Cannot play flac 96\24 files

[TheOldPresbyope]

On a whim, I installed Kid3 and removed the id3 tags. The files now play.

Could there be something strange in how my MAC deals with the file names and tags compared with Windows?

I’ll make linked files available tomorrow.

Thanks,
Charlie

FLAC files contain a variety of metadata blocks which encapsulate a variety of data. According to the FLAC spec, the data we commonly call "tags" are contained in the block type "METADATA_BLOCK_VORBIS_COMMENT". 

Many tag editors (MP3tag is one example) allow one to display and edit VORBIS comments. Unfortunately, some also allow one to embed ID3 tags in a FLAC file, separately from the VORBIS comment block. This practice is not defined in the FLAC spec. I've seen FLAC files containing both VORBIS and ID3 tags confuse some software and not others. You'll find a thread or two on this forum which touch on the issue.

Regards,
Kent