protect the size=seek(SEEK_END,-1)+1 results with an if (.. < 0), else the return value may still end up being zero (if the seek returns -1, which is e.g. what file.c will return on error), which is a valid (but incorrect) filesize. Patch by Ronald S. Bultje % rbultje A ronald P bitfreak P net % Original thread: date: Jan 2, 2007 2:11 AM subject: [Ffmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] file length handling