On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:30:48 +0200, Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 31, 2013 at 08:37:32AM +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > --- a/Changelog
> > +++ b/Changelog
> > @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ version 9_beta3:
> >  - multi-channel ALAC encoding up to 7.1
> >  - TAK demuxer, parser, and decoder
> >  - adaptive frame-level multithreading for H.264
> > +- an option in matroska muxer to put the index at the beginning of the file
> 
> Matroska muxer can now put the index at the beginning
> 
> Both sound kinda awkward to my ears :-/
> 
> > --- a/doc/muxers.texi
> > +++ b/doc/muxers.texi
> > @@ -367,6 +367,27 @@ For example a 3D WebM clip can be created using the 
> > following command line:
> > +
> > +@item reserve_index_space
> > +By default, this muxer writes the index for seeking (called cues in 
> > matroska
> 
> Matroska
> 
> > +terms) at the end of the file, because it cannot know in advance how much 
> > space
> > +to leave for it at the beginning of the file. However for some use cases 
> > -- e.g.
> 
> s/it/the index/
> 
> > +If this option is set to a non-zero value, the muxer will reserve a given 
> > amount
> > +of space in the file header and then try to write the cues there when the 
> > muxing
> 
> What do you mean by "a given amount", that sounds quite arbitrary.  It is
> interpret this as the muxer making up a value, when I think it should
> really be user-supplied.

"a given amount" is the value that the user set for this option, that sounds
quite obvious to me.

Or got any better suggestions?

-- 
Anton Khirnov
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