pygame.mixer.Sound() throws "Unrecognized audio format" for some Vorbis file (with emoji in metadata?)

[TransparentLC]

Environment:

Platform:               Windows-11-10.0.26100-SP0
System:                 Windows
System Version:         10.0.26100
Processor:              Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel    SSE2: Yes       AVX2: Yes       NEON: No
Architecture:           Bits: 64bit     Linkage: WindowsPE

Python:                 CPython 3.12.9 (tags/v3.12.9:fdb8142, Feb  4 2025, 15:27:58) [MSC v.1942 64 bit (AMD64)]
pygame version:         2.5.3
SDL versions:           Linked: 2.30.12 Compiled: 2.30.12
SDL Mixer versions:     Linked: 2.8.0   Compiled: 2.8.0
SDL Font versions:      Linked: 2.24.0  Compiled: 2.24.0
SDL Image versions:     Linked: 2.9.0   Compiled: 2.9.0
Freetype versions:      Linked: 2.11.1  Compiled: 2.11.1

Display Driver:         windows
Mixer Driver:           wasapi

Current behavior:

As the title said, some Vorbis audio files in my game don't load.

I have tested on both Windows and Linux. It works fine on Linux, but not on Windows.

Expected behavior:

The audio files are loaded properly.

Screenshots

No screenshots.

Steps to reproduce:

I uploaded a zip file that contains some Vorbis files. Some of them work and others throw an error. These files play properly with other audio players.

sfx.zip

• hyper-activate.ogg Error
• hyper-end.ogg Error
• charge.ogg
• get-point.ogg

Maybe the emoji in the metadata is preventing pygame-ce from loading?

MediaInfo

General
Complete name                            : hyper-activate.ogg
Format                                   : Ogg
File size                                : 45.2 KiB
Duration                                 : 2 s 530 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 146 kb/s

Audio
ID                                       : 41561166 (0x27A2C4E)
Format                                   : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor                   : 1
Duration                                 : 2 s 530 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 192 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 59.3 KiB
Writing library                          : libVorbis (⛄⛄⛄⛄) (20150105 (⛄⛄⛄⛄))

General
Complete name                            : hyper-end.ogg
Format                                   : Ogg
File size                                : 13.8 KiB
Duration                                 : 730 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 155 kb/s

Audio
ID                                       : 41645201 (0x27B7491)
Format                                   : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor                   : 1
Duration                                 : 730 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 192 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 17.1 KiB
Writing library                          : libVorbis (⛄⛄⛄⛄) (20150105 (⛄⛄⛄⛄))

General
Complete name                            : charge.ogg
Format                                   : Ogg
File size                                : 76.9 KiB
Duration                                 : 2 s 33 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 310 kb/s
Writing application                      : Lavc59.33.100 libvorbis

Audio
ID                                       : 2365303778 (0x8CFBABE2)
Format                                   : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor                   : 1
Duration                                 : 2 s 33 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 192 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 47.6 KiB (62%) / 47.6 KiB (62%)
Writing library                          : Lavf59.25.100

General
Complete name                            : charge.ogg
Format                                   : Ogg
File size                                : 76.9 KiB
Duration                                 : 2 s 33 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 310 kb/s
Writing application                      : Lavc59.33.100 libvorbis

Audio
ID                                       : 2365303778 (0x8CFBABE2)
Format                                   : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor                   : 1
Duration                                 : 2 s 33 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 192 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 47.6 KiB (62%) / 47.6 KiB (62%)
Writing library                          : Lavf59.25.100

Test code

import pygame
pygame.init()
pygame.mixer.Sound('/path/to/these/audio/files.ogg')

Stack trace/error output/other error logs

paste other relevant logs or stack traces here, if applicable

[ankith26]

Hello, thanks for the bug report!

I just tested it on my Ubuntu 24.10 system, and I cannot reproduce the issue locally (on pygame-ce 2.5.3 (SDL 2.30.12, Python 3.12.7)). This issue could either be windows specific, or something specific to your setup

[damusss]

@ankith26 I'm on windows, and this is the result:

pygame-ce 2.5.2 (SDL 2.30.8, Python 3.12.5)
loaded charge correctly
loaded get-point correctly
could not load hyper-activate, Unrecognized audio format
could not load hyper-end, Unrecognized audio format

So it must be a windows specific issue

[TransparentLC]

The audio files can be loaded in pygame-ce 2.4.0, but not in 2.4.1.