Fix cover art embedded as a plain video stream - #219
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ffmpeg was re-encoding cover art as a normal video stream, so players did not recognize it as album art. Copy the image and mark it as attached_pic.
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This fixes embedded cover art for non-MP3 output such as M4A. ffmpeg currently re-encodes the image as a normal video stream. Copying it and setting
attached_picmakes players and library scanners recognize it as album art.Verified with ffprobe on M4A output: