1 /* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
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20 #ifndef FLAC__FORMAT_H
21 #define FLAC__FORMAT_H
29 /** \file include/FLAC/format.h
32 * This module contains structure definitions for the representation
33 * of FLAC format components in memory. These are the basic
34 * structures used by the rest of the interfaces.
36 * See the detailed documentation in the
37 * \link flac_format format \endlink module.
40 /** \defgroup flac_format FLAC/format.h: format components
44 * This module contains structure definitions for the representation
45 * of FLAC format components in memory. These are the basic
46 * structures used by the rest of the interfaces.
48 * First, you should be familiar with the
49 * <A HREF="../format.html">FLAC format</A>. Many of the values here
50 * follow directly from the specification. As a user of libFLAC, the
51 * interesting parts really are the structures that describe the frame
52 * header and metadata blocks.
54 * The format structures here are very primitive, designed to store
55 * information in an efficient way. Reading information from the
56 * structures is easy but creating or modifying them directly is
57 * more complex. For the most part, as a user of a library, editing
58 * is not necessary; however, for metadata blocks it is, so there are
59 * convenience functions provided in the \link flac_metadata metadata
60 * module \endlink to simplify the manipulation of metadata blocks.
63 * It's not the best convention, but symbols ending in _LEN are in bits
64 * and _LENGTH are in bytes. _LENGTH symbols are \#defines instead of
65 * global variables because they are usually used when declaring byte
66 * arrays and some compilers require compile-time knowledge of array
67 * sizes when declared on the stack.
74 Most of the values described in this file are defined by the FLAC
75 format specification. There is nothing to tune here.
78 /** The minimum block size, in samples, permitted by the format. */
79 #define FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE (16u)
81 /** The maximum block size, in samples, permitted by the format. */
82 #define FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE (65535u)
84 /** The maximum number of channels permitted by the format. */
85 #define FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS (8u)
87 /** The minimum sample resolution permitted by the format. */
88 #define FLAC__MIN_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (4u)
90 /** The maximum sample resolution permitted by the format. */
91 #define FLAC__MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (32u)
93 /** The maximum sample resolution permitted by libFLAC.
96 * FLAC__MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE is the limit of the FLAC format. However,
97 * the reference encoder/decoder is currently limited to 24 bits because
98 * of prevalent 32-bit math, so make sure and use this value when
101 #define FLAC__REFERENCE_CODEC_MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (24u)
103 /** The maximum sample rate permitted by the format. The value is
104 * ((2 ^ 16) - 1) * 10; see <A HREF="../format.html">FLAC format</A>
107 #define FLAC__MAX_SAMPLE_RATE (655350u)
109 /** The maximum LPC order permitted by the format. */
110 #define FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER (32u)
112 /** The minimum quantized linear predictor coefficient precision
113 * permitted by the format.
115 #define FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION (5u)
117 /** The maximum order of the fixed predictors permitted by the format. */
118 #define FLAC__MAX_FIXED_ORDER (4u)
120 /** The maximum Rice partition order permitted by the format. */
121 #define FLAC__MAX_RICE_PARTITION_ORDER (15u)
123 /** The version string of the release, stamped onto the libraries and binaries.
126 * This does not correspond to the shared library version number, which
127 * is used to determine binary compatibility.
129 extern const char *FLAC__VERSION_STRING;
131 /** The vendor string inserted by the encoder into the VORBIS_COMMENT block.
132 * This is a nulL-terminated ASCII string; when inserted into the
133 * VORBIS_COMMENT the trailing null is stripped.
135 extern const char *FLAC__VENDOR_STRING;
137 /** The byte string representation of the beginning of a FLAC stream. */
138 extern const FLAC__byte FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_STRING[4]; /* = "fLaC" */
140 /** The 32-bit integer big-endian representation of the beginning of
143 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_SYNC; /* = 0x664C6143 */
145 /** The length of the FLAC signature in bits. */
146 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_LEN; /* = 32 bits */
148 /** The length of the FLAC signature in bytes. */
149 #define FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_LENGTH (4u)
152 /*****************************************************************************
154 * Subframe structures
156 *****************************************************************************/
158 /*****************************************************************************/
160 /** An enumeration of the available entropy coding methods. */
162 FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE = 0
163 /**< Residual is coded by partitioning into contexts, each with it's own
165 } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType;
167 /** Maps a FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType to a C string.
