[MPlayer-dev-eng] Lots of stuff for NUT

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:10:08PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 05:47:45PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 05:21:32PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 03:53:11PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 04:27:59PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > +    When EOR is set, all back_ptr's for this stream are set to zero.
> > > > 
> > > > back_ptrs
> > > 
> > > Is this rule set in stone? I've seen it many times used in either way.
> > 
> > Yes, it's a matter of grammar.  Plural is constructed with "s".  "'s" is
> > used for the possessive case, i.e. to indicate what belong's to who
> > (that's a *very* basic explanation, but it should work for you).
> > 
> > Example:
> > 
> > one girl - two girls
> > 
> > Oded's NUT implementation - the NUT implementation made by Oded
> 
> Actually, I was well aware of all this, the problem I was having is that 
> back_ptr is "almost" and acronym. I totally agree with "back_pointers", no 
> apostraphee. But with acronyms I think there is a debate. Is it "ATM's" or 
> "ATMs"...

ATMs, definitely.

> > > -    max distance of frame_startcodes, the distance may only be larger if
> > > -    there is only a single frame between the two frame_startcodes this can
> > > +    max distance of syncpoints, the distance may only be larger if
> > > +    there is only a single frame between the two syncpoints. This can
> > 
> > s/only/no more/
> 
> no more.. than ?

yes

Diego