Somewhat confirmed. `file' detects some of them. This is an issue in the pattern for mp3s in shared-mime-info, but not all of them would be detectable. Tried it with my independent mime utility which goes with the content patterns. With file: [5:20:41] adys@azura ~/tmp % file * 02_Fog: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 320 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Above_The_Clouds: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Above_the_Clouds_(Remix): MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Animal_Kingdom_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight: data Chaikovsky_like_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 112 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Club_Mix_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 112 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Cougar_boulevard: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Deep_Blue: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo DownMix_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 112 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Ensemble_Pro_Brass_-_Can_you_feel_the_love_tonight: data Gleb_Moiseev_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo GTA San Andreas: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 192 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Instrumental_Elton_John_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Instrumental_Symphonic_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 112 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo In the dark: data Lights: data MartinWolf_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonigh: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo NATURE: data Nu_Love_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: data Pattern 31: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 160 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Pine_Pipe_Instrumental_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 112 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Pride Lands: data skybowl_-_Lunar_a_Code_III__Variation_1: data Skybowl - This Land (demo): data Skybowl - Upendi: data Skybowl - We are one: data something: data Star_Academy_3_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight: data Sunnyday: data Timon_&_Pumbaa_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v2, 56 kbps, 22.05 kHz, JntStereo Toon_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Track 4: data var2: data var3: data Weekend_Drive: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo William_Hung_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 224 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo Пурикусвадосия-2: data With my utility: [5:20:43] adys@azura ~/tmp % mime * Above_the_Clouds_(Remix) application/octet-stream Timon_&_Pumbaa_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Sunnyday application/octet-stream Star_Academy_3_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Lights application/octet-stream Deep_Blue application/octet-stream Animal_Kingdom_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream skybowl_-_Lunar_a_Code_III__Variation_1 application/octet-stream Track 4 application/octet-stream Pride Lands application/octet-stream MartinWolf_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonigh application/octet-stream Club_Mix_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Gleb_Moiseev_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream William_Hung_-_Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Weekend_Drive application/octet-stream Instrumental_Symphonic_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream something application/octet-stream Above_The_Clouds application/octet-stream GTA San Andreas application/octet-stream Cougar_boulevard application/octet-stream Nu_Love_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Skybowl - Upendi application/octet-stream Ensemble_Pro_Brass_-_Can_you_feel_the_love_tonight application/octet-stream NATURE application/octet-stream Пурикусвадосия-2 application/octet-stream DownMix_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream 02_Fog application/octet-stream var3 application/octet-stream Pine_Pipe_Instrumental_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream var2 application/octet-stream In the dark application/octet-stream Skybowl - This Land (demo) application/octet-stream Skybowl - We are one application/octet-stream Toon_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Chaikovsky_like_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream Pattern 31 application/octet-stream Instrumental_Elton_John_ver_-_Can_You_Feel_The_Love_Tonight application/octet-stream