Re: Problem importing certain MP2 files

Markus Meyer <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:21:16 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.mad.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Rob Leslie schrieb:
> This file contains a 256 kbps single-channel Layer II stream.
> According to ISO/IEC 11172-3, "For Layer II, not all combinations of
> total bitrate and mode are allowed." The accompanying table shows that
> for 256 kbps Layer II streams, only stereo, intensity stereo, and dual
> channel modes are allowed.
>
> This might, of course, be unnecessarily strict. I'll consider relaxing
> the restriction if I can determine no other potential adverse effects.
Rob,

thanks for your detailed answer. Is there a special place in the code
where this check is performed, so I could do a quick workaround? We'll
probably release a new unstable Audacity version this weekend and
certain users would be very happy if this problem was gone in the new
version...


Markus