[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] WAV file length (writing to stdout)

[Cyril B.]

Axel Holzinger wrote:
> 
> I think Nero AAC encoder is an application that is not considering that a
> given file might still be recorded at the moment it is passed to Nero AAC
> encoder.
> 
> [...]
> 
> To make a long story short: Fix it in the first play! That means it is not
> a good idea to fix a Nero AAC encoder problem in ffmpeg.
> 
> Just my 0.02?
> Axel
> 

You may be right, I'm not qualified enough to say which approach is correct.

Nevertheless, Nero AAC encoder has this option:

-ignorelength : Ignores length signaled by WAV headers of input file.
                Useful for certain frontends using stdin.

Even with this option, the file length must be >= 36.

-- 
Cyril B.