[vorbis-dev] Quicktime Component

[Kevin Marks]

At 2:55 AM -0400 7/21/01, Nick D'Amato wrote:
>Good news all!
>
>I now have a functional version of the Quicktime Component of the Ogg Vorbis
>decompressor. In English: this extension will allow all Quicktime apps to
>play .oggs (including iTunes).
>
>I plan on posting it ASAP. I have a few problems with memory that I'd like
>to get cleared up first. I plan on carbonizing it as soon as it functions in
>classic.

Sounds interesting. What kind of memory problems? Allocating memory 
at decode time is not a good idea on Mac OS 9, as you may be called 
at interrupt time when the heap is in mid-compaction.

This tech note is a fine thing to read on the subject:

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1104.html

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