[vorbis-dev] Small vorbis files with vorbisfile

Michael Smith msmith at labyrinth.net.au
Fri Nov 23 18:56:00 PST 2001



At 07:22 PM 11/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
>> >Given that the 'packet' is 4kB, I think he meant 'page'.
>> 
>> I thought that too, after I sent the message. But that's also wrong, a
>> vorbis file contains a minimum of 3 pages (header1, header2+3, data).
>> It's possible he meant "1 data page", I suppose.
>
>Technically a single page could contain all the packets, although I
>think the minimum acceptable by the yet-to-be-written-standard is 2
>pages, since headers and non-headers must be on seperate pages.

The first packet also has to be in a seperate page. This is actually
enforced by libogg.

Michael

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