[Vorbis] Fixing a Corrupted Vorbis file

xiphmont at xiph.org xiphmont at xiph.org
Mon Oct 3 18:47:14 UTC 2016


I didn't see an example of a broken file in the bug [perhaps I missed
it].  Can you send one to me?

Cheers,
Monty

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Guilherme Furst Bittencourt
<gwfurst at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, Since last week I started having random ogg files from my library
> turning corrupt, and practically being unplayable by anything. All this
> while I was browsing and sorting my library through Amarok.
>
> Luckily today I've found the possible culprit, Amarok itself, and others who
> may have the issue as well: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369672
>
> But regardless of how the issue started, the question remains, how can I fix
> the affected files?
> Already tried a couple apparent tools, like oggfix, oggborvisfix, oggsplt
> (or mp3splt to remove silence), and oggz to validate stuff.
>
> Nothing really gave me a playable result, oggz validates everything alright,
> only hint is perhaps oggfix which complains about "corrupt secondary
> header". Further looking into the Amarok bug may provide more hints as well.
>
> Anyway, if anyone knows possible solutions to get files working again,
> please do share.
>
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