Problem with Ogg playback, both local and streaming

[benzilla]

Hi - I hope you folks might have some advice on how to solve this. I'm having trouble playing back some (but not all) of the Ogg music files in my library.

Here's some relevant info:

1 -This problem is not specific to Subsonic. The problematic files cause issues with playback on my Squeezbox player as well (but curiously, not with Winamp)

2 - The problem occurs only with Ogg encoded files--but it does not occur with ALL Ogg files

3 - I'm reasonably sure that all the problematic files were ripped generally at the same time and with the same software. I'm not 100% sure, but they were most likely ripped with Winamp circa 2002, using the then-current Ogg encoder from the Vorbis site.

4 - The problem occurs both when streaming through the Subsonic app and locally using the web interface.

Here's what happens when I try to play an album of such files with the Subsonic web interface:

http://screencast.com/t/Udt074crbnet

Here's ffmpeg output for the first file from that album:

C:\subsonic\transcode>ffmpeg -i "F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collec
tion - Disc 1\01 - Buddy Holly - Down The Line.ogg"
FFmpeg version SVN-r21231-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et a
l.
built on Jan 16 2010 05:42:31 with gcc 4.2.5 20080919 (prerelease) [Sherpya]
libavutil 50. 7. 0 / 50. 7. 0
libavcodec 52.47. 0 / 52.47. 0
libavformat 52.47. 0 / 52.47. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.15. 0 / 1.15. 0
libswscale 0. 8. 0 / 0. 8. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[ogg @ 0038be70]2057 bytes of comment header remain
Input #0, ogg, from 'F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc
1\01 - Buddy Holly - Down The Line.ogg':
Metadata:
TITLE : Down The Line
DISCNUMBER : 1/2
ALBUM : The Buddy Holly Collection
ARTIST : Buddy Holly
Duration: 00:02:04.86, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 126 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

Last lines of log file:

[9/22/11 11:10:10 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] INFO PlaylistInputStream admin listening to "The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\20 - Buddy Holly - Tell Me How.ogg"
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\20 - Buddy Holly - Tell Me How.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 11:10:14 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] INFO PlaylistInputStream admin listening to "The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\21 - Buddy Holly - Ready Teddy.ogg"
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\21 - Buddy Holly - Ready Teddy.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 11:10:15 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] INFO PlaylistInputStream admin listening to "The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\22 - Buddy Holly - Listen To Me.ogg"
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\22 - Buddy Holly - Listen To Me.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 11:10:16 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] INFO PlaylistInputStream admin listening to "The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\23 - Buddy Holly - Oh Boy.ogg"
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\23 - Buddy Holly - Oh Boy.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 11:10:17 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] INFO PlaylistInputStream admin listening to "The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\24 - Buddy Holly - Its Too Late.ogg"
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\24 - Buddy Holly - Its Too Late.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] INFO PlaylistInputStream admin listening to "The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\25 - Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue.ogg"
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\25 - Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:19 AM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 11:10:20 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 11:10:20 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 11:10:20 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 11:10:20 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 11:10:20 AM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3
[9/22/11 11:37:38 AM EDT] INFO NetworkService Successfully forwarding port 4040.

Additional info:

Version 4.4 (build 2172) – February 6, 2011
Server jetty-6.1.x, java 1.6.0_18, Windows 7 (50.8 MB / 89.8 MB)

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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

-Ben

[BKKKPewsey]

Hmmm! So what IS the problem ? Does not play? skipping? I cant see any errors in log.
If it does not play check if you have any album art embedded in the tag, that can sometimes cause problems eg silence!!!

[benzilla]

@BKKKPewsey - It just skips down the list not playing them. Every once in a while it'll play the first second or two of a song and then skip to the next one. Here's a video of it in action in the Subsonic web interface:

http://screencast.com/t/Udt074crbnet

Thanks for the suggestion about the album art. With the example folder/album I used here, there is not embedded album art in any of the files--there's just a folder.jpg. (And I have plenty of other Ogg-encoded albums with album art that all play fine.) I'm guessing that it's something with the file encoding itself. As mentioned, these same files give my Squeezebox player trouble as well. Interestingly, the Squeezebox player will actually play the file, but the song itself sounds really distorted--almost like it would if it were being played through a speaker with a blown cone.

[BKKKPewsey]

Hmm! does seem odd I would expect to see some kind of error in the log
Can you try to pm me with one of the dodgy files as an attachment (smallest one & DONT ZIP IT)
Or if that dont work pm with a guest access to your server with download allowed and I can grab it direct or upload somewhere and send me the link.

