[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]lavf/cafdec: Do not fail hard for files ending with junk

Carl Eugen Hoyos ceffmpeg at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 12:33:48 EET 2019


2019-01-22 11:28 GMT+01:00, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
> On 1/22/19, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/22/19, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2019-01-15 13:17 GMT+01:00, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
>>>> On 1/15/19, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 2019-01-15 12:53 GMT+01:00, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> On 1/15/19, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 2019-01-15 10:23 GMT+01:00, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> On 1/15/19, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A user provided a real-life caf file ending with junk after the
>>>>>>>>> data
>>>>>>>>> chunk, QuickTime reads such files.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please comment, Carl Eugen
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NACK, there is data after junk bytes, which would get simply
>>>>>>>> discarded with your patch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please elaborate: I don't think any data gets discarded because
>>>>>>> of this patch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I told you already, hex edit size of data chunk to very big number and
>>>>>> play file again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course.
>>>>>
>>>>> But how does this change the output compared to my patch?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It does change, full length of audio is:
>>>>
>>>> MD5=5128bc2cd0e7b0560f15dd4c0546d1a0rate=   0.0kbits/s speed= 777x
>>>> size=       0kB time=00:09:18.16 bitrate=   0.0kbits/s speed= 769x
>>>
>>> Sorry for the delay:
>>> QuickTime Player only plays the file for ~6:20.
>>> Playing the file longer would be an issue since atoms after the
>>> data atom are allowed.
>>> And most important: This is unrelated, my patch is about playing
>>> a file that is supposed to be played but currently doesn't work.
>>> If there is something else to be improved, it should be a separate
>>> patch.
>>>
>>> Please comment, Carl Eugen
>>
>> You can not claim it fixes playback.

It does here: The file does not play without my patch, it plays
(for the right duration) with my patch.

> Also you can not claim there is junk. There is real sound there.

So you want me to change the commit message, is that
correct?

Carl Eugen


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