[Vorbis] A faster ogginfo

[Monty]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 08:44:31PM +1000, Paul L Daniels wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> > Programs like gqmpeg shouldn't be using ogginfo if what they're trying
> > to do is extract tags. It's not meant to be used for that purpose.
> 
> 	That's what I was thinking - when I look at my top list I see ogginfo being invoked a lot and on the server I see nfsd
> being pounded.  Guess it's a bad case of using a tool for the wrong job.
> 
> > should be using libvorbisfile directly rather than executing an
> > application to do it.
> 
> 	Fortunately I've found that zinf (player) has a far more 'sane' system and retrieves the data near-instantly, so I've
> somewhat negated my need to make this program now.
> 
> I sincerely appreciate your time in responding.


First thought would be heading the file and sending the first N k to
ogginfo or vorbose as a stream of data rather than a seekable file.


Monty