[vorbis-dev] granulepos start/end revisited

[Jack Moffitt]

> I noticed the following Subversion commit today:
> 
>   r6719 | xiphmont | 2004-05-18 16:04:53 +1000 (Tue, 18 May 2004) | 11 
> lines
> 
>   Updated doc to reflect current proposal...
...
> A simple question (with a complex answer, no doubt): what's the 
> rationale for having a start-time encoded granulepos?  It adds (1) 
> another dependency, and (2) the need for mode core to handle both start 
> times and end times, which will also touch many parts of Ogg and 
> possibly affect the code base of the codecs as well.
> 
> To frame the question another way, what's wrong with the current 
> end-time granulepos scheme?  I've read through all the discussions and 
> IRC meeting logs, and still don't understand the necessity for it.

The discussion is currently mostly going on on theora-dev, for those
that are interested in reading more.

jack.
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