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[Enhancement]: RSS Feeds for Collections and Series to have Cover as Episode Art #2569

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opened 2026-04-25 00:08:29 +02:00 by adam · 5 comments
adam commented 2026-04-25 00:08:29 +02:00
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Originally created by @kanine on GitHub (Feb 13, 2025).

Type of Enhancement

RSS Feed

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

Given some of the issues losing playback position with the main App and ongoing issues with Android Auto restarts failing quite consistently I've taken to using RSS feeds with Pocket Casts as the player which has completely eliminated these particular issues.

However the current implementation of the Series and Collection RSS feeds supply the cover art from the first book for all books within the feed.

I believe it is possible and also preferable to have the cover art that relates to the book being presented in the feed for each episode.

Why would this be helpful?

When using an RSS feed it is disconcerting seeing the cover of a completely unrelated book (particularly in Collections) as the displayed cover art for a particular episode.

Seeing the correct book cover art for any given episode (itself a book) will greatly enhance the immersion from seeing the correct art and avoid confusion by listeners.

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v2.19.2

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Originally created by @kanine on GitHub (Feb 13, 2025). ### Type of Enhancement RSS Feed ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement Given some of the issues losing playback position with the main App and ongoing issues with Android Auto restarts failing quite consistently I've taken to using RSS feeds with Pocket Casts as the player which has completely eliminated these particular issues. However the current implementation of the Series and Collection RSS feeds supply the cover art from the first book for all books within the feed. I believe it is possible and also preferable to have the cover art that relates to the book being presented in the feed for each episode. ### Why would this be helpful? When using an RSS feed it is disconcerting seeing the cover of a completely unrelated book (particularly in Collections) as the displayed cover art for a particular episode. Seeing the correct book cover art for any given episode (itself a book) will greatly enhance the immersion from seeing the correct art and avoid confusion by listeners. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b1683a31-2fdc-46fc-9afa-b906ce11f9d7) ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.19.2 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/341ee3e6-a599-44b9-9f00-63817b75c370)
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adam commented 2026-04-25 00:08:30 +02:00
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@Risinggoblin commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025):

What is surprising to me is that Overcast is able to display the cover art for each book perfectly well but other apps aren't (perhaps ABS is not advertising the cover of the feed item in a podcast standard way?)

Also btw to temporarily solve the channel cover issue, you can directly replace the cover.jpg file at

metadata/items/[feed-id]/cover.jpg
@Risinggoblin commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025): What is surprising to me is that Overcast is able to display the cover art for each book perfectly well but other apps aren't (perhaps ABS is not advertising the cover of the feed item in a podcast standard way?) Also btw to temporarily solve the channel cover issue, you can directly replace the cover.jpg file at ``` metadata/items/[feed-id]/cover.jpg ```
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025):

Can you confirm that the other cover images are not present in the RSS feed itself?

An issue related to this was fixed in 2.12.0
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3193

@nichwall commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025): Can you confirm that the other cover images are not present in the RSS feed itself? An issue related to this was fixed in 2.12.0 https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3193
adam commented 2026-04-25 00:08:30 +02:00
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@kanine commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025):

Can you confirm that the other cover images are not present in the RSS feed itself?

There is only one image tag in the RSS Feeds for Collections and Series, which refers to the image of the first book in the series or collection respectively. So there is no further information for the Podcast players to get individual Episode / Book / Item cover images.

However, I've noticed in the past couple of months that both Podcast Addict and Pocket Casts are now starting to pull cover images from the meta of the audio file itself. This isn't foolproof though so they would probably benefit from individual image tags on each item (book) in the feed.

Out of interest Podcast Addict is even pulling chapter information (from the file metadata) as well which is nice for playback.

It's worth noting that all of my books get converted to m4b, with embedded chapters and images. Each book folder also has a cover.jpg

@kanine commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025): > Can you confirm that the other cover images are not present in the RSS feed itself? There is only one image tag in the RSS Feeds for Collections and Series, which refers to the image of the first book in the series or collection respectively. So there is no further information for the Podcast players to get individual Episode / Book / Item cover images. However, I've noticed in the past couple of months that both Podcast Addict and Pocket Casts are now starting to pull cover images from the meta of the audio file itself. This isn't foolproof though so they would probably benefit from individual image tags on each item (book) in the feed. Out of interest Podcast Addict is even pulling chapter information (from the file metadata) as well which is nice for playback. It's worth noting that all of my books get converted to m4b, with embedded chapters and images. Each book folder also has a cover.jpg
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@Risinggoblin commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025):

Can you confirm that the other cover images are not present in the RSS feed itself?

There is only one image tag in the RSS Feeds for Collections and Series, which refers to the image of the first book in the series or collection respectively. So there is no further information for the Podcast players to get individual Episode / Book / Item cover images.

However, I've noticed in the past couple of months that both Podcast Addict and Pocket Casts are now starting to pull cover images from the meta of the audio file itself. This isn't foolproof though so they would probably benefit from individual image tags on each item (book) in the feed.

Out of interest Podcast Addict is even pulling chapter information (from the file metadata) as well which is nice for playback.

It's worth noting that all of my books get converted to m4b, with embedded chapters and images. Each book folder also has a cover.jpg

+1

I am able to get chapter information on Pocketcast and Overcast too (though not in Apple podcast)

@Risinggoblin commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025): > > Can you confirm that the other cover images are not present in the RSS feed itself? > > There is only one image tag in the RSS Feeds for Collections and Series, which refers to the image of the first book in the series or collection respectively. So there is no further information for the Podcast players to get individual Episode / Book / Item cover images. > > However, I've noticed in the past couple of months that both Podcast Addict and Pocket Casts are now starting to pull cover images from the meta of the audio file itself. This isn't foolproof though so they would probably benefit from individual image tags on each item (book) in the feed. > > Out of interest Podcast Addict is even pulling chapter information (from the file metadata) as well which is nice for playback. > > It's worth noting that all of my books get converted to m4b, with embedded chapters and images. Each book folder also has a cover.jpg +1 I am able to get chapter information on Pocketcast and Overcast too (though not in Apple podcast)
adam commented 2026-04-25 00:08:30 +02:00
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@kanine commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025):

Should have also mentioned I'm running ABS on Windows.

I think the chapters for Pocket Casts is only on IOS.

@kanine commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025): Should have also mentioned I'm running ABS on Windows. I think the chapters for Pocket Casts is only on IOS.
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