Re: [MP3 ENCODER] 417 byte header offset, why?

2002-06-10 Thread Gabriel Bouvigne
Inspecting the files with a Hex editor and File Info function in Winamp, I discovered that if Lame generates no ID3 tag, or a v1.1 tag only, it pads the first 417 bytes of the file with zeros. This is the space reserved to write the info/vbr tag. This tag should be written after encoding is

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] 417 byte header offset, why?

2002-06-10 Thread Chris Holt
- Original Message - From: Gabriel Bouvigne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:45 AM Subject: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] 417 byte header offset, why? Inspecting the files with a Hex editor and File Info function in Winamp, I discovered that if Lame

[MP3 ENCODER] 417 byte header offset, why?

2002-06-09 Thread Chris Holt
I've been experimenting with several MP3 CD players, and I found that the Sony did not like files created with the latest versions of LAME (3.91, 3.92) unless ID3 v2 tags were created. This struck me as odd because the Sony does not use v2 tags and only reads the 1.1 tags. Inspecting the files