Re: [AVT] Submission and request for feedback on draft-valin-celt-rtp-profile-00.txt

[Randell Jesup <rjesup at wgate.com>]

Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at juniper.net> writes:
>Randell Jesup writes:
>[snip]
>> So what then was the "one-byte change in bitrate per frame" then?
>> I was referring to what happens if 10 packets in a row are lost - can the
>> receiver decode a packet that might be 10 bytes smaller or larger?  Does it
>> need as input the number of packets lost (if any) since the last decoded
>> packet? 
>
>I'll let JM respond to the rest of your ongoing conversation but I
>wanted to take a crack at clarifying this as I probably caused the
>misunderstanding on this point.
>
>The text "CELT allows for bitrate adjustment in one byte per frame
>increments without any signalling requirement or overhead." is referring
>to the *resolution* of the instantaneous bitrate, not the rate of
>change. 

Aha.  It's "one byte increments" then, not an "adjustment [of] one byte per
frame".  Very different.  Thanks.

>If the text were changed to say "CELT can encode to any whole number of
>bytes per frame at any time without signalling a change to the decoder"
>would this avoid the potential for misunderstanding?

Yes.

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