Strean read error on audio files

[peterr]

BC4 - Version 4.2.6 (build 23150)

I have 2 audio files, and they appeared to be the same, but as they had different filenames, I decided to use BC4. When I used the Session | New Session | MP3 Compare on the 2 files, the message was "Stream read error " - appeared on left and right windows.

Yet when I compared the same 2 audio files with Session | New Session | Hex Compare , no error messages, 2 files compared and showed as "= Binary same".

[Chris]

Thank you for reporting the problem.

Beyond Compare 4.2.6 on Linux can only read the ID3v1 (Simple Tag). When trying to read the ID3v2 tag and audio data, it fails with a stream read error. This bug is Linux specific, reading ID3v2 and audio data works correctly when using BC on Windows and macOS.

The MP3 Compare stream read error is in our bug list to be fixed, we don't have a release date for a fix right now.

[peterr]

Great that the bug is on the list, thanks for letting me know Chris. The workaround for now is a Hex compare.

[astronos2007]

Any updates regarding this issue? It's still occuring in the latest version, 4.2.10...

[Chris]

Sorry, this is still an open item in our internal bug tracker. We don't have an estimated time for a fix right now.

[peterr]

No worries Chris. Have been using Hex Compare as a workaround.

[dandv]

Any progress on this? I can't compare the sample MP3s from https://file-examples.com/index.php/...-mp3-download/

[peterr]

Any progress on this? I can't compare the sample MP3s from https://file-examples.com/index.php/...-mp3-download/

I still get a "stream read error"

[dandv]

I get that error despite those two sample files not having any sort of tag. As a sanity check, I ran eyeD3 --remove-all *.mp3
on them.

[Aaron]

Thanks. This is still an issue. Those files do have some Advanced tags, and aren't entirely empty, but is an issue on BC4 for Linux.