[mad-dev] problem with the seeking

[Rob Leslie]

On Jun 3, 2007, at 7:41 AM, www.bigcab at free.fr wrote:
> here I've got a VBR (variable bitrate file ) so I can't seek the  
> right frame
> It's not as if I had a Pcm file
>
> can someone help me?

Your choices are:

1. Use the Xing tag header (if it exists) to interpolate an  
approximate seek position.

2. Scan frames from the beginning of the file until you reach your  
seek position.

-- 
Rob Leslie
rob at mars.org