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Subject: Re: VBR Mp3s created by the recorder

Re: VBR Mp3s created by the recorder

From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:10:56 +0100

Henry Mitchell wrote:
> I guess this has been a problem for a while? Anyway, how do you fix it
> with Rockbox? I have an FMR with 2.1 flashed. Is it a plugin of some
> sort that I don't see?

When recording, Rockbox is unable to update the Xing header with the
seek point table (the TOC). Therefore it generates a Xing header
containing the length, size etc, but without a TOC. The TOC can be added
using the "Update VBR file" in the ON+Play menu, or with a PC tool, for
example VBRFix.

> I tried VBRFix which did fix the FF/RW seek problems, but the file seems
> to stop playing at random points very frequently now. If I pause/play,
> it resumes, but it's annoying. Also, the VBRFix'd file only works on
> Rockbox, the seek issue is even worse when I play the file on my PC's
> player (QCD).

This is news to me. Can you provide some files for analysis?

> Is the creation of a bad VBR file a bug in Rockbox or beyond its
> controls (i.e., hardware related)? It would certainly be easier to not
> have to fix the file in the first place. If I can understand why the
> file is messed up, maybe that would help.

See above.

Linus

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