[MPlayer-users] invalid VBR header. help, please

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 08:45:02AM +0100, Rainer Hantsch wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> The solution is very simple: Instead of using VBR (variable bitrate) for
> audio, simply use CBR (constant bitrate). -- Then it works.
> 
> The problem is that MP3 - when vompressed with VBR - can only be cutted in
> full MP3 block junks, and they are big.

This is false. Either way you can only cut at full frames, but frames
are tiny, only 1152 samples (about 1/40 of a second).

The problem is just that virtualdub sucks and handles AVI incorrectly.

Rich