[NUT-devel] r21189 - trunk/DOCS/tech/nut.txt

[Ralph Giles]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:53:18AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:

> > Therefore I'd propose, "The global headers MUST consist of the normal 
> > sequence of header packets required for codec initialization, in the 
> > order expected by the codec. An implementation MAY strip metadata and 
> > other redundant information not necessary for correct playback from the 
> > global headers to save space in the bitstream."
> 
> i would s/expected by the codec/defined in the codec spec/

Yes, that's better.

> An implementation MAY/SHOULD/MUST 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

It shouldn't be MUST because that would be a silly reason to stop 
parsing a stream. I've already voted for MAY.

> anyway after thinking about that a little option 3 with the encoder name
> and version in the metadata packet seems like the best solution ...

That would be fine with me.

 -r