[NUT-devel] Info packets in NUT stream (spec bugs?)

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 03:53:13PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> hmm, several bugs found in spec?

and sending them all in one mail, please dont do this, ill reply with
individual mails to this ...


[...]
> > info_packet:
> >     stream_id_plus1                     v
> >     chapter_id                          v
> >     chapter_start                       t
> >     chapter_len                         v
> > [...]
> > chapter_id
> >     Id of chapter this packet applies to. If zero, packet applies to whole
> >     file. Positive chapter_id's are real chapters and MUST NOT overlap.
> >     Negative chapter_id indicate a sub region of file and not a real
> >     chapter. chapter_id MUST be unique to the region it represents.
> 
> Ahem, negative?.. 'v' unsigned vlc ...

this is a problem, how should we solve it? every solution will break
compatibility strictly speaking

we can drop the no overlap requirement or change v->s
iam fine with either, whats your and richs preferance? only thing iam
against is forbidding overlaping "chapter_ids" entirely

[...]

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