[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Keep user from encoding multichannel alac

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Hi!

Encoding succeeds, but the file cannot be read by FFmpeg and QuickTime.

I will apply if nobody objects, Carl Eugen
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diff --git a/libavcodec/alacenc.c b/libavcodec/alacenc.c
index c3a1fdf..bb618e1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/alacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/alacenc.c
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ static av_cold int alac_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if(avctx->channels > 2) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "channels > 2 not supported\n");
+        return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
+    }
+
     // Set default compression level
     if(avctx->compression_level == FF_COMPRESSION_DEFAULT)
         s->compression_level = 2;