[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 152688] - [mad/typefind] doesn't support completely broken mp3 files

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http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152688
GStreamer | gst-plugins | Ver: 0.8.5





------- Additional Comments From rbultje at ronald.bitfreak.net  2004-10-02 09:39 -------
No, not necessarily "right". I'm basically throwing bugs together because they
do the same thing, and I'm trying to give you an idea why we fail. I'm not
saying that it's right to fail, however. Our goal is not to make a media engine
that checks all files for standard compliance and only play those that work. We
want to play any file out there.

However, it will take some effort before all those "broken" files play. I
thought about this problem yesterday, and came up with the following ideas:
* instead of searching for valid mp3 frames after the id3 header, search in the
middle of the stream.
* search for valid mp3 frames at random points in the stream (2-3 positions,
e.g. start, halfway, end)
* ...

But like I said, this will not be fixed right away...

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