[vlc-devel] fixing a bug: preferred audio language select for .ogg

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

   Hello,

On Wednesday 15 September 2010, Karl Ostmo wrote:
> The problem is that unlike with .mkv files, with .ogm files the
> es->fmt.psz_language variable is not set by the time that EsOutAdd()
> is called.  In fact, currently the variable is never set for Vorbis
> audio streams.  Ideally, the variable would be set in
> Ogg_ReadVorbisHeader() of ogg.c.  However, it looks like the header
> data is not fully extracted until up to 3 packets have been read in
> Ogg_DecodePacket().

In other words, OGG is a retarded format that you do NOT want to use for your 
media files.

> At that point the function Ogg_ExtractMeta() is called, which itself
> makes a call to vorbis_ParseComment() where the stream's language
> attribute could be extracted.  Unfortunately, this finally happens
> well after Ogg_BeginningOfStream() had been called (which is where
> EsOutAdd() happens).
> 
> I was wondering if someone familiar with this code could give me some
> pointers or suggestions about how to proceed.  Would there be a way to
> "read ahead" a few packets
> from within Ogg_ReadVorbisHeader() so that the header info can be
> fully populated and parsed?

I say blame it on OGG's brain damage and mark the bug wontfix.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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