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0000401fileGeneralpublic2023-03-02 21:17
Reporterconoromalley Assigned Tochristos  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version5.41 
Summary0000401: Mime type is doubled for an mp3
Description5.41 is returning `audio/mpegaudio/mpeg` as the mime type for an mp3 file
This seems very similar to https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=259 but that is listed as fixed in 5.41

conorom@2379591511:~/Downloads$ file -v
file-5.41
magic file from /usr/share/file/magic
conorom@2379591511:~/Downloads$ file --mime-type EnglishAudioRecording.mp3
EnglishAudioRecording.mp3: audio/mpegaudio/mpeg
Steps To ReproduceRun the commands above.
The mp3 file in question is available here if needed (warning: ~320MB):
https://www.fulcrum.org/downloads/pz50gz566?locale=en
Additional InformationExpected type is `audio/mpeg`
TagsNo tags attached.

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christos

2022-11-06 18:20

manager   ~0003858

I can't reproduce it with 5.43, can you?

conoromalley

2022-11-07 15:59

reporter   ~0003861

I did try to test this on 5.43 before finalizing the ticket... honest!
Began following the build instructions (it's https://github.com/pld-linux/file right?) but gave up at the first sign of a problem.
I'm on Apple silicon with my daily driver and snowed under with other work so pursuing that further before creating the issue seemed like too much for me to handle.

But I'm definitely happy for you to close this if it seems like a non-issue in the latest 5.43 release.

Really appreciate you taking a look!

christos

2022-11-07 16:10

manager   ~0003862

No it is https://github.com/file/file; try building that. I have a mac too, and it builds just fine.

conoromalley

2023-03-02 21:15

reporter   ~0003899

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this. I built 5.43 yesterday and could not reproduce the problem. I then built 5.41 and couldn't reproduce it.
I cannot get it to happen again with the system version either, which is still 5.41.

When I wrote the issue I'd noticed the problem on *two* out-of-the-box macOS Monterey 12.6 machines, one Intel and one Apple silicon (not that it matters).
Now I only have the M2 MacBook to hand, since updated to Ventura and now sitting on 13.2.1

Without really understanding how this utility works I can see that everything in /usr/share/file has been updated somehow on Feb 9th, as has /usr/bin/file
So does this mean that, even though the system file utility reports the same version it did when I encountered the problem (5.41), somehow a buggy component has been fixed by the update to Ventura, or one of the subsequent system updates? I think it must, though no exact update matches the time the files were touched Feb 9th when I look in System Information > Software > Installations.

For now I'm happy to close this issue and say that the problem was a bug unique to macOS Monterey somehow.

christos

2023-03-02 21:17

manager   ~0003900

I've closed it, thanks. I don't know what apple changed or didn't change, sorry.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2022-11-01 21:46 conoromalley New Issue
2022-11-06 18:20 christos Assigned To => christos
2022-11-06 18:20 christos Status new => assigned
2022-11-06 18:20 christos Status assigned => feedback
2022-11-06 18:20 christos Note Added: 0003858
2022-11-07 15:59 conoromalley Note Added: 0003861
2022-11-07 15:59 conoromalley Status feedback => assigned
2022-11-07 16:10 christos Note Added: 0003862
2023-03-02 21:15 conoromalley Note Added: 0003899
2023-03-02 21:17 christos Status assigned => closed
2023-03-02 21:17 christos Resolution open => fixed
2023-03-02 21:17 christos Note Added: 0003900