after fixing the vbr frames, mpg321 and other players were able to play the mp3 files. But not all. Maybe some frames is missing:
compare output of: mp3info2 -x working mp3 file: Audio: 3m53.306s MPEG 1 Layer III 189 KB/s, 44.1KHz (joint stereo) Copyright: No Frames Padded: No Frames: 8933 ID3v2: 958+135pad=1093 Bytes; frames present: MCDI TALB TCON TIT2 TLEN TPE1 TRCK TYER mp3 file created by soundconverter: Audio: 1m41.878s MPEG 1 Layer III 171 KB/s, 44.1KHz (joint stereo) Copyright: No Frames Padded: No Frames: 3900 ID3v2: 162+1024pad=1186 Bytes; frames present: TALB TCON TDRC TIT2 TPE1 TRCK TSSE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
