diff --git a/src/meta/ea_eaac.c b/src/meta/ea_eaac.c
index 426a5e77..db786a67 100644
--- a/src/meta/ea_eaac.c
+++ b/src/meta/ea_eaac.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "meta.h"
 #include "../layout/layout.h"
 #include "../coding/coding.h"
-#include "ea_eaac_eatrax_streamfile.h"
+#include "ea_eaac_streamfile.h"
 
 /* EAAudioCore formats, EA's current audio middleware */
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static VGMSTREAM * init_vgmstream_eaaudiocore_header(STREAMFILE * streamHead, ST
     /* rest is optional, depends on flags header used (ex. SNU and SPS may have bigger headers):
      *  &0x20: 1 int (usually 0x00), &0x00/40: nothing, &0x60: 2 ints (usually 0x00 and 0x14) */
 
-    /* V0: SNR+SNS, V1: SPR+SPS (not apparent differences) */
+    /* V0: SNR+SNS, V1: SPR+SPS (not apparent differences, other than the block flags used) */
     if (version != 0 && version != 1) {
         VGM_LOG("EA SNS/SPS: unknown version\n");
         goto fail;
@@ -219,14 +219,20 @@ static VGMSTREAM * init_vgmstream_eaaudiocore_header(STREAMFILE * streamHead, ST
         case 0x06:      /* "L32P": EALayer3 v2 "PCM" [Battlefield 1943 (PS3)] */
         case 0x07: {    /* "L32S": EALayer3 v2 "Spike" [Dante's Inferno (PS3)] */
             mpeg_custom_config cfg = {0};
-            off_t mpeg_start_offset = start_offset + 0x08;
             mpeg_custom_t type = (codec == 0x05 ? MPEG_EAL31b : (codec == 0x06) ? MPEG_EAL32P : MPEG_EAL32S);
 
-            /* layout is still blocks, but should work fine with the custom mpeg decoder */
-            vgmstream->codec_data = init_mpeg_custom(streamData, mpeg_start_offset, &vgmstream->coding_type, vgmstream->channels, type, &cfg);
-            if (!vgmstream->codec_data) goto fail;
+            /* remove blocks on reads for some edge cases in L32P and to properly apply discard modes
+             * (otherwise, and removing discards, it'd work with layout_blocked_ea_sns) */
+            temp_streamFile = setup_eaac_streamfile(streamData, version, codec, start_offset, 0);
+            if (!temp_streamFile) goto fail;
+
+            start_offset = 0x00; /* must point to the custom streamfile's beginning */
+
+            /* layout is still blocks, but should work fine with the custom mpeg decoder */
+            vgmstream->codec_data = init_mpeg_custom(temp_streamFile, start_offset, &vgmstream->coding_type, vgmstream->channels, type, &cfg);
+            if (!vgmstream->codec_data) goto fail;
+            vgmstream->layout_type = layout_none;
 
-            vgmstream->layout_type = layout_blocked_ea_sns;
             break;
         }
 #endif
@@ -253,10 +259,10 @@ static VGMSTREAM * init_vgmstream_eaaudiocore_header(STREAMFILE * streamHead, ST
             vgmstream->layout_type = layout_none;
 
             /* EATrax is "buffered" ATRAC9, uses custom IO since it's kind of complex to add to the decoder */
-            start_offset = 0x00; /* must point to header start */
-            temp_streamFile = setup_eatrax_streamfile(streamData, total_size);
+            temp_streamFile = setup_eaac_streamfile(streamData, version, codec, start_offset, total_size);
             if (!temp_streamFile) goto fail;
 
+            start_offset = 0x00; /* must point to the custom streamfile's beginning */
             break;
         }
 #endif
@@ -278,11 +284,10 @@ static VGMSTREAM * init_vgmstream_eaaudiocore_header(STREAMFILE * streamHead, ST
     if (!vgmstream_open_stream(vgmstream,temp_streamFile ? temp_streamFile : streamData,start_offset))
         goto fail;
 
-    close_streamfile(temp_streamFile);
-
     if (vgmstream->layout_type == layout_blocked_ea_sns)
         block_update_ea_sns(start_offset, vgmstream);
 