[benzilla]

@BKKKPewsey - That'd be great. Here, I'll just post one of the problem files publicly in case anyone else might want to take a stab at this:

http://www.benzilla.com/uploads/samples/03%20-%20Buddy%20Holly%20-%20Holly%20Hop.ogg

[BKKKPewsey]

As you can see from my sig box I did manage to get it to play in SS BUT only after I re-converted it from ogg to ogg using MediaMonkey (which played the original np).
So as you suspected there is something about the original encoding that ffmpeg/lame doesn't like.
Probably easiest solution is just re-encode them (if not too many )

[benzilla]

@BKKKPewsey Thanks for checking that out. Interestingly someone PM'd me and downloaded the file, added it to their library, and got it to play fine in Subsonic. I think there are only a small handful of records in my collection that are having this problem, so I could probably just re-encode them but I'd really like to figure out what's going on--partly just 'cause it will bug me, and partly because I don't want to have to do a lossy-to-lossy re-encoding. (Maybe I could do Ogg to FLAC to get around that?)

Anyway, thanks again for the help. I'll keep digging...

[benzilla]

Update:

I went ahead and updated Subsonic (and ffmpeg in the process). So, now I'm:

Version 4.5 (build 2385) – August 11, 2011
Server jetty-6.1.x, java 1.6.0_18, Windows 7 (60.6 MB / 93.4 MB)

With the new ffmpeg the behavior has changed somewhat: it's now actually crashing ffmpeg and throwing an error message as it tries to play each song.

Here's output the from Subsonic log:

[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\11 - Buddy Holly - Girl On My Mind.ogg] [-f] [wav] [-]
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [128] [-] [-]
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) ffmpeg version N-31653-gfaa3381, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) built on Jul 28 2011 01:57:12 with gcc 4.6.1
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-memalign-hack --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libavutil 51. 11. 0 / 51. 11. 0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libavcodec 53. 9. 0 / 53. 9. 0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libavformat 53. 6. 0 / 53. 6. 0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libavdevice 53. 2. 0 / 53. 2. 0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libavfilter 2. 27. 3 / 2. 27. 3
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libswscale 2. 0. 0 / 2. 0. 0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) [ogg @ 01E39FC0] ti bytes of comment header remain
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Input #0, ogg, from 'F:\Music\Ben\Buddy Holly\The Buddy Holly Collection - Disc 1\11 - Buddy Holly - Girl On My Mind.ogg':
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Duration: 00:02:17.09, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Stream #0.0: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Metadata:
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) TITLE : Girl On My Mind
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) disc : 1/2
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) ALBUM : The Buddy Holly Collection
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) ARTIST : Buddy Holly
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Output #0, wav, to 'pipe:':
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Metadata:
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) encoder : Lavf53.6.0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Metadata:
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) TITLE : Girl On My Mind
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) disc : 1/2
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) ALBUM : The Buddy Holly Collection
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) ARTIST : Buddy Holly
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Stream mapping:
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[9/22/11 10:21:09 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 2597kB time=00:00:15.07 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:10 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 5028kB time=00:00:29.18 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:10 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 7489kB time=00:00:43.47 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:11 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 9858kB time=00:00:57.22 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:11 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 11809kB time=00:01:08.54 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:12 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 14242kB time=00:01:22.67 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:12 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 16683kB time=00:01:36.84 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:13 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 19201kB time=00:01:51.45 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:13 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 21413kB time=00:02:04.30 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) size= 23722kB time=00:02:17.70 bitrate=1411.2kbits/s
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg)
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg) video:0kB audio:23722kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000181%
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding to
[9/22/11 10:21:14 PM EDT] DEBUG InputStreamReaderThread (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=3

And here's the output from the Windows error message:

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_ffmpeg.exe_652865b207d2475e2ce692ef2a956fc49b432_cab_09dba0b8\WERA00C.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_ffmpeg.exe_652865b207d2475e2ce692ef2a956fc49b432_cab_09dba0b8\WERA02D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_ffmpeg.exe_652865b207d2475e2ce692ef2a956fc49b432_cab_09dba0b8\WERA07D.tmp.mdmp

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Thoughts?

[BKKKPewsey]

That was what was happening to me but I didn't find out to later after I RDPed into my server and received half a dozen "Do You want to report this to Microsoft" messages waiting for me
You could play these files using an external player via SS - just turn off the ogg transcoding for the player. This will keep ffmpeg out of the loop.

[benzilla]

Thanks for all the help and ideas, folks. I monkeyed around with a few command line utilities that (supposedly) can check/repair oddly-encoded Ogg files, but given that there's only a small handful of albums in my collection that have this problem, I'm just going to convert the offending files to FLAC. It's going to bug me that I never could figure out what the problem was, but time-wise, this is probably the best solution.