[vorbis] Ogg spec clarification

[Michael Smith]

On Tuesday 22 April 2003 18:38, Aaron Knauf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am considering implementing the Ogg bitstream spec.  Having read the
> spec, I am left with just one matter requiring clarification (making it
> a pretty well written spec, in my book):
>
> Can a packet begin on the same page as the previous packet ends on?  The
> spec does not appear to be explicit about this.
>
> It would seem that I could indicate that there were (e.g.) 3 segments in
> my page, with lengths 30, 255, 42.  The first segment, being less than
> 255 bytes, would be the end of the first packet, the next segment would
> therefore be the first in the next packet, with the remaining segment
> being the last in the second packet.
>
> Obviously, a decoder would have to explicitly support this.  Given that
> the spec does not explicitly allow (or disallow) this behaviour, can I
> (or should I) expect implementations to support this?  Is it actually
> legal?

This is both legal and common, it's definately a requirement.

Mike

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