[Vorbis-dev] Large Packets and page size...

[Ralph Giles]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 07:04:24PM +0800, illiminable wrote:

> I'm just wondering about some guidelines on page size... For example if you 
> have a stream where all packets are consistently of size > 40,000 bytes 
> (but less than 65000), is it appropriate to just put them 1 per page ie 
> have large pages.

It's certainly true that the 4-8k page size was chosen to match vorbis. 

The only other cons I can think of to larger pages are higher 
latency and buffering requirements if it's multiplexed with a 
lower-bitrate stream. Also, keep in mind that when multiplexed with an 
audio stream, seeking signposts will be more dense than if you use big 
pages for video efficiency, so there's a performance tradeoff there.

 -r