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Support linking (in addition to embedding) cover images

Having read the Vorbis comment specs recently, I found out that some cover art (images) may not only be imbedded as BASE64 in the comments, but an (external) image file may be referenced as well (Linked images). In the most simple case just a filename without any path. For complete albums this may save some bytes when all tracks share one common cover image.
Unfortunately foobar2000 does not allow that yet.

Support linking (in addition to embedding) cover images

Reply #1 –
Not against adding functionality, but doesn't sound like you would gain much when you can simply tell foobar where to look for covers, regardless of the file format of the audio files.

Support linking (in addition to embedding) cover images

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Daeron on
Not against adding functionality, but doesn't sound like you would gain much when you can simply tell foobar where to look for covers, regardless of the file format of the audio files.

I'm not too deep in it, but most players support an album image in the same directory as the audio files. So there are alternatives to embedding the images. Shouldn't fb2k be smarter here?

Re: Support linking (in addition to embedding) cover images

Reply #3 –
Meanwhile I found out how to do it; it's mostly about picking the right file name and file format...