[vorbis-dev] Ogg MIDI proposal

[Jack Moffitt]

> I understand and support the idea that it's much much easier for
> somebody to expand the hidden status bytes in a running-status stream.
> I think, however, it's the SMF creator's job and should be done BEFORE
> sending it as an Ogg stream.  Maybe Ogg MIDI stream generator can
> pre-convert the MIDI stream to remove the running-status ambiguity.

Exactly what's being suggested, that Ogg MIDI data always be expanded.

>From my reading of the MIDI spec, expanded data should _always_ be
valid.

Of course, running status should always be valid too, but we're
concerned with seeking/streaming here, not with size.

jack.

--- >8 ----
List archives:  http://www.xiph.org/archives/
Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/
To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-dev-request at xiph.org'
containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body.  No subject is needed.
Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.