[vlc-devel] GSoC patch mpg123 question

William Hahne will07c5 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 16:16:13 CEST 2010


I figured out the problem, the mpeg_audio codec was sticking the first
8 bytes of the next frame after each frame and apparently mpg123
*really* doesn't like that. Anyway after I sort out a few minor issues
I should have the patch ready. Thanks for all your help.

William Hahne (IRC: Will07c5)

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:53 PM, William Hahne <will07c5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, I'm back to working on the mpg123 plugin, I had to stop for
> several days due to an overload of homework. The plugin loads
> perfectly now but my problem now lies with libmpg123 which does not
> seem happy with the data it is getting since it gives out a bunch of
> errors.
>
> [layer3.c:454] error: big_values too large!
> [layer3.c:479] error: Blocktype == 0 and window-switching == 1 not allowed.
> [layer3.c:1928] error: bad frame - unable to get valid sideinfo
> Note: Illegal Audio-MPEG-Header 0x140007ff at offset 0xd0.
> [many more similar errors after this]
>
> I'm guessing that mpg123 is probably more finicky and doesn't like
> what the mpeg_audio codec does to the mp3 data, but I'm just
> speculating since I haven't had enough time to understand exactly what
> mpeg_audio.c does. I'm thinking that if it turns out that I need to
> modify mpeg_audio.c to get mpg123 working, it might be better just to
> make a separate codec for mpg123.
>
> William Hahne (IRC: Will07c5)
>



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