169 * Using a FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType as the index to this array will
170 * give the string equivalent. The contents should not be modified.
172 extern const char * const FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodTypeString[];
175 /** Contents of a Rice partitioned residual
179 unsigned *parameters;
180 /**< The Rice parameters for each context. */
183 /**< Widths for escape-coded partitions. */
185 unsigned capacity_by_order;
186 /**< The capacity of the \a parameters and \a raw_bits arrays
187 * specified as an order, i.e. the number of array elements
188 * allocated is 2 ^ \a capacity_by_order.
190 } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRiceContents;
192 /** Header for a Rice partitioned residual. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#partitioned_rice">format specification</A>)
197 /**< The partition order, i.e. # of contexts = 2 ^ \a order. */
199 const FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRiceContents *contents;
200 /**< The context's Rice parameters and/or raw bits. */
202 } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRice;
204 extern const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_ORDER_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
205 extern const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_PARAMETER_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
206 extern const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_RAW_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
208 extern const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_ESCAPE_PARAMETER;
209 /**< == (1<<FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_PARAMETER_LEN)-1 */
211 /** Header for the entropy coding method. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#residual">format specification</A>)
214 FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType type;
216 FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRice partitioned_rice;
218 } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod;
220 extern const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 2 (bits) */
222 /*****************************************************************************/
224 /** An enumeration of the available subframe types. */
226 FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_CONSTANT = 0, /**< constant signal */
227 FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_VERBATIM = 1, /**< uncompressed signal */
228 FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_FIXED = 2, /**< fixed polynomial prediction */
229 FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LPC = 3 /**< linear prediction */
230 } FLAC__SubframeType;
232 /** Maps a FLAC__SubframeType to a C string.
234 * Using a FLAC__SubframeType as the index to this array will
235 * give the string equivalent. The contents should not be modified.
237 extern const char * const FLAC__SubframeTypeString[];
240 /** CONSTANT subframe. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_constant">format specification</A>)
243 FLAC__int32 value; /**< The constant signal value. */
244 } FLAC__Subframe_Constant;
247 /** VERBATIM subframe. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_verbatim">format specification</A>)
250 const FLAC__int32 *data; /**< A pointer to verbatim signal. */
251 } FLAC__Subframe_Verbatim;
254 /** FIXED subframe. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_fixed">format specification</A>)
257 FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod entropy_coding_method;
258 /**< The residual coding method. */
261 /**< The polynomial order. */
263 FLAC__int32 warmup[FLAC__MAX_FIXED_ORDER];
264 /**< Warmup samples to prime the predictor, length == order. */
266 const FLAC__int32 *residual;
267 /**< The residual signal, length == (blocksize minus order) samples. */
268 } FLAC__Subframe_Fixed;
271 /** LPC subframe. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_lpc">format specification</A>)
274 FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod entropy_coding_method;
275 /**< The residual coding method. */
278 /**< The FIR order. */
280 unsigned qlp_coeff_precision;
281 /**< Quantized FIR filter coefficient precision in bits. */
283 int quantization_level;
284 /**< The qlp coeff shift needed. */
286 FLAC__int32 qlp_coeff[FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER];
287 /**< FIR filter coefficients. */
289 FLAC__int32 warmup[FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER];
290 /**< Warmup samples to prime the predictor, length == order. */
292 const FLAC__int32 *residual;
293 /**< The residual signal, length == (blocksize minus order) samples. */
294 } FLAC__Subframe_LPC;
296 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_LPC_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
297 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_LPC_QLP_SHIFT_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
300 /** FLAC subframe structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe">format specification</A>)
303 FLAC__SubframeType type;
305 FLAC__Subframe_Constant constant;
306 FLAC__Subframe_Fixed fixed;
307 FLAC__Subframe_LPC lpc;
308 FLAC__Subframe_Verbatim verbatim;
310 unsigned wasted_bits;
313 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_ZERO_PAD_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
314 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 6 (bits) */
315 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_WASTED_BITS_FLAG_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
317 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_CONSTANT_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /* = 0x00 */
318 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_VERBATIM_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /* = 0x02 */
319 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_FIXED_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /* = 0x10 */
320 extern const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LPC_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /* = 0x40 */
322 /*****************************************************************************/
325 /*****************************************************************************
329 *****************************************************************************/
331 /** An enumeration of the available channel assignments. */
333 FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_INDEPENDENT = 0, /**< independent channels */
334 FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_LEFT_SIDE = 1, /**< left+side stereo */
335 FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_RIGHT_SIDE = 2, /**< right+side stereo */
336 FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_MID_SIDE = 3 /**< mid+side stereo */
337 } FLAC__ChannelAssignment;
339 /** Maps a FLAC__ChannelAssignment to a C string.
