ID3 tags are not part of the FLAC specification so I decided to strip them from my FLAC files.
Strip ID3 Tags from FLAC
Compile Mplayer
Use this script to compile the latest version of mplayer in Ubuntu and save yourself some headaches. Resolving compile dependencies in Ubuntu is daunting at best, especially when you’re dealing with multimedia apps. You might end up with some unneeded dependencies, but it’s better than resolving them individually when the configure commands complain.
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Resize Album Art
I use this to scale and crop my higher quality album art for embedding in my audio tags.