ogg files won't play

[frank105]

Hmm...

I ripped a bunch of my cd's several years ago and put them on an external HD. Now - plugged the HD in and try and play the files - and nothing. Tried it in VLC and also Clementine. Randomly I ripped some of the CD's in MP3 and they all work.

The .ogg files have size and are not 0kb or anything.

What next? What should I do to start troubleshooting?

BTW - Tested on my laptop in MX linux. Tested on wife's laptop in Peppermint.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

[TheFu]

A few ideas. Don't know if any will work.

Rip one again using ogg and see if it works or not. Could be that the ogg/vorbis libraries just aren't installed?

Use the 'file' command to see if the headers provide any useful info.
I would try mpv an mplayer as well. VLC should play almost anything, provided it isn't a snap install.

Do you have an ubuntu machine to test with?

[vanadium]

Symptoms of not playing? Error message? Apparently playing with duration displayed, but no sound? You may try to open one of these files in Audacity audio editor.

[frank105]

Ooohhh... Some good ideas. I will get you some info from those tests.

But - btw - the pc I ripped the .ogg's on does not exist anymore. So ripping them with the new laptop would probably not give much intel? (Or did I miss it.)

Thanks,

[howefield]

Thread moved to the "Ubuntu/Debian BASED" forum.

Try playing one from the terminal to get some clue.. eg

cvlc path/to/file