Public bug reported: Invalid files are bad because it impairs your ability to scan for corruption later on.
Using "lame" directly does not cause this problem. MP3s downloaded from Magnatune.com do not have this problem. (You can get free MP3s there if you don't have any valid ones of your own). This bug is also present in debian tesing (package version 2.0.1-1). giosrc location="file:///home/alan/01%20Kopenitsa.wav" name=src ! decodebin name=decoder ! audioconvert ! lame quality=2 vbr=4 vbr-max-bitrate=320 vbr-quality=3 ! xingmux ! id3v2mux ! giosink location="file:///home/alan/Unknown%20Artist/Unknown%20Album/01%20Kopenitsa.mp3" ... $ mp3val 01\ Kopenitsa.mp3 Analyzing file "01 Kopenitsa.mp3"... WARNING: "/home/alan/mp3/Blowzabella/The Blowzabella Wall of Sound/01 Kopenitsa.mp3": Wrong number of MPEG frames specified in Xing header (11874 instead of 11876) INFO: "/home/alan/mp3/Blowzabella/The Blowzabella Wall of Sound/01 Kopenitsa.mp3": 11876 MPEG frames (MPEG 1 Layer III), +ID3v2, Xing header Done! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: soundconverter 1.5.4-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Nov 6 10:22:08 2012 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: soundconverter UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: soundconverter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075497 Title: Generated MP3s are always invalid: mp3val warns about Xing header To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/soundconverter/+bug/1075497/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs