[MPlayer-users] Annoying new message from CVS mplayer

[Sascha Sommer]

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Earlier this morning, I noticed for the first time a message in mplayer 
> output which hadn't been there before; it appears to occur numerous 
> times (dozens/hundreds) over the course of playing any video in which it 
> occurs at all.
> 
> L3: BigValues too large, doesn't make sense 416 384
> 
> The numbers given are the most common, but do vary.
> 
> I've tried a few different files, and have received this message only in 
> comparatively high-quality AVIs; it does not appear to occur in .mpg 
> files or low-quality AVIs, and I have yet to try any others.
> 
> I've tracked this down to mp3lib/layer3.c, where the message is printed 
> in two different locations, both delimited by #ifdef L3_DEBUG #endif. 
> Commenting out both of those blocks removes the message, without 
> breaking the compile or appearing to affect functionality.
> 
> Near the beginning of the file, there are these three lines:
> 
> #if 0
> #define L3_DEBUG 1
> #endif
> 
> Commenting out this block breaks the compile.
> 
> I have been assured that, as seems intuitive, #if 0 will always be 
> false; however, this does not seem consistent with this case, as if it 
> were false then removing the block by commenting it out should not 
> change anything.
> 

The same message appears again a few lines later. The #ifdefs were
commented out there. I reenabled them now.

Sascha