[vorbis] ogginfo speed

[Michael Smith]

At 06:55 AM 3/12/02 +0100, you wrote:
>> ogginfo decodes the whole file to test stream integrity.
>
>It doesn't decode it.
>
>It reads all of the stream to check for stream integrity, to calculate
>length and average bitrate, and to detect chained streams.

Except it's really buggy. 
Don't use ogginfo in any sort of program or script - using it 'manually'
is fine since humans can generally cope with the bugs.

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>> Any objections to a quick add of a -s/--short info mode as a flag so
>> it scans headers only? (probably what mp3stat essentially does)
>
>Yes, I object.  All the info you want is available already from other
>tools (i.e., vorbiscomment and file).

Agreed here - people using ogginfo for anything except what it already
does are probably just misunderstanding what the program is intended for.

Michael

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