[vlc-commits] [Git][videolan/vlc][master] demux: aiff: do not try to read a file if seeking is not possible

[Steve Lhomme (@robUx4)]

Steve Lhomme pushed to branch master at VideoLAN / VLC


Commits:
85d72b30 by Steve Lhomme at 2026-08-14T13:55:17+00:00
demux: aiff: do not try to read a file if seeking is not possible

The AIFF parser parses the file until the end (skipping the chunks data) and
then seeks to the beginning of the SSND chunk. If seeking is not possible we
can't do that.

- - - - -


1 changed file:

- modules/demux/aiff.c


Changes:

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modules/demux/aiff.c
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@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ static int Open( vlc_object_t *p_this )
     demux_t     *p_demux = (demux_t*)p_this;
     demux_sys_t *p_sys;
 
+    bool b_canseek = false;
+    vlc_stream_Control( p_demux->s, STREAM_CAN_SEEK, &b_canseek );
+    if (!b_canseek)
+    {
+        msg_Err( p_demux, "AIFF parsing requires seeking" );
+        return VLC_EGENERIC;
+    }
+
     const uint8_t *p_peek;
 
     if( vlc_stream_Peek( p_demux->s, &p_peek, 12 ) < 12 )



View it on GitLab: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/85d72b307397f56de8b9209b5cca7ec9c6a63463

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