YouTube: --embed-thumbnail doesn't work with --merge-output-format 'mkv' #6779

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opened 2026-02-21 03:24:07 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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Originally created by @vxbinaca on GitHub (Jan 30, 2016).

youtube-dl --verbose --ignore-errors --ignore-config --retries 100 --no-overwrites --call-home --continue --write-info-json --write-description --write-thumbnail --write-annotations --all-subs --sub-format srt --convert-subs srt --write-sub --add-metadata -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best --merge-output-format 'mkv' --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxouBYVrfUs

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--ignore-errors', u'--ignore-config', u'--retries', u'100', u'--no-overwrites', u'--call-home', u'--continue', u'--write-info-json', u'--write-description', u'--write-thumbnail', u'--write-annotations', u'--all-subs', u'--sub-format', u'srt', u'--convert-subs', u'srt', u'--write-sub', u'--add-metadata', u'-f', u'bestvideo+bestaudio/best', u'--merge-output-format', u'mkv', u'--embed-subs', u'--embed-thumbnail', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxouBYVrfUs']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.01.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-4.2.0-25-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.10-wily
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.7.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, ffprobe 2.7.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Public IP address: 76.101.221.232
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading webpage
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Extracting video information
WARNING: video doesn't have subtitles
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Searching for annotations.
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading DASH manifest
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Video description is already present
[info] Video annotations are already present
[info] Video description metadata is already present
[youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Thumbnail is already present
[download] Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.mkv has already been downloaded and merged
[ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.mkv'
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.mkv' -c copy -metadata 'comment=一松様シュート
Original link
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28012891
Author: SR' -metadata 'description=一松様シュート
Original link
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28012891
Author: SR' -metadata artist=Rlcemaster3 -metadata 'title=Ichimatsu-sama Shoot' -metadata date=20160115 -metadata 'purl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxouBYVrfUs' 'file:Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.temp.mkv'
[ffmpeg] There aren't any subtitles to convert
[ffmpeg] There aren't any subtitles to embed
ERROR: Only mp3 and m4a/mp4 are supported for thumbnail embedding for now.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1737, in post_process
    files_to_delete, info = pp.run(info)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/postprocessor/embedthumbnail.py", line 90, in run
    raise EmbedThumbnailPPError('Only mp3 and m4a/mp4 are supported for thumbnail embedding for now.')
EmbedThumbnailPPError

Originally created by @vxbinaca on GitHub (Jan 30, 2016). ``` youtube-dl --verbose --ignore-errors --ignore-config --retries 100 --no-overwrites --call-home --continue --write-info-json --write-description --write-thumbnail --write-annotations --all-subs --sub-format srt --convert-subs srt --write-sub --add-metadata -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best --merge-output-format 'mkv' --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxouBYVrfUs ``` ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--ignore-errors', u'--ignore-config', u'--retries', u'100', u'--no-overwrites', u'--call-home', u'--continue', u'--write-info-json', u'--write-description', u'--write-thumbnail', u'--write-annotations', u'--all-subs', u'--sub-format', u'srt', u'--convert-subs', u'srt', u'--write-sub', u'--add-metadata', u'-f', u'bestvideo+bestaudio/best', u'--merge-output-format', u'mkv', u'--embed-subs', u'--embed-thumbnail', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxouBYVrfUs'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2016.01.29 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Linux-4.2.0-25-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.10-wily [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.7.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, ffprobe 2.7.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Public IP address: 76.101.221.232 [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading webpage [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Extracting video information WARNING: video doesn't have subtitles [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Searching for annotations. [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Downloading DASH manifest [info] Video description is already present [info] Video annotations are already present [info] Video description metadata is already present [youtube] rxouBYVrfUs: Thumbnail is already present [download] Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.mkv has already been downloaded and merged [ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.mkv' [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.mkv' -c copy -metadata 'comment=一松様シュート Original link http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28012891 Author: SR' -metadata 'description=一松様シュート Original link http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28012891 Author: SR' -metadata artist=Rlcemaster3 -metadata 'title=Ichimatsu-sama Shoot' -metadata date=20160115 -metadata 'purl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxouBYVrfUs' 'file:Ichimatsu-sama Shoot-rxouBYVrfUs.temp.mkv' [ffmpeg] There aren't any subtitles to convert [ffmpeg] There aren't any subtitles to embed ERROR: Only mp3 and m4a/mp4 are supported for thumbnail embedding for now. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1737, in post_process files_to_delete, info = pp.run(info) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/postprocessor/embedthumbnail.py", line 90, in run raise EmbedThumbnailPPError('Only mp3 and m4a/mp4 are supported for thumbnail embedding for now.') EmbedThumbnailPPError ```

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2026-02-21 03:24:09 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:24:10 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2016):

Dupicate of #6046.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2016): Dupicate of #6046.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:24:10 -05:00

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@vxbinaca commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2016):

My apologies. I'll search better next time.

@vxbinaca commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2016): My apologies. I'll search better next time.

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