Amarok 2.4.3 doesn't write covers to the files

[Bart Cerneels]

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Arvind S Raj <sraj.arvind at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:37
> Subject: Amarok 2.4.3 doesn't write covers to the files
> To: Amarok Mailing List <amarok at kde.org>
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>
> Hello everyone,
> I'm running Amarok 2.4.3 on Kubuntu 11.10. I've updated the covers for
> a lot of albums and they're displayed in amarok but they do not get
> written to the files. When I open the file in VLC, the old album cover
> is still displayed. I've check the option "Write covers to file" in
> Settings -> Configure Amarok -> Collection but Amarok still doesn't
> write it.
>
> I installed the debug symbols and ran "amarok --debug --nofork" and
> here's the output: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/563257/
>
> I was told by Valorie in the IRC to not include the startup
> information but wasn't sure how to do so and so have included all
> startup information. If there's some more information required, do let
> me know and I'll definitely provide them.
>
> --
> Arvind S Raj
>
> B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering(Final Year)
> Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri
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> http://arvindsraj.wordpress.com
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On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:40, Myriam Schweingruber <myriam at kde.org> wrote:
> I asked Arvind (nick is dnivra on IRC) for more information on IRC:
> these files are part of the collection and already contain a cover. I
> see nowhere in this output a hint that at some point Amarok tried to
> add a cover to a file.
>
> Rick: could it be that it doesn't write the cover when there already is one?
>
> Regards, Myriam
>

It would make a lot of sense that existing data is not overwritten.
Data loss prevention is priority #1.
I could not immediately find and code that prevents it though.