+    close_streamfile(temp_streamFile);
     return vgmstream;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/src/meta/ea_eaac_streamfile.h b/src/meta/ea_eaac_streamfile.h
index 4a03661b..4ecb24bf 100644
--- a/src/meta/ea_eaac_streamfile.h
+++ b/src/meta/ea_eaac_streamfile.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef _EA_EAAC_EATRAX_STREAMFILE_H_
-#define _EA_EAAC_EATRAX_STREAMFILE_H_
+#ifndef _EA_EAAC_STREAMFILE_H_
+#define _EA_EAAC_STREAMFILE_H_
 #include "../streamfile.h"
 
 
@@ -8,25 +8,28 @@ typedef struct {
     off_t logical_offset; /* offset that corresponds to physical_offset */
     off_t physical_offset; /* actual file offset */
 
+    /* config */
+    int version;
+    int codec;
+    off_t start_offset;
     size_t total_size; /* size of the resulting substream */
-} eatrax_io_data;
+} eaac_io_data;
 
 
-/* Reads skipping EA's block headers, so the resulting data is smaller than physical data,
- * and physical_offset is bigger than offset (ex. reads at offset = 0x00 could be at physical_offset = 0x10).
+/* Reads skipping EA's block headers, so the resulting data is smaller or larger than physical data.
  * physical/logical_offset should always be at the start of a block and only advance when a block is fully done */
-static size_t eatrax_io_read(STREAMFILE *streamfile, uint8_t *dest, off_t offset, size_t length, eatrax_io_data* data) {
+static size_t eaac_io_read(STREAMFILE *streamfile, uint8_t *dest, off_t offset, size_t length, eaac_io_data* data) {
     size_t total_read = 0;
 
     /* ignore bad reads */
     if (offset < 0 || offset > data->total_size) {
-        return 0;
+        return total_read;
     }
 
     /* previous offset: re-start as we can't map logical<>physical offsets
      * (kinda slow as it trashes buffers, but shouldn't happen often) */
     if (offset < data->logical_offset) {
-        data->physical_offset = 0x00;
+        data->physical_offset = data->start_offset;
         data->logical_offset = 0x00;
     }
 
@@ -34,26 +37,43 @@ static size_t eatrax_io_read(STREAMFILE *streamfile, uint8_t *dest, off_t offset
     while (length > 0) {
         size_t to_read, bytes_read;
         off_t intrablock_offset, intradata_offset;
-        uint32_t block_size, block_flag, data_size;
+        uint32_t block_flag, block_size, data_size, skip_size;
 
         block_flag =    read_8bit(data->physical_offset+0x00,streamfile);
         block_size = read_32bitBE(data->physical_offset+0x00,streamfile) & 0x00FFFFFF;
-        data_size  = read_32bitBE(data->physical_offset+0x04,streamfile); /* typically block_size - 0x08 */
+
+        if (data->version == 1 && block_flag == 0x48) {
+            data->physical_offset += block_size;
+            continue; /* skip header block */
+        }
+        if (data->version == 1 && block_flag == 0x45)
+            return total_read; /* stop on last block (always empty) */
+
+        switch(data->codec) {
+#if 0
+            case 0x03:
+                data_size = block_size - ???;
+                extra_size = (data_size % 0x800); /* deflated padding */
 
 
-        /* skip header block */
-        if (block_flag == 0x48) {
-            data->physical_offset += block_size;
-            continue;
-        }
-        /* stop on footer block */
-        if (block_flag == 0x45) {
-            data->physical_offset += block_size;
-            return total_read;
-        }
-        /* data block expected */
-        if (block_flag != 0x44) {
-            return total_read;
+                skip_size = 0x08 + 0x04*data->stream_count;
+                break;
+#endif
+
+            case 0x05: /* EALayer3 v1 */
+            case 0x06: /* EALayer3 v2 "PCM" */
+            case 0x07: /* EALayer3 v2 "Spike" */
+                data_size = block_size - 0x08;
+                skip_size = 0x08;
+                break;
+
+            case 0x0a: /* EATrax */
+                data_size = read_32bitBE(data->physical_offset+0x04,streamfile); /* should be block_size - 0x08 */
+                skip_size = 0x08;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                return total_read;
         }
 
         /* requested offset is outside current block, try next */
@@ -65,7 +85,7 @@ static size_t eatrax_io_read(STREAMFILE *streamfile, uint8_t *dest, off_t offset
 
         /* reads could fall in the middle of the block */
         intradata_offset = offset - data->logical_offset;
-        intrablock_offset = 0x08 + intradata_offset;
+        intrablock_offset = skip_size + intradata_offset;
 
