[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 19/28] changed: check some more url_fseeks in asf demuxer to avoid problems if file system is unseekable

[Baptiste Coudurier]

On 06/30/2010 10:45 AM, Joakim Plate wrote:
> Reimar D?ffinger<Reimar.Doeffinger<at>  gmx.de>  writes:
>
>>
>> Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 19/28] changed: check some more
>>          url_fseeks in
>>          asf demuxer to avoid problems if file system is unseekable
>>
>> While probably a good idea in principle, this is the wrong solution
>> for the problem in the subject: is_streamed should be set correctly
>> instead.
>>
>
> [...]
>
> Or the file may have been cut in half for some odd reason, so the point
> you seek to is not available.

That will not cause seek to fail:
        The lseek() function allows the file offset to be set beyond the 
end of the file (but this does not change the size of the file).

The file protocol use lseek. Basically, when dealing with files, seek 
never fail.

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