macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mp3vallocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mp3valMacPorts ports tree · audio/mp3val/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install mp3val with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix
Program for MPEG audio stream validation. Version 0.1.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mp3valAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mp3val · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mp3valDebian stable package indexes · mp3val · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mp3valnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mp/mp3val/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Program for MPEG audio stream validation
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mp3val
history
Project history and usage
MP3val is a free MPEG audio validation and repair program by Alexey Kuznetsov and Eugen Tikhonov. The project documentation presents it as a small, high-speed checker primarily designed for MPEG-1 Layer III files, with support for other MPEG versions and layers plus common metadata blocks such as ID3v1, ID3v2, and APEv2.
Project history
Its niche is integrity checking rather than audio decoding. MP3 decoders often tolerate stream damage and hide errors from users, so MP3val checks whether a file can be split into MPEG frames, reports suspicious conditions, and can rebuild files for many fixable problems. The command-line interface supports ordinary validation, log output, recursive or wildcard-driven batch work depending on shell support, stdin pipe mode for frontends, and a repair flag that creates backup files unless told otherwise.
How it is used
MP3val has survived in package managers because it solves a very specific archival problem: finding truncated, incompletely downloaded, or structurally damaged MP3 files in large music libraries without transcoding them.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:audio,stream
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mp3val | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.1.8
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://mp3val.sourceforge.net/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mp3val.sourceforge.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mp3val |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp3val |
| Homepage | https://mp3val.sourceforge.net/ |
| Repository | https://sourceforge.net/p/mp3val/subversion/HEAD/tree |
| Upstream docs | https://mp3val.sourceforge.net/docs/manual.html |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mp3val/mp3val/mp3val%200.1.8/mp3val-0.1.8-src.tar.gz |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mp3val |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
mp3val 0.1.8-5+b1
program for MPEG audio stream validation
http://mp3val.sourceforge.net/
sudo apt install mp3val- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mp3val
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3val
Nix95%
mp3val
nix profile install nixpkgs#mp3val- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3val
Ubuntu apt95%
mp3val 0.1.8-5
program for MPEG audio stream validation
http://mp3val.sourceforge.net/
sudo apt install mp3val- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3val
apk95%
mp3val 0.1.8-r1
Tool for MPEG Audio File (MP3, etc) validation and fixing
https://mp3val.sourceforge.net/
sudo apk add mp3val- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mp3val
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3val
MacPorts95%
mp3val
sudo port install mp3val- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3val
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment