[FFmpeg-devel] mpegaudio_parser question

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi Karsten,

I believe that the parsers are seek-unaware, so you're expected to delete
and recreate (or reinit) the parsers after each seek.

Ronald

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Karsten Otto <ottoka at posteo.de> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have a question about mpegaudio_parser. I see that it keeps any packet
> data before a frame header, instead of discarding it. This makes sense,
> because it usually can combine this data with the leftovers from a previous
> packet to complete a frame. But the parser also does this when just
> starting up, i.e. after a seek. I had expected it to discard the preceding
> data in this case. So, is this expected behaviour? Am I using it wrong?
>
> Background: I am trying to add seek capability to libavformat/aadec.
> Unfortunately, when the format contains MP3 content, its frames do *not*
> align with the internal crypto chunk boundaries. So when seeking to a valid
> chunk start, it usually lands in the middle of an MP3 frame. Given the
> behaviour of the mpegaudio_parser, there is always some audible glitch. I
> can work around this by adding my own MP3 header detection, but that would
> not be very DRY. So, what is the proper way of handling this case? Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Karsten
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