ref: e7aa6cb9a09cbd3538b0d41fc86eb28c2fc3c0bd
parent: fc113b735bbece4d3dfada9f3335c9008e08345c
author: Ralph Giles <[email protected]>
date: Fri Jan 11 12:11:07 EST 2013
Minor clarifications to the channel mapping section. Mostly just being more verbose.
--- a/doc/draft-ietf-codec-oggopus.xml
+++ b/doc/draft-ietf-codec-oggopus.xml
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
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Each packet in an Opus stream has an internal channel count of 1 or 2, which
can change from packet to packet.
-This is selected by the encoder depending on the bitrate and the contents being
+This is selected by the encoder depending on the bitrate and the audio being
encoded.
The original channel count of the encoder input is not preserved by the lossy
compression.
@@ -723,8 +723,9 @@
</list>
<spanx style="strong">Special mapping</spanx>: This channel mapping value also
indicates that the contents consists of a single Opus stream that is stereo if
- and only if C==2, with stream index 0 mapped to channel 0, and (if stereo)
- stream index 1 mapped to channel 1.
+ and only if C==2, with stream index 0 mapped to output channel 0 (mono, or
+ left channel) and stream index 1 mapped to output channel 1 (right channel)
+ if stereo.
When the 'channel mapping family' octet has this value, the channel mapping
table MUST be omitted from the ID header packet.
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@@ -754,9 +755,11 @@
FLAC <xref target="flac"/> formats,
although the configurations match, so correct ordering requires permutation
of the output channels when encoding from or decoding to those formats.
+'LFE' here refers to a Low Frequency Effects, often mapped to a subwoofer
+ with no particular spacial position.
Implementations SHOULD identify 'side' or 'rear' speaker locations with
- 'surround' as appropriate when interfacing with audio formats or systems
- which prefer that terminology.
+ 'surround' and 'back' as appropriate when interfacing with audio formats
+ or systems which prefer that terminology.
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</t>
<t>Family 255 (no defined channel meaning):