[vorbis] Rgenerating headers

[Segher Boessenkool]

Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> >So, back to my question - is there any reason why you shouldn't
> >be able to completely regenerate the header packets/frames
> >from what I have outlined ?
> 
> Unfortunately, yes. This requires that the _client_ have the encoder
> as well. Worse, it requires that the client have _exactly_ the same
> version of the encoder as the server.

Worse still, some encoders generate their headers partly based on the
actual audio encoded, not based only on the encoder settings.

Which is a good thing really (better compression).

<p>Segher

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