[NUT-devel] CVS: main/DOCS/tech mpcf.txt,1.143,1.144

[Oded Shimon]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 03:56:59PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:30:48PM +0100, Oded Shimon CVS wrote:
> > CVS change done by Oded Shimon CVS
> > 
> > Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech
> > In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv5137/DOCS/tech
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	mpcf.txt 
> > Log Message:
> > better max for frame code values, still allowing compact implementation
> 
> iam against this change, having a few reserved values
> 1. allows us to use these values in the future (using exactly 8 or 16 bit
>    means that hw demuxers might not be easily able to be extended)
> 2. allows implementations to internally use the unused cases for flags
>    and special cases
> 3. the extended values added are not usefull in practice
> 3A. you have 254 frame codes, some are needed for "exceptional" cases
>     so >250 streams will hardly be hardcodeable in reality
> 3B. data_size_mul/lsb > 256 make little >16384 make no sense

OK, I'm not against reverting then.

- ods15