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...bflac at all, but libavcodec (ffmpeg). I quickly checked the ffmpeg source, I don't think they parse the seektable at all. The same problem here, it would have to read a lot of data before the length can be figured out. I think a much better way would be: define a new metadata block like "STREAMINFO_EXT", that is of course optional, but if it exists it has to follow directly the STREAMINFO block. libflac could delay calling the STREAMINFO callback exactly one block: If STREAMINFO is not the last block, it will not call the callback, it will read the next block, if it is "STREAMINFO_EXT&q...

Op wo 16 okt 2024 om 16:25 schreef Stefan Oltmanns <stefan-oltmanns at gmx.net>: > > Yes, overwriting the streaminfo total_samples number is a bit of a hack, > but it would only affect those files with more than 2^36 samples that > contains the special seek point, so no difference for the average flac user. > > Not sure how the applications actually read flac files, if they

Op zo 20 okt 2024 om 03:08 schreef Stefan Oltmanns <stefan-oltmanns at gmx.net>: > > I'm not sure what else there could be in "STREAMINFO_EXT" except for > total samples and sample rate, but maybe there is some other use for (at > least partially) backward-compatible flac extensions. > > Adding that to ffmpeg would also be rather simple. > As with any such change, it will take a lot of time to bring all applications...