         /* clamp reads up to this block's end */
         to_read = (data_size - intradata_offset);
@@ -89,31 +109,102 @@ static size_t eatrax_io_read(STREAMFILE *streamfile, uint8_t *dest, off_t offset
             data->physical_offset += block_size;
             data->logical_offset += data_size;
         }
+
+        if (data->version == 0 && block_flag == 0x80)
+            break; /* stop on last block */
     }
 
     return total_read;
 }
 
-static size_t eatrax_io_size(STREAMFILE *streamfile, eatrax_io_data* data) {
+static size_t eaac_io_size(STREAMFILE *streamfile, eaac_io_data* data) {
+    off_t physical_offset, max_physical_offset;
+    size_t total_size = 0;
+
+    if (data->total_size)
+        return data->total_size;
+
+    physical_offset = data->start_offset;
+    max_physical_offset = get_streamfile_size(streamfile) - data->start_offset;
+
+    /* get size of the underlying, non-blocked data */
+    while (physical_offset < max_physical_offset) {
+        uint32_t block_flag, block_size, data_size;
+
+        block_flag =    read_8bit(physical_offset+0x00,streamfile);
+        block_size = read_32bitBE(physical_offset+0x00,streamfile) & 0x00FFFFFF;
+
+        if (data->version == 0 && block_flag != 0x00 && block_flag != 0x80)
+            break; /* data/end block expected */
+
+        if (data->version == 1 && block_flag == 0x48) {
+            physical_offset += block_size;
+            continue; /* skip header block */
+        }
+        if (data->version == 1 && block_flag == 0x45)
+            break; /* stop on last block (always empty) */
+        if (data->version == 1 && block_flag != 0x44)
+            break; /* data block expected */
+
+        switch(data->codec) {
+#if 0
+            case 0x03:
+                data_size = block_size - ???;
+                data_size += (data_size % 0x800); /* deflated padding */
+                break;
+#endif
+            case 0x05: /* EALayer3 v1 */
+            case 0x06: /* EALayer3 v2 "PCM" */
+            case 0x07: /* EALayer3 v2 "Spike" */
+                data_size = block_size - 0x08;
+                break;
+
+            case 0x0a: /* EATrax */
+                data_size = read_32bitBE(physical_offset+0x04,streamfile); /* should be block_size - 0x08 */
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        physical_offset += block_size;
+        total_size += data_size;
+
+        if (data->version == 0 && block_flag == 0x80)
+            break; /* stop on last block */
+    }
+
+    data->total_size = total_size;
     return data->total_size;
 }
 
 
-/* Prepares custom IO for EATrax, which is simply blocked ATRAC9 data, but blocks
- * may end in the middle of an ATRAC9 frame, so reads remove their headers */
-static STREAMFILE* setup_eatrax_streamfile(STREAMFILE *streamFile, size_t total_size) {
+/* Prepares custom IO for some blocked EAAudioCore formats, that need clean reads without block headers:
+ * - EA-XMA: deflated XMA in multistreams (separate 2ch frames)
+ * - EALayer3: MPEG granule 1 can go in the next block (in V2"P" mainly, others could use layout blocked_sns)
+ * - EATrax: ATRAC9 frames can be split between blooks
+ */
+static STREAMFILE* setup_eaac_streamfile(STREAMFILE *streamFile, int version, int codec, off_t start_offset, size_t total_size) {
     STREAMFILE *temp_streamFile = NULL, *new_streamFile = NULL;
-    eatrax_io_data io_data = {0};
-    size_t io_data_size = sizeof(eatrax_io_data);
+    eaac_io_data io_data = {0};
+    size_t io_data_size = sizeof(eaac_io_data);
 
-    io_data.total_size = total_size;
+    io_data.version = version;
+    io_data.codec = codec;
+    io_data.start_offset = start_offset;
+    io_data.total_size = total_size; /* optional */
+    io_data.physical_offset = start_offset;
 
     /* setup subfile */
     new_streamFile = open_wrap_streamfile(streamFile);
     if (!new_streamFile) goto fail;
     temp_streamFile = new_streamFile;
 
-    new_streamFile = open_io_streamfile(temp_streamFile, &io_data,io_data_size, eatrax_io_read,eatrax_io_size);
+    new_streamFile = open_io_streamfile(temp_streamFile, &io_data,io_data_size, eaac_io_read,eaac_io_size);
+    if (!new_streamFile) goto fail;
+    temp_streamFile = new_streamFile;
+
+    new_streamFile = open_buffer_streamfile(new_streamFile,0);
     if (!new_streamFile) goto fail;
     temp_streamFile = new_streamFile;