VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

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VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 06 Apr 2014 20:01

I have an MKV file that has cover art (Attachments) in it, but VLC doesn't show the cover in Tools->Media Information. Now it does show it for some files, but not for others. Using MKVInfo, the files that show the cover art have the Attachments above the first cluster, the ones that don't have it after the clusters. I don't see anything in the matroska docs about this type of restriction. There is a SeekHead at the start of the file that has records for the attachments record.

I can post an example file if that would help.

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 13 Apr 2014 20:07

If it would help, Icaros does display the cover art (it's a Windows Explorer add-in that shows thumbnails for media files), so I know it's correct. Is there anyone who deals with MKV files in VLC that could comment on this post?

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby Lotesdelere » 22 Apr 2014 11:10

Please upload a short sample of a problematic file to either http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to Zippyshare.com (200 MB max) or to EmbedUpload.com, the latter will upload the file for you to several other hosts (use the default ones) and then post the link to the file here.

If needed cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57724&p=193335#p193335
50 MB max should be enough.

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 22 Apr 2014 18:12

OK, I've uploaded test.mkv to videolan upload. Let me know if you have any questions about it.

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 24 Apr 2014 14:42

It seems to be working in 2.2.0 on Linux.
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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 24 Apr 2014 17:24

The latest version for Windows is 2.1.3

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 26 Apr 2014 19:08

2.2.0 is the development version.
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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 26 Apr 2014 19:55

Are there windows binaries somewhere for this version? Any idea when it will be released into the wild?

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby Lotesdelere » 27 Apr 2014 07:39

Are there windows binaries somewhere for this version?
Nightly builds:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/?C=M;O=D

Any idea when it will be released into the wild?
When it's ready :D

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 27 Apr 2014 18:00

I just downloaded the 64 bit version, and it still doesn't show the cover art. Did you test it out on Windows?

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby Lotesdelere » 28 Apr 2014 12:43

Erm, it doesn't work on Windows for now: ticket 11332.

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Re: VLC doesn't show cover art in MKV

Postby danhi » 28 Apr 2014 16:55

Thanks, I'll keep checking.


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