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

[Axel Holzinger]

Cyril B. writes:
> 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.

:-) Then nero AAC encoder obviously is buggy, if it doesn't ignore the
length, even if it's told to do so :-)

Axel