[FFmpeg-devel] Behaviour of liba52 decoder

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 08:36:50AM +0100, Thorsten Jordan wrote:
> M?ns Rullg?rd schrieb:
> > Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> writes:
> > 
> >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:57:33PM +0100, Thorsten Jordan wrote:
> >>> Michael Niedermayer schrieb:
> >>>> Hi
> >>>>
> >>>>> any comments?
> >>>> a52_decode_frame() looks buggy yes ...
> >>>> i suggest you rewrite it ...
> >>>>
> >>>> it should roughly look like
> >>>>
> >>>> read header
> >>>> for(all 6 block)
> >>>>     decode block
> >>> this would be ok if one could demand that full frames are given always.
> >> All lavc decoders are entitled to assume this.
> > 
> > I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the fact that we now have a native
> > AC3 decoder, so there is no longer any need for the liba52 wrapper.
> > Is there some reason I'm missing why it's still there?
> 
> is the native decoder "ready" now, that means as feature-complete as
> liba52 and reliable as well? I don't want to offend anyone with these
> questions, but i used liba52 for 3 years now and it has proven to be
> reliable.

To find out we need to ensure that it receives more widespread testing
:)

Diego