There is no ID3 in the FLAC format. So technically ogg123 is right: As a FLAC file, your input file is corrupted.
Personally, I blame the tools that allowed putting ID3 tags into non-MP3 files in the first place. There are proper ways to get the meta information into the file. But just putting an undefined ID3 section into the stream isn't one of them. However, seeing that there are files out there that are corrupted in such a way, the robustness of playing such files by just skipping the ID3 part might be a desirable feature. Otherwise people will just blame ogg123 for not being able to play the file. So in my opinion this isn't a bug, but a (possibly justified) "wishlist item". In case it helps your cause, I've provided a possible implementation of this new feature to the upstream bug tracker: https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/1988 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vorbis-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1250618 Title: ogg123 can't play flac files with ID3 tags Status in vorbis-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1) Kubuntu saucy (13.10) amd64 2) 1.4.0-1ubuntu3 ogg123 command from vorbis-tools refuses flac files with id3 tags. $ file ./02\ -\ The\ Lioness.flac ./02 - The Lioness.flac: Audio file with ID3 version 2.3.0, contains: FLAC audio bitstream data, 16 bit, stereo, 44.1 kHz, 12755484 samples $ ogg123 /tmp/02.The\ Lioness.flac Audio Device: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) output Error opening /tmp/02.The Lioness.flac using the oggvorbis module. The file may be corrupted. WORKAROUND: You can strip the tags from the file using id3v2 utility (thanks, dardar at ubuntuforums): id3v2 -D *.flac Stripping id3 tag in "…"...id3v1 and v2 stripped. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: vorbis-tools 1.4.0-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Nov 12 21:23:24 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-05 (67 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902.2) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: vorbis-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vorbis-tools/+bug/1250618/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
