Re: vlc, mplayer unable to play one particular CDDA / wav file

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Chris Bannister wrote, on 22/05/13 22:24:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 06:25:19PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> > Hi, I'm a bit stuck as to how to report a problem with only a
> > particular track on a particular commercial CD failing to play in
> > mplayer or vlc (current versions in unstable) but playing alright in
> > mplayer2.
> >
> > The track can be extracted by cdparanoia and plays fine in vlc and
> > mplayer when saved as a .flac file, but fails in vlc and mplayer
> > when saved as a wav file.
>
> Could you explain what you mean when you say "saved" as a .flac file.
> What is the command?
>
> > Can anyone suggest a way to narrow down the problem so that a proper
> > bug report can be submitted?
>
> You could show commands and output.
> If it is only one track, it seems very strange that it plays in one
> player but not another player.
>
> First though, don't bother filing a bug report
> if you have any dmo packages involved. :(

By "saved as a .flac file" I mean ripping the track with CD paranoia

I'll file a report against vlc.

Arthur.