> > Even FhG does not fully comply to the standard. In one of their
> > encoders, there is an option for never using padding, always using it,
> > or complying to the standard.
>
> Does that break conforming players ?
A conforming player _must_ be able to decode such a stream. But a fixed
bitrate stream at, say, 192 kbps should be _exactly_ 128kbps. The bitstream
gets out of sync with the audio stream --> not good. It is only a problem
with live feeds.
Ciao,
Segher
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