341 * Using a FLAC__ChannelAssignment as the index to this array will
342 * give the string equivalent. The contents should not be modified.
344 extern const char * const FLAC__ChannelAssignmentString[];
346 /** An enumeration of the possible frame numbering methods. */
348 FLAC__FRAME_NUMBER_TYPE_FRAME_NUMBER, /**< number contains the frame number */
349 FLAC__FRAME_NUMBER_TYPE_SAMPLE_NUMBER /**< number contains the sample number of first sample in frame */
350 } FLAC__FrameNumberType;
352 /** Maps a FLAC__FrameNumberType to a C string.
354 * Using a FLAC__FrameNumberType as the index to this array will
355 * give the string equivalent. The contents should not be modified.
357 extern const char * const FLAC__FrameNumberTypeString[];
360 /** FLAC frame header structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#frame_header">format specification</A>)
364 /**< The number of samples per subframe. */
366 unsigned sample_rate;
367 /**< The sample rate in Hz. */
370 /**< The number of channels (== number of subframes). */
372 FLAC__ChannelAssignment channel_assignment;
373 /**< The channel assignment for the frame. */
375 unsigned bits_per_sample;
376 /**< The sample resolution. */
378 FLAC__FrameNumberType number_type;
379 /**< The numbering scheme used for the frame. */
382 FLAC__uint32 frame_number;
383 FLAC__uint64 sample_number;
385 /**< The frame number or sample number of first sample in frame;
386 * use the \a number_type value to determine which to use. */
389 /**< CRC-8 (polynomial = x^8 + x^2 + x^1 + x^0, initialized with 0)
390 * of the raw frame header bytes, meaning everything before the CRC byte
391 * including the sync code.
395 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SYNC; /**< == 0x3ffe; the frame header sync code */
396 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SYNC_LEN; /**< == 14 (bits) */
397 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 2 (bits) */
398 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
399 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SAMPLE_RATE_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
400 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
401 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_LEN; /**< == 3 (bits) */
402 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_ZERO_PAD_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
403 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_CRC_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
406 /** FLAC frame footer structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#frame_footer">format specification</A>)
410 /**< CRC-16 (polynomial = x^16 + x^15 + x^2 + x^0, initialized with
411 * 0) of the bytes before the crc, back to and including the frame header
416 extern const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_FOOTER_CRC_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
419 /** FLAC frame structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#frame">format specification</A>)
422 FLAC__FrameHeader header;
423 FLAC__Subframe subframes[FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS];
424 FLAC__FrameFooter footer;
427 /*****************************************************************************/
430 /*****************************************************************************
432 * Meta-data structures
434 *****************************************************************************/
436 /** An enumeration of the available metadata block types. */
439 FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_STREAMINFO = 0,
440 /**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_streaminfo">STREAMINFO</A> block */
442 FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PADDING = 1,
443 /**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_padding"PADDING</A> block */
445 FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_APPLICATION = 2,
446 /**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_application"APPLICATION</A> block */
448 FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE = 3,
449 /**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_seektable"SEEKTABLE</A> block */
451 FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT = 4,
452 /**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment"VORBISCOMMENT</A> block */
454 } FLAC__MetadataType;
456 /** Maps a FLAC__MetadataType to a C string.
458 * Using a FLAC__MetadataType as the index to this array will
459 * give the string equivalent. The contents should not be modified.
