[MPlayer-users] VBR mp3 audio in .avi - how to check

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > mplayer -v -v file.avi should dump the index, if XXwb sizes are equal it's cbr
> 
> you mean "len"? 
yes

> If len changes are very small, or not happen often, is it still VBR?
> For example, 
> [40 lines of len X]
> [one line of len X+(small value)]
> [40 lines of len X]
> etc

if small value <=4 then it's cbr
that small value thing is the crc checksum (+2 byte) or padding byte

> Could mplayer detect if audio is encoded using VBR and print avg
> bitrate?
no


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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