GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 383478
Need ac3 parser to support seeking in unframed .ac3 files
Last modified: 2009-12-08 15:33:03 UTC
# totem bjorn_lynne-secret_world_\(surround_version\).ac3 does not allow to seek within the file. File is obtained from # wget http://downloads.lightspeed.cx/lynne/bjorn_lynne-secret_world_\(surround_version\).ac3 Competitors: mplayer, xine, vlc: seeking is ok. [It should be surround version, but totem claims its 2 ch.]
*** Bug 549031 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I can also confirm this problem. I am not able to seek in an .ac3 file from applications that use gstreamer, like totem or rhythmbox. HOWEVER, I think the REAL problem here is that those players don't even REPORT the lenght of the file and therefore no seeking is possible..?
> HOWEVER, I think the REAL problem here is that those players don't even REPORT > the length of the file and therefore no seeking is possible..? It wouldn't work if they tried. We need a parser for this, which would both report the length and allow seeking.
Is there none available yet?
*** Bug 583907 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
If someone want to write one: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000209.shtml See links at the bottom.
AC-3 parser is now available starting from following commit (and a few thereafter): commit eccffea36909702c66eaed2e5bf5abfe24c33e2d Author: Mark Nauwelaerts <mark.nauwelaerts@collabora.co.uk> Date: Fri Nov 27 17:59:03 2009 +0100 ac3parse: initial version MARGINAL rank for now; might take some time for some (useful) framed=true/false to appear here and there.