[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] avcodec/s302m: enable non-PCM decoding

[Kieran Kunhya]

>
> Why is that a problem? This decoder seems like it shouldn't be a
> decoder.
>
> I agree with Andreas that this seems like it's a demuxer pretending to
> be a decoder.
>

The framing is in the PCM layer itself, you have the same issue repeated in
every container that accepts PCM (and Dolby E does exist in those).
FFmpeg only allows one layer of demux so it has to go somewhere. This is a
second layer of demux.

Kieran