[vorbis] Seeking in a saved stream; or, Why isn't that sucker valid?

Monty xiphmont at xiph.org
Mon Feb 11 13:10:48 PST 2002



On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 02:53:07PM -0600, Stephen Commiskey wrote:
> I hope that this is the appropriate venue for this question.  If it's not, let me know and I'll take it elsewhere (perhaps vorbis-dev).
> 
> Saved streams are great - it lets this norteamericano get his fill of BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix.  Unfortunately, saved streams aren't seekable.  Running ogginfo on the stream data gives:
> 
> serial=1626603590
> header_integrity=pass
> vendor=Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011231
> version=0
> channels=2
> rate=44100
> bitrate_upper=none
> bitrate_nominal=128031
> bitrate_lower=none
> stream_integrity=fail
> stream_truncated=true
> header_integrity=fail
                   ^^^^
odd one there.  But if it were true, it couldn't play.

> Reported length varies; Winamp seems to think this is 6653:18 in length, while most tools think it has zero length.

Vorbisfile should be able to seek any file, and this is the lib mearly
all apps actually use.  Mail an example to me (a meg or under please)
and I'll fix it (or identify what the problem really is).

Monty

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