[mythtv] Crash in mythmusic

DanM dan at milkcarton.com
Tue Dec 2 13:56:46 EST 2003


Joseph, this has actually been around for a long time.  No one 
(including myself) has gotten around to fixing it. . .  The problem 
isn't just with the vorbis on, I've also experienced it with LAME.

-dan

Joseph A. Caputo wrote:

> Just noticed this, running CVS as of 11/04 (time to update, I guess).  
> Mythfrontend crashes when ripping a CD in mythmusic if the destination 
> directory isn't writeable.  Looks like the Encoder class (and 
> descendants) don't handle the case where the file can't be opened for 
> writing, which should result in a NULL value for FILE * out (other than 
> printing an error message).  Don't know if it's only the Vorbis encoder 
> that has a problem with this, as the file pointer is simply passed in 
> to the libvorbis/libmad/libflac routines.  Probably should be aborting 
> the rip gracefully instead.
> 
> If I have time I'll look into a fix, but I just wanted to 'put it out 
> there' in case anyone else wants to take a crack at it.  I realize the 
> whole CD ripping thing is slated for an overhaul soon, what with all of 
> the mfd and MediaHandler stuff going in, but I figured I'd mention this 
> anyway.
> 
> -JAC
> 
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