Add foreign metadata handling of some malformed chunks
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Description
See https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,125651.0.html
Two issues here:
- Protools creates files with padding at the end of the fmt chunk
- Some tools create files containing chunks with an odd number of bytes
Handling of these files with --keep-foreign-metadata is currently limited or absent.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the code path handling --keep-foreign-metadata and read how fmt and other chunks are parsed. Use the linked discussion to understand the Protools padding and odd-byte cases; done means both malformed chunk forms are handled while preserving foreign metadata.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100