Re: [pygame] pygame hangs with some mp3 files and hangs the hole prozess

["Stefan Huchler" <s.huchler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

k then i cant use pygame for preview, i will be using it for the songs
at the moment but when i find something plattform-independent which
uses a better codec i will be choose it, i have no influence in what
the users make for mp3-files and stuff they should use the many files
which are in p2p-networks for ultrastar or use mp3s which made with
windoof tools by them self, again i had no problem if smeg or pygame
do not play all files but that a bad mp3-file crash the prozess
without try catch or other ways to prevent this is really bad.

i will try next week searching few files which does not work either,
and show if there all have vbr or stuff, then i can check that before
i play the file.

i send my results in this mailinglist then.


greetings

Stefan

On 11/3/07, Pete Shinners <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
> > Pygame uses smpeg for mp3s. smpeg hasn't changed in SVN for at least a
> > year, so any recently installed version should be up-to-date.
>
> The SMPEG library is a fairly simple mpeg decoder. It will not do a good
> job with MP3 files that are VBR or have an ID3V2 tag. If you have an mp3
> that isn't playing well, try to run it through a quality encoder and set
> it to basic encoding options. Even better would be convert the MP3 into
> an OGG. Smaller file and better compatibility.
>
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