[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Probe for mp3 files and streams

[Måns Rullgård]

Michael Niedermayer said:
> Hi
>
> On Wednesday 27 July 2005 10:14, Raymond Biggs wrote:
>> Hey All,
>>
>> Just a small patch to add a probe for mp3 files and streams. Useful when
>> given a url to a SHOUTcast stream (often without .mp3 extension). The
>> algorithm doesn't detect free format mp3 but should work for all others.
>
> rejected, this almost duplicates decode_header() from mpegaudiodec.c
> printfs() also need to be replaced with av_log()
> not to mention that probe _must_ detect all files not just some, false
> positives are one thing false negatives are just not acceptable

In addition to that, shoutcast streams are not quite mp3.  They have some
junk inserted at some intervals.

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