Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809014
Title:
mpeg-2 detected as tga (Targa image)
Status in file package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
It appears that currently using either the file command or through the
File::LibMagic interface that 1:5.34-2 on Cosmic (18.10) makes a
MPEG-2 file be detected as Targa at a higher priority, thus taking
precedence over being what it actually is. See the below lines as
examples using clips from
http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/sources/video/clips/ as examples:
$ file -k /home/piratefinn/Downloads/hst_2.mpg
/home/piratefinn/Downloads/hst_2.mpg: Targa image data - Map 63635 x 65536 x
1 +268 +60928 - 11-bit alpha - top - right - four way interleave MPEG sequence,
v2, program multiplex (Lepton 3.x), scale 0-0, spot sensor temperature
0.000000, unit celsius, color scheme 0, calibration: offset 0.000000, slope
0.000000\012- data
Note that this appears to only affect MPEG-2 (and possibly higher) as
MPEG-1 is detected corretly.
$ file -k /home/piratefinn/Downloads/hst_1.mpg
/home/piratefinn/Downloads/hst_1.mpg: MPEG sequence, v1, progressive Y'CbCr
4:2:0 video, 320x240, 4:3, 29.97 fps (Lepton 2.x), scale 1-2, spot sensor
temperature 0.000000, unit celsius, color scheme 0, show spot sensor, show
scale bar, maximum point enabled, calibration: offset 586.228088, slope
-411899156202779801569722368.000000\012- data
file -k /home/piratefinn/Downloads/hst_1.mpg
This appears to not be an issue in 1:5.25 used in 16.04, however
looking through the github it appears since then in possible 5.26 (or
above) changes as seen in
https://github.com/file/file/commit/aee048a020badb5f36008f6d11e7d5b32834bcb2
affected this.
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