diff --git a/src/coding/mpeg_custom_utils_ealayer3.c b/src/coding/mpeg_custom_utils_ealayer3.c
index 84f6cc74..c50f6d85 100644
--- a/src/coding/mpeg_custom_utils_ealayer3.c
+++ b/src/coding/mpeg_custom_utils_ealayer3.c
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ int mpeg_custom_parse_frame_ealayer3(VGMSTREAMCHANNEL *stream, mpeg_codec_data *
 
 	}
 
+	// todo rarely there is a block between granules (ex. EAL3 v2P in FIFA 2016)
+
     /* get second frame/granule (MPEG1 only) if first granule was found */
     granule_found = 0;
     while (eaf_0.common_size && eaf_0.mpeg1 && !granule_found) {
@@ -665,6 +667,7 @@ static int ealayer3_skip_data(VGMSTREAMCHANNEL *stream, mpeg_codec_data *data, i
         if (!ok) goto fail;
 
         stream->offset += eaf.eaframe_size;
+        //;VGM_LOG("s%i: skipping %x, now at %lx\n", num_stream,eaf.eaframe_size,stream->offset);
     }
     //;VGM_LOG("s%i: skipped %i frames, now at %lx\n", num_stream,skips,stream->offset);
 
diff --git a/src/layout/blocked_ea_sns.c b/src/layout/blocked_ea_sns.c
index 827ecc93..12afab00 100644
--- a/src/layout/blocked_ea_sns.c
+++ b/src/layout/blocked_ea_sns.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "../coding/coding.h"
 #include "../vgmstream.h"
 
-/* EA "SNS "blocks (most common in .SNS) */
+/* EA SNS/SPS blocks */
 void block_update_ea_sns(off_t block_offset, VGMSTREAM * vgmstream) {
     STREAMFILE* streamFile = vgmstream->ch[0].streamfile;
     uint32_t block_size, block_samples;
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@ void block_update_ea_sns(off_t block_offset, VGMSTREAM * vgmstream) {
         return;
     }
 
-    /* 0x80: last block
-     * 0x40: new block for some codecs?
-     * 0x08: ?
-     * 0x04: new block for some codecs?
-     * 0x01: last block for some codecs?
-     * 0x00: none? */
-    if (block_size & 0xFF000000) {
-        //VGM_ASSERT(!(block_size & 0x80000000), "EA SNS: unknown flag found at %lx\n", block_offset);
-        block_size &= 0x00FFFFFF;
-    }
+    /* At 0x00(1): block flag
+     * - in SNS: 0x00=normal block, 0x80=last block (not mandatory)
+     * - in SPS: 0x48=header, 0x44=normal block, 0x45=last block (empty) */
+    block_size &= 0x00FFFFFF;
 
     for (i = 0; i < vgmstream->channels; i++) {
         off_t channel_start = 0x00;
diff --git a/src/meta/ea_eaac.c b/src/meta/ea_eaac.c
index 2f77004e..03eb0ebd 100644
--- a/src/meta/ea_eaac.c
+++ b/src/meta/ea_eaac.c
@@ -48,12 +48,10 @@ VGMSTREAM * init_vgmstream_ea_sps(STREAMFILE * streamFile) {
     if (!check_extensions(streamFile,"sps"))
         goto fail;
 
-    /* Very hacky but the original check for 0x48000000 rejected some playable files */
-    if (((read_16bitBE(0x00,streamFile) & 0xFFFFFF00) != 0x4800) && 
-        ((read_8bit(0x00, streamFile) & 0xFFFFFF00) != 0x00))
+    /* SPS block start: 0x00(1): block flag (header=0x48); 0x01(3): block size (usually 0x0c-0x14) */
+    if (read_8bit(0x00, streamFile) != 0x48)
         goto fail;
-
-    start_offset = read_8bit(0x03, streamFile);
+    start_offset = read_32bitBE(0x00, streamFile) & 0x00FFFFFF;
 
     vgmstream = init_vgmstream_eaaudiocore_header(streamFile, streamFile, 0x04, start_offset, meta_EA_SPS);
     if (!vgmstream) goto fail;