[MPlayer-dev-eng] mencoder -oac copy does not work all the times.

[Giacomo Comes]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:15:07PM +0100, Moritz Bunkus wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > --- libmpdemux/ms_hdr.h.ori	2005-01-17 11:49:41.000000000 -0400
> > +++ libmpdemux/ms_hdr.h	2005-01-17 11:50:37.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >  #ifndef _WAVEFORMATEX_
> >  #define _WAVEFORMATEX_
> >  typedef struct __attribute__((__packed__)) _WAVEFORMATEX {
> > -  unsigned short  wFormatTag;
> > +  unsigned int    wFormatTag;
> >    unsigned short  nChannels;
> >    unsigned int    nSamplesPerSec;
> >    unsigned int    nAvgBytesPerSec;
> 
> rofl. This will make those files unplayable with anything else than
> mplayer/mencoder. The WAVEFORMATEX structure has a fixed format that you
> cannot change.

Hey, I'm not an MPlayer developer. I wrote to the list to receive comments.

Do you have more contructive suggestions about the problem 
with LPCM audio?
I have another solution in mind, but I'm waiting for more comments
from other people.
What would be an appopriate solution?

Giacomo