[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS/tech mpcf.txt,1.30,1.31

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sunday 07 September 2003 01:50, Alex Beregszaszi wrote:
[...]
> And imho let first discuss the ordering and such, before applying.
ok
i suggest that we move the backward size/pointer in the packetheader before 
the forward one, its more intuitive

>
> Btw, I would remove the stream_count, file_size and length_in_msec
> fields from the main header. The demuxer should read startcodes and
> handle all the streamheaders it has found and the file_size/len_in_msec
> fields could be placed in an optional packet, or in the info packet.
the stream_count may be usefull for allocating an array of streams which some 
demuxers might do
but i agree that length_in_msec and file_size fields arent essential and 
should be moved to a info packet

-- 
Michael
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