Re: [Mjpeg-users] RE: Mjpeg-users digest, Vol 1 #1241 - 11 msgs

[Ronald B. <rb...@ro...>]

Hi Bernhard,

On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 07:51, Bernhard Praschinger wrote:
> Some players (xine for example) in Linux have problems showing the
> correct length of the stream when you use a VBR stream. The time they
> show is something like: filesize / max bitrate. 

Actually, filesize / muxrate. There is no such thing as 'length' in the
mpeg header (it's streamable), so you just guess. If you open a VBR MPEG
in WMP for the first time, you'll see this too. The second time, the
length will be cached and shown correctly (in WMP, not sure for Xine).

ROnald

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Ronald Bultje <rb...@ro...>
Linux Video/Multimedia developer