[Flac] Bad mime type reported for flac file

[ericw at xmtp.net]

Also FWIW, I believe Vorbis Comments are appropriate for flac files,  
and those were the tags reported by metaflac.  For some reason, I have  
some flac files which are tagged both with vorbis comments, AND ID3  
tags.  The  ID3 tags are being stripped even as I type this.  :)

e.

On Dec 4, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Brian Willoughby wrote:

> Eric,
>
> I believe that ID3 tags are not legal for FLAC, but they are  
> accommodated.  ID3 tags are supposed to be for MP3 only.  The Linux  
> "file" utility is probably finding ID3 tags and making a reasonable  
> assumption that this is an MP3.
>
> I don't tag my FLAC files, so I do not know what to suggest.   
> Perhaps there are some clues in the FLAC documentation on what are  
> proper tag formats.  All I can remember is that MP3/ID3 tags are not  
> really legal.
>
> Brian Willoughby
> Sound Consulting
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 13:07, ericw at xmtp.net wrote:
> It has recently come to my attention that the linux "file" utility
> reports some (but not all) of my flac files as having a mime type of
> "audio/mpeg".  Obviously this is incorrect, but why is it reported as
> such?
>
> This led me to wonder if it was the tags..?  Since in theory both flac
> files are the same..?
>
> No go...  This is strange yes?  I can write a script to convert them
> all, transfer all the tags, etc, but, I'm still curious as to why this
> is happening.  If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
>

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