[Vorbis] 2nd attempt - Repairing vorbis files

[Ulrich Windl]

On 18 Mar 2007 at 4:27, Tomas Valusek wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> where can I upload an ogg file which is refused both by WinAmp 5.34 and
> Quintessential Media Player beta 116? Its size is about 5 MB, so I don't
> want to send it to this list.

Hi!

Actually I believe when it's invalid, just sending the first 512kB should be 
enough as well. The stream is corrupt, but most players don't care when trying to 
start to play them... ;-)

Regards,
Ulrich


> 
> Tomas Valusek
> 
> Gan Uesli Starling napsal(a):
> > Ian Malone wrote:
> >> <memo to self: email to /list/>
> >> On 17/03/07, Gan Uesli Starling <alias at starling.us> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >>> FYI about that...
> >>>
> >>> Know that I have never encountered a single problem from inserting ID3
> >>> tags into Ogg Vorbis files. I have done this confidently for about 
> >>> three
> >>> years.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> Are you 100% sure that you are adding ID3 tags?  Easytag has a Vorbis
> >> mode, which I assume adds real vorbis comments.  From experience with
> >> iAudio products I'm pretty sure the IAudio5 can read Vorbis comments,
> >> and I know XMMS and Winamp can.  From your description it really
> >> sounds like you're using Vorbis comments.
> >
> > Not absolutely sure they are ID3 tags. Now that I try to investigate
> > this, I find that EasyTag 1.1 for NetBSD has one tiny bug. It crashes
> > when I try to view the Preferences via a button at the top. I'm not
> > sure how to qualify which mode it is in.
> >
> > They are Vorbis files when I open them into EasyTag. So it may very well
> > be just as you surmise and I have erred.
> >
> > I must now reply "Oh!...never mind", as did Gilda Radner on SNL when
> > Dianne Curtain interrupted her outspoken diatribe on the silliness
> > of becoming upset about "endangered feces".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Vorbis mailing list
> > Vorbis at xiph.org
> > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/vorbis
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Vorbis mailing list
> Vorbis at xiph.org
> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/vorbis