461 extern const char * const FLAC__MetadataTypeString[];
464 /** FLAC STREAMINFO structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_streaminfo">format specification</A>)
467 unsigned min_blocksize, max_blocksize;
468 unsigned min_framesize, max_framesize;
469 unsigned sample_rate;
471 unsigned bits_per_sample;
472 FLAC__uint64 total_samples;
473 FLAC__byte md5sum[16];
474 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_StreamInfo;
476 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
477 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
478 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MIN_FRAME_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
479 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MAX_FRAME_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
480 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_SAMPLE_RATE_LEN; /**< == 20 (bits) */
481 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_CHANNELS_LEN; /**< == 3 (bits) */
482 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
483 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_TOTAL_SAMPLES_LEN; /**< == 36 (bits) */
484 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MD5SUM_LEN; /**< == 128 (bits) */
486 /** The total stream length of the STREAMINFO block in bytes. */
487 #define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_LENGTH (34u)
489 /** FLAC PADDING structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_padding">format specification</A>)
493 /**< Conceptually this is an empty struct since we don't store the
494 * padding bytes. Empty structs are not allowed by some C compilers,
497 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Padding;
500 /** FLAC APPLICATION structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_application">format specification</A>)
505 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Application;
507 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_APPLICATION_ID_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
509 /** SeekPoint structure used in SEEKTABLE blocks. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#seekpoint">format specification</A>)
512 FLAC__uint64 sample_number;
513 /**< The sample number of the target frame. */
515 FLAC__uint64 stream_offset;
516 /**< The offset, in bytes, of the target frame with respect to
517 * beginning of the first frame. */
519 unsigned frame_samples;
520 /**< The number of samples in the target frame. */
521 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint;
523 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_SAMPLE_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
524 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_STREAM_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
525 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_FRAME_SAMPLES_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
527 /** The total stream length of a seek point in bytes. */
528 #define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_LENGTH (18u)
530 /** The value used in the \a sample_number field of
531 * FLAC__StreamMetadataSeekPoint used to indicate a placeholder
532 * point (== 0xffffffffffffffff).
534 extern const FLAC__uint64 FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_PLACEHOLDER;
537 /** FLAC SEEKTABLE structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_seektable">format specification</A>)
539 * \note From the format specification:
540 * - The seek points must be sorted by ascending sample number.
541 * - Each seek point's sample number must be the first sample of the
543 * - Each seek point's sample number must be unique within the table.
544 * - Existence of a SEEKTABLE block implies a correct setting of
545 * total_samples in the stream_info block.
546 * - Behavior is undefined when more than one SEEKTABLE block is
547 * present in a stream.
551 FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint *points;
552 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable;
555 /** Vorbis comment entry structure used in VORBIS_COMMENT blocks. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">format specification</A>)
560 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry;
562 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_VORBIS_COMMENT_ENTRY_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
565 /** FLAC VORBIS_COMMENT structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">format specification</A>)
568 FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry vendor_string;
569 FLAC__uint32 num_comments;
570 FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry *comments;
571 } FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment;
573 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_VORBIS_COMMENT_NUM_COMMENTS_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
576 /** FLAC metadata block structure. (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block">format specification</A>)
579 FLAC__MetadataType type;
580 /**< The type of the metadata block; used determine which member of the
581 * \a data union to dereference. */
584 /**< \c true if this metadata block is the last, else \a false */
587 /**< Length, in bytes, of the block data as it appears in the stream. */
590 FLAC__StreamMetadata_StreamInfo stream_info;
591 FLAC__StreamMetadata_Padding padding;
592 FLAC__StreamMetadata_Application application;
593 FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable seek_table;
594 FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment vorbis_comment;
596 /**< Polymorphic block data; use the \a type value to determine which
598 } FLAC__StreamMetadata;
600 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_IS_LAST_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
601 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 7 (bits) */
602 extern const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
604 /** The total stream length of a metadata block header in bytes. */
605 #define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_HEADER_LENGTH (4u)
607 /*****************************************************************************/
610 /*****************************************************************************
614 *****************************************************************************/
616 /** Tests that a sample rate is valid for FLAC. Since the rules for valid
617 * sample rates are slightly complex, they are encapsulated in this function.
619 * \param sample_rate The sample rate to test for compliance.
621 * \c true if the given sample rate conforms to the specification, else
624 FLAC__bool FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_valid(unsigned sample_rate);
626 /** Check a seek table to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
627 * See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
630 * \param seek_table A pointer to a seek table to be checked.
632 * \code seek_table != NULL \endcode
634 * \c false if seek table is illegal, else \c true.
636 FLAC__bool FLAC__format_seektable_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable *seek_table);
638 /** Sort a seek table's seek points according to the format specification.
639 * This includes a "unique-ification" step to remove duplicates, i.e.
640 * seek points with identical \a sample_number values. Duplicate seek
641 * points are converted into placeholder points and sorted to the end of
644 * \param seek_table A pointer to a seek table to be sorted.
646 * \code seek_table != NULL \endcode
648 * The number of duplicate seek points converted into placeholders.
650 unsigned FLAC__format_seektable_sort(FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable *seek_table);