadata for a particular file (Audio CD), does it generate some type of "debug log" or file...or are you asking for detailed info from me for what I've attempted?

When I load a disc and EZAC fails to find a "cover image", I'll do the "Search" and click the "Barcode" and/or "Title/Artist" options multiple times...sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. If those fail, I'll click the "inserted CD" - the CD is properly identified but still "No cover image available".

We've corresponded in the past (via www.easyaudiocopy.com/ and a few emails), so I can send you a detailed message if that helps.

Regardless, korth has helped and I find EZAC EASY TO USE!