From 04b4ce875bd012157cdad83840ce0d957c5b8cf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: michael <michael@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:21:08 +0000
Subject: reserved_bytes & byte order stuff

git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10825 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
---
 DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt')

diff --git a/DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt b/DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt
index 63fbfc0a30..0c09ff4075 100644
--- a/DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ b (binary data or string)
 	Note: strings MUST be encoded in utf8
 
         
-f(x)	n fixed bits
+f(x)	n fixed bits in big endian order
 u(x)	unsigned number encoded in x bits in MSB first order
 
 
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ align_byte
 reserved_bytes
 	for(i=0; i<forward_ptr - length_of_non_reserved; i++)
 		reserved			u(8)
-  
+	a decoder MUST ignore any reserved bytes
+	a encoder MUST NOT write any reserved bytes, as this would make it
+	inpossible to add new fields at the end of packets in the future in
+	a compatible way
+
 main header:
 	packet header
 	main_startcode				f(64)
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