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[Martin Steghöfer <1250618@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is no ID3 in the FLAC format. So technically ogg123 is right: As a
FLAC file, your input file is corrupted.

Personally, I blame the tools that allowed putting ID3 tags into non-MP3
files in the first place. There are proper ways to get the meta
information into the file. But just putting an undefined ID3 section
into the stream isn't one of them.

However, seeing that there are files out there that are corrupted in
such a way, the robustness of playing such files by just skipping the
ID3 part might be a desirable feature. Otherwise people will just blame
ogg123 for not being able to play the file.

So in my opinion this isn't a bug, but a (possibly justified) "wishlist
item". In case it helps your cause, I've provided a possible
implementation of this new feature to the upstream bug tracker:
https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/1988

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Title:
  ogg123 can't play flac files with ID3 tags

Status in vorbis-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) Kubuntu saucy (13.10) amd64
  2) 1.4.0-1ubuntu3

  ogg123 command from vorbis-tools refuses flac files with id3 tags.
  $ file ./02\ -\ The\ Lioness.flac 
  ./02 - The Lioness.flac: Audio file with ID3 version 2.3.0, contains: FLAC audio bitstream data, 16 bit, stereo, 44.1 kHz, 12755484 samples
  $ ogg123 /tmp/02.The\ Lioness.flac

  Audio Device:   Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) output

  Error opening /tmp/02.The Lioness.flac using the oggvorbis module.
  The file may be corrupted.

  WORKAROUND: You can strip the tags from the file using id3v2 utility (thanks, dardar at ubuntuforums):
  id3v2 -D *.flac
  Stripping id3 tag in "…"...id3v1 and v2 stripped.

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: vorbis-tools 1.4.0-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov 12 21:23:24 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-05 (67 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902.2)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: vorbis-tools
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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