mp3 invalid new backstep observed with mp3 files from and upwards (of these bitrates): 8kHz 64k 11.025kHz 96k 12kHz 96k 16kHz 128k 44.1kHz 192k 48kHz 192k sample provided 48kHz at 320k (encoded with lame 3.97) ffmpeg -i 48.320.mp3 out48.wav FFmpeg version SVN-r14231, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --ena ble-gpl --enable-liba52 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enab le-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-lib xvid --enable-libx264 --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-avisynth --en able-small --enable-pthreads --extra-ldflags=-static --extra-cflags=-mtune=penti um4 -mfpmath=sse -msse -fno-strict-aliasing libavutil version: 49.7.0 libavcodec version: 51.60.0 libavformat version: 52.17.0 libavdevice version: 52.0.0 built on Jul 15 2008 04:17:40, gcc: 4.3.1 invalid new backstep 924 Input #0, mp3, from '48.320.mp3': Duration: 00:00:07.56, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 321 kb/s Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s Output #0, wav, to 'out48.wav': Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 Press [q] to stop encoding invalid new backstep 924 invalid new backstep 513 invalid new backstep 525 invalid new backstep 524 invalid new backstep 514 invalid new backstep 924 size= 1422kB time=7.58 bitrate=1536.0kbits/s video:0kB audio:1422kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.003022% ty tripp