Re: [MP3 ENCODER] CRC problems

[Shawn Riley]

Robert wrote-
>> Now mpg123 works with protected VBR files.

Mark wrote-
>This is probabaly the right thing to do, but:
>
>Now, the Xing VBR header is actually a corrupt mp3 frame.  Before this
fix, the Xing header was a valid mp3frame which would decode to silence.  
>
>So mpg123 now works, but there might be another decoder, which is not VBR
aware (like mpg123) but does actually check the CRC (unlike mpg123).  This
decoder may now choke  on the mp3 file because the first frame is corrupt?

Could a checksum be embedded in the header to produce a valid MPEG frame?
Would VBR-aware decoders choke on that?

Shawn
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