diff --git a/core/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_test.go b/core/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_test.go
index 79c46176b..9b0c7f6d4 100644
--- a/core/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_test.go
+++ b/core/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_test.go
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ffmpeg", func() {
 				Expect(readTotalSamples(out)).To(Equal(uint64(2 * 44100)))
 			})
 
-			It("inserts a Xing frame on a piped mp3 transcode", func() {
+			It("inserts an Info frame on a piped mp3 transcode", func() {
 				stream, err := ff.Transcode(GinkgoT().Context(), TranscodeOptions{
 					Command:  "ffmpeg -i %s -map 0:a:0 -v 0 -b:a 128k -f mp3 -",
 					Format:   "mp3",
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ffmpeg", func() {
 
 				out, err := io.ReadAll(stream)
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-				at := bytes.Index(out, []byte("Xing"))
+				at := bytes.Index(out, []byte("Info"))
 				Expect(at).To(BeNumerically(">", 0))
 				Expect(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(out[at+8:])).To(Equal(uint32(38)))
 			})
diff --git a/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing.go b/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing.go
index fd2c8524b..dcfb08790 100644
--- a/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing.go
+++ b/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const (
 	mp3MaxPrefix = 64 << 10 // ffmpeg cannot write an attached picture to a pipe, so the tag stays small
 )
 
-// mp3Prefix returns the head of the stream with a Xing frame inserted before the first
+// mp3Prefix returns the head of the stream with an Info frame inserted before the first
 // audio frame, which ffmpeg omits on a pipe since it only knows the frame count once it
 // can rewind. It returns the head unchanged when it cannot make sense of what ffmpeg wrote.
 func (h *headerPatcher) mp3Prefix(buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func isXingFrame(frame []byte, tagOffset int) bool {
 	return tag == "Xing" || tag == "Info"
 }
 
-// xingFrame builds a silent frame declaring how many frames follow it. It reuses the
+// xingFrame builds a silent Info frame declaring how many frames follow it. It reuses the
 // first frame's header, minus its CRC, so the two describe the same stream.
 func xingFrame(first []byte, f mp3Frame, duration float32) ([]byte, bool) {
 	frames := math.Round(float64(duration) * float64(f.sampleRate) / float64(f.samples))
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func xingFrame(first []byte, f mp3Frame, duration float32) ([]byte, bool) {
 	copy(frame, first[:mp3HeaderLen])
 	frame[1] |= 0x01 // no CRC, so the tag follows the side info directly
 	at := mp3HeaderLen + f.sideInfo
-	copy(frame[at:], "Xing")
+	copy(frame[at:], "Info")                    // a Xing tag without a seek table marks the stream unseekable to some decoders
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(frame[at+4:], 1) // only the frame count is present
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(frame[at+8:], uint32(frames))
 	return frame, true
diff --git a/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing_test.go b/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing_test.go
index 2a66454c8..a5fca40b8 100644
--- a/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing_test.go
+++ b/core/ffmpeg/mp3_xing_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var _ = Describe("patchMP3Duration", func() {
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(pipedMP3[fixtureID3Len : fixtureID3Len+2]).To(Equal([]byte{0xFF, 0xFB}))
 		Expect(bytes.Contains(pipedMP3[:4096], []byte("Xing"))).To(BeFalse())
+		Expect(bytes.Contains(pipedMP3[:4096], []byte("Info"))).To(BeFalse())
 	})
 
 	readAll := func(in []byte, duration float32) []byte {
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ var _ = Describe("patchMP3Duration", func() {
 		return string(b[at : at+4]), binary.BigEndian.Uint32(b[at+8:])
 	}
 
-	It("inserts a Xing frame declaring the duration in frames", func() {
+	It("inserts an Info frame declaring the duration in frames", func() {
 		out := readAll(pipedMP3, 1.0)
 
 		tag, frames := readXing(out, fixtureID3Len, stereoTagOffset)
-		Expect(tag).To(Equal("Xing"))
+		Expect(tag).To(Equal("Info"))
 		Expect(frames).To(Equal(uint32(38)), "1s at 44100Hz is 38 frames of 1152 samples")
 		flags := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(out[fixtureID3Len+stereoTagOffset+4:])
 		Expect(flags).To(Equal(uint32(1)), "only the frame count is present")
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ var _ = Describe("patchMP3Duration", func() {
 		out := readAll(in, 1.0)
 
 		tag, frames := readXing(out, 0, monoTagOffset)
-		Expect(tag).To(Equal("Xing"))
+		Expect(tag).To(Equal("Info"))
 		Expect(frames).To(Equal(uint32(38)))
 	})
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ var _ = Describe("patchMP3Duration", func() {
 		out := readAll(in, 1.0)
 
 		tag, _ := readXing(out, 0, stereoTagOffset)
-		Expect(tag).To(Equal("Xing"))
+		Expect(tag).To(Equal("Info"))
 		Expect(out[fixtureFrameLen:]).To(Equal(in))
 	})