[NUT-devel] Chapters

[Oded Shimon]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 02:31:58PM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > info can be stored at 2 places
> > 1. global & constant & repeated after every main/stream headers
> 
> There I'd store just the chapter startpos

Over here I'd store just about all metadata possible, so the player can 
see/know everything without seeking all over the file. Imagine a player 
that shows you a chapter list with titles and you pick one.

> > 2. local in an info stream
> 
> There I'd store all the other optional stuff

IMO, no. Info streams should just about only ever be used in live streams - 
in any other situation, they make you loose the metadata if you're seeking 
into the middle of such an area. (each info frame should be closely 
followed either by an EOR or by a repeated info frame, to prevent back_ptr 
being unusably large)

> Why it looks like the same discussion about index?

lol, it isn't. The discussion there was overhead vs. seeking speed in very 
rare situations. The discussion here is merely correctness, where is the 
most correct place to put this metadata.

Also, I don't think there's much of an argument here, it seems we are 
mostly in agreement.

- ods15