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-<td><p class=tiny>vorbisfile documentation</p></td>
-<td align=right><p class=tiny>vorbisfile version 1.25 - 20000615</p></td>
+<td><p class=tiny>Vorbisfile documentation</p></td>
+<td align=right><p class=tiny>vorbisfile version 1.68 - 20030307</p></td>
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<p><i>declared in "vorbis/vorbisfile.h";</i></p>
-<p> After a bitstream has been opened using <a href="ov_open.html">ov_open</a> and decoding is complete, you must call <tt>ov_clear()</tt> to clear
-the decoder's buffers and close the file for you.
+<p> After a bitstream has been opened using <a href="ov_open.html">ov_open()</a>/<a href="ov_open_callbacks.html">ov_open_callbacks()</a> and decoding is complete, the application must call <tt>ov_clear()</tt> to clear
+the decoder's buffers. <tt>ov_clear()</tt> will also close the file.<p>
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+<tt>ov_clear()</tt> must also be called after a successful call to <a href="ov_test.html">ov_test()</a> or <a href="ov_test_callbacks.html">ov_test_callbacks()</a>.<p>
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<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<dt><i>vf</i></dt>
-<dd>A pointer to the OggVorbis_File structure--this is used for ALL the externally visible vorbisfile
+<dd>A pointer to the OggVorbis_File structure--this is used for ALL the externally visible libvorbisfile
functions. After <tt>ov_clear</tt> has been called, the structure is deallocated and can no longer be used.</dd>
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<h3>Return Values</h3>
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-0 for success</li>
+<li>0 for success</li>
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-<td><p class=tiny>copyright © 2000 vorbis team</p></td>
-<td align=right><p class=tiny><a href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html">Ogg Vorbis</a><br><a href="mailto:team@vorbis.org">team@vorbis.org</a></p></td>
+<td><p class=tiny>copyright © 2003 Xiph.org</p></td>
+<td align=right><p class=tiny><a href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/">Ogg Vorbis</a></p></td>
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-<td><p class=tiny>vorbisfile documentation</p></td>
-<td align=right><p class=tiny>vorbisfile version 1.25 - 20000615</p></td>
+<td><p class=tiny>Vorbisfile documentation</p></td>
+<td align=right><p class=tiny>vorbisfile version 1.68 - 20030307</p></td>
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