On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Fabien A.P. Petitcolas wrote:
> Slightly off topic but someone might know...
>
> During the encoding process the "outer_loop" returns the number of bits
> needed for encoding ("part2_3_length"). This number is then modified using
> the bit stuffing routine.
>
> Now on the *decoder* side, I'd like to recover exactly the value of
> "part2_3_length" before this stuffing. The standard says that these stuffing
> bits are ignored during decoding so it should be possible. I used the
> Fraunhofer decoder: when looking closely the value it uses is different.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
I'm not sure I understand the question and I really need to study the
bitstuffing part more, but couldn't the bit-reservoir have something to do
with the different value?
(just a thought..)
> Thanks,
>
> Fabien.
>
> ---
> Fabien Petitcolas, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
> <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/>
>
/Jan
