Author: michael Date: Sat Nov 25 12:28:38 2006 New Revision: 21211 Modified: trunk/DOCS/tech/nut.txt Log: a few more clarifications for codec_specific_data by Ralph Giles and me Modified: trunk/DOCS/tech/nut.txt ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/tech/nut.txt (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/tech/nut.txt Sat Nov 25 12:28:38 2006 @@ -575,6 +575,12 @@ to generate any specific decoded samples the encoder name and version, shall be considered essential as it is very usefull to workaround possible encoder bugs + The global headers MUST consist of the normal + sequence of header packets required for codec initialization, in the + order defined in the codec spec. An implementation MAY strip metadata and + other redundant information not necessary for correct playback from the + global headers as long as no incorrect values are stored and as long as + the striped result is not less valid per codec spec as before striping frame_code (f(8)) frame_code is an 8-bit field which exists before every frame, it can