Sf::Music - Supported file format but file is malformed.

[Moonkis]

I'v googled the problem before making a new thread but I'v failed to see any solutions to my problem. I downloaded the LATEST ( as time of writing ) SFML 2.0 from Github and compiled it fresh ( static ), I'v added the x86 versions of openAL and libsnd that was inside of the SFML-master, included the include that's inside master and of course linked to the freshly compiled libs as well.

I'm still getting the error though and I really don't know what to do. I'm on Windows 7 ( 64 bit ).

I'm sorry if this has been asked a couple hundred of times!

Kind regards,
Moonkis.

EDIT:

#include <SFML\Audio.hpp>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        sf::Music m;
        m.openFromFile("s.ogg");
        return 0;
}
 

[Laurent]

Supported file format but file is malformed

Is this the error message that you get in the console?
Where did you get your ogg file? Did you try to re-encode it?

[Moonkis]

Yes I did get that in the console window. I was using an .ogg file I converted with ffmpeg ( from .mp3 -> .ogg ), VLC can play it just fine but somehow it just fails.

I tried using one from this site:
http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Free_Sound_Effects#Sound_Effect_Downloads

and that worked. Obviously there is something wrong with the ffmpeg conversion process that VLC can ignore but SFML can't? Do you have any idea why?


A tid off topic but to avoid future, do you perhaps know a better conversion program? And is .mp3 support considered as a future update ( saw a topic about it from 2010. ).

[Laurent]

Obviously there is something wrong with the ffmpeg conversion process that VLC can ignore but SFML can't? Do you have any idea why?

No, I'm using libsndfile for audio loading, I don't do it directly.

A tid off topic but to avoid future, do you perhaps know a better conversion program?

No.

And is .mp3 support considered as a future update

No, mp3 will never be supported since it's not royalty-free.

[Moonkis]

No, I'm using libsndfile for audio loading, I don't do it directly.

Oh, yeah, no I guess VLC doesn't? Well, thanks for the answers and sorry for the false alarm