Index: DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt,v retrieving revision 1.113 diff -u -r1.113 mpcf.txt --- DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt 25 Feb 2006 18:51:46 -0000 1.113 +++ DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt 25 Feb 2006 19:41:12 -0000 @@ -640,6 +640,9 @@ chapter_len Length of chapter in same timebase of chapter_start. + In info streams, if chapter_len is zero, chapter_len is the pts of + the first EOR or info frame with a different chapter_id in the same + info stream, minus chapter_start. type for example: "UTF8" -> string or "JPEG" -> JPEG image @@ -741,6 +744,18 @@ Info frames can be used to describe the file or some part of it (chapters) +The pts of an info frame MUST be >=chapter_start and <=chapter_start+len +(Compared using compare_ts) + +Info frames with a different chapter_id (or EOR) MUST NOT appear between +chapter_start and chapter_start+len. For overlapping chapters several info +streams can be used. + +If an info stream contains an info frame for chapter X then it MUST contain +an info frame with pts==chapter_start. Due to this restriction, the only +legal timebase for chapter_start (and chapter_len) is the info stream +timebase. + Info SHOULD be stored in global packets instead of info streams/frames if possible, and the amount of data is not large.