[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Fix DTS in WAV file playback.

[Benjamin Zores]

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:30:21 +0000
M?ns Rullg?rd <mru at inprovide.com> wrote:

> The reason they are made this way is so they can be burned to an audio
> CD using regular software, and played back using DTS-aware hifi gear.
> Most burning programs are stupid, and will refuse to burn a file if
> they believe it contains anything but PCM audio, or will attempt to
> decode it before burning.  This is just an explanation, not an excuse.

thanks for the clarification.
 
> > So the patch checks for begining of bytestream to match some DTS
> > known-bytestream.
> 
> That will do the right thing with some files, but not all.  Often
> there is some other junk before the first DTS frame.

Yes, of course it's not the perfect way and not _ALL_ files will be playable
(i do have some that aren't) this way but if at least most of them can then it's usefull imho.

Ben

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