[Scummvm-devel] Idea: IndexedMp3AudioStream

[Willem Jan Palenstijn]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 10:21:12AM +0200, yotam barnoy wrote:
> Hey guys
> 
> I would like to address problems that occur with small devices and
> ripped mp3 CD tracks in those games that have them. There are 2
> problems:
> 
> 1. We immediately get the playback length of every AudioCD
> AudioStream, both in AudioCDManager and in makeLoopingAudioStream. In
> our mp3 files (which are usually VBR) we have to read all the way from
> the start of the file to the end of the file in order to get the
> playback length.

Would using CBR MP3 avoid this?
Do other audio file formats have the same problem?

-Willem Jan