Max value for VINT

Ion Iovu <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Sep 2016 22:46:56 +0300
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Hi guys.=20

I'd like to know what the maximum value for the VINT is. The RFC draft =
<https://matroska.org/contact/index.html> page mention examples of VINT =
values with up to a tail of 3 bytes, however no mention of any upper =
limit for VINT is mentioned.

It can be inferred from the following text:

=E2=80=9CSince the highest value is used for unknown size the effective =
maximum data size is 2^56-2, using variable size integer width 8.=E2=80=9D=


that particularly for element sizes you can only go to at most 8 bytes =
(a tail of 7 bytes),=20
2^56-1 is a reserved one, and valid values are in the range 0..2^56-2

However, that does not mean the VINT as a data type is limited by that =
value.

Is it possible to go with a VINT_ALIGNMENT of more than 8 bits?

Thanks,
Iovu=

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class=3D"">Hi guys.&nbsp;<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">I'd like to know what the maximum value for the VINT is. =
The&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://matroska.org/contact/index.html" =
class=3D"">RFC draft</a>&nbsp;page mention examples of VINT values with =
up to a tail of 3 bytes, however no mention of any upper limit for VINT =
is mentioned.<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">It can be inferred from the following text:</div><blockquote =
style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">=E2=80=9CS=
ince the highest value is used for unknown size the effective maximum =
data size is 2^56-2, using variable size integer width =
8.=E2=80=9D</div></div></blockquote><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">that =
particularly for element sizes you can only go to at most 8 bytes (a =
tail of 7 bytes),&nbsp;</div><div class=3D"">2^56-1 is a reserved one, =
and valid values are in the range 0..2^56-2</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">However, that does not mean the VINT as =
a data type is limited by that value.</div></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Is it possible to go with a =
VINT_ALIGNMENT of more than 8 bits?</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Thanks,</div><div =
class=3D"">Iovu</div></body></html>=

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