> From: "Shawn Riley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Alex wrote:
>
> > Thus, I surmise that there are no 405 byte frames - you just aren't
> > tracking syncs correctly.
>
> Does that mean that each frame has to have a whole number of bytes

Yes, Layer III works with 8-bit "units".

> therefore that the sync-word is only allowed to start on the first bit of
> any byte?

Normally yes, but I guess it could become misaligned if the stream were
corrupted in transit... would be interesting to see how many decoders can
cope with that. :)

-- Mat.


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