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FLAC CODEC BLOCK SIZE

Hi All,
          Can you please let me know how the  flac reference code derived  the MAX BLOCK SIZE  65536



Regards,
Raghunath.K.P
 

FLAC CODEC BLOCK SIZE

Reply #1 –
I don't know, but it looks like a "binary" number...

With 16 bits you can count from 0 to 65,535.  If those binary numbers represent memory addresses, zero is also a valid address, which gives you a total of 65,536 different memory locations. 


1111 1111 1111 1111 (binary) = 65,535* (decimal) = FFFF (hexadecimal)



* This assumes unsigned 16-bit integers.  With 16-bit signed integers (i.e. 16-bit WAV files), the 16th bit represents the +/- sign, and you can count from -32,768 to +32,767