I have a uncompressed .wav file that I turn into a 96k MP3 file:
ffmpeg.exe -i song.wav -vn -b:a 96000 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -acodec libmp3lame -y song.mp3
The input file has 637386 samples. The output has 639360 samples. The extra samples in the MP3 are all zeros at the beginning of the file. This happens in every file I've translated and with more codecs than just libmp3lame. Is this an FFMPEG bug or a codec bug? Why are these added? Is there a way to stop them from being added?
Edit: Simplified example and console output:
ffmpeg.exe -i song.wav -y song.mp3
ffmpeg version N-55796-gb74213d Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Aug 26 2013 19:43:51 with gcc 4.7.3 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
libavutil 52. 42.100 / 52. 42.100
libavcodec 55. 29.100 / 55. 29.100
libavformat 55. 14.102 / 55. 14.102
libavdevice 55. 3.100 / 55. 3.100
libavfilter 3. 82.102 / 3. 82.102
libswscale 2. 5.100 / 2. 5.100
libswresample 0. 17.103 / 0. 17.103
libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
Input #0, wav, from 'song.wav':
Duration: 00:00:13.28, bitrate: 1538 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Output #0, mp3, to 'song.mp3':
Metadata:
TSSE : Lavf55.14.102
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (pcm_s16le -> libmp3lame)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size= 208kB time=00:00:13.29 bitrate= 128.4kbits/s
video:0kB audio:208kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.111205%
Number of samples in wav: 637386
Number of samples in mp3: 639984