• format.h
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    #ifndef FLAC__FORMAT_H
    #define FLAC__FORMAT_H
    
    #include "export.h"
    #include "ordinals.h"
    
    #ifdef __cplusplus
    extern "C" {
    #endif
    
    /** \file include/FLAC/format.h
     *
     *  \brief
     *  This module contains structure definitions for the representation
     *  of FLAC format components in memory.  These are the basic
     *  structures used by the rest of the interfaces.
     *
     *  See the detailed documentation in the
     *  \link flac_format format \endlink module.
     */
    
    /** \defgroup flac_format FLAC/format.h: format components
     *  \ingroup flac
     *
     *  \brief
     *  This module contains structure definitions for the representation
     *  of FLAC format components in memory.  These are the basic
     *  structures used by the rest of the interfaces.
     *
     *  First, you should be familiar with the
     *  <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html">FLAC format</A>.  Many of the values here
     *  follow directly from the specification.  As a user of libFLAC, the
     *  interesting parts really are the structures that describe the frame
     *  header and metadata blocks.
     *
     *  The format structures here are very primitive, designed to store
     *  information in an efficient way.  Reading information from the
     *  structures is easy but creating or modifying them directly is
     *  more complex.  For the most part, as a user of a library, editing
     *  is not necessary; however, for metadata blocks it is, so there are
     *  convenience functions provided in the \link flac_metadata metadata
     *  module \endlink to simplify the manipulation of metadata blocks.
     *
     * \note
     * It's not the best convention, but symbols ending in _LEN are in bits
     * and _LENGTH are in bytes.  _LENGTH symbols are \#defines instead of
     * global variables because they are usually used when declaring byte
     * arrays and some compilers require compile-time knowledge of array
     * sizes when declared on the stack.
     *
     * \{
     */
    
    
    /*
    	Most of the values described in this file are defined by the FLAC
    	format specification.  There is nothing to tune here.
    */
    
    /** The largest legal metadata type code. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_METADATA_TYPE_CODE (126u)
    
    /** The minimum block size, in samples, permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE (16u)
    
    /** The maximum block size, in samples, permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE (65535u)
    
    /** The maximum block size, in samples, permitted by the FLAC subset for
     *  sample rates up to 48kHz. */
    #define FLAC__SUBSET_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_48000HZ (4608u)
    
    /** The maximum number of channels permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS (8u)
    
    /** The minimum sample resolution permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MIN_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (4u)
    
    /** The maximum sample resolution permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (32u)
    
    /** The maximum sample resolution permitted by libFLAC.
     *
     * FLAC__MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE is the limit of the FLAC format.  However,
     * the reference encoder/decoder used to be limited to 24 bits. This
     * value was used to signal that limit.
     */
    #define FLAC__REFERENCE_CODEC_MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (32u)
    
    /** The maximum sample rate permitted by the format.  The value is
     *  ((2 ^ 20) - 1)
     */
    #define FLAC__MAX_SAMPLE_RATE (1048575u)
    
    /** The maximum LPC order permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER (32u)
    
    /** The maximum LPC order permitted by the FLAC subset for sample rates
     *  up to 48kHz. */
    #define FLAC__SUBSET_MAX_LPC_ORDER_48000HZ (12u)
    
    /** The minimum quantized linear predictor coefficient precision
     *  permitted by the format.
     */
    #define FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION (5u)
    
    /** The maximum quantized linear predictor coefficient precision
     *  permitted by the format.
     */
    #define FLAC__MAX_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION (15u)
    
    /** The maximum order of the fixed predictors permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_FIXED_ORDER (4u)
    
    /** The maximum Rice partition order permitted by the format. */
    #define FLAC__MAX_RICE_PARTITION_ORDER (15u)
    
    /** The maximum Rice partition order permitted by the FLAC Subset. */
    #define FLAC__SUBSET_MAX_RICE_PARTITION_ORDER (8u)
    
    /** The version string of the release, stamped onto the libraries and binaries.
     *
     * \note
     * This does not correspond to the shared library version number, which
     * is used to determine binary compatibility.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char *FLAC__VERSION_STRING;
    
    /** The vendor string inserted by the encoder into the VORBIS_COMMENT block.
     *  This is a NUL-terminated ASCII string; when inserted into the
     *  VORBIS_COMMENT the trailing null is stripped.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char *FLAC__VENDOR_STRING;
    
    /** The byte string representation of the beginning of a FLAC stream. */
    extern FLAC_API const FLAC__byte FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_STRING[4]; /* = "fLaC" */
    
    /** The 32-bit integer big-endian representation of the beginning of
     *  a FLAC stream.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_SYNC; /* = 0x664C6143 */
    
    /** The length of the FLAC signature in bits. */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_LEN; /* = 32 bits */
    
    /** The length of the FLAC signature in bytes. */
    #define FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_LENGTH (4u)
    
    
    /*****************************************************************************
     *
     * Subframe structures
     *
     *****************************************************************************/
    
    /*****************************************************************************/
    
    /** An enumeration of the available entropy coding methods. */
    typedef enum {
    	FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE = 0,
    	/**< Residual is coded by partitioning into contexts, each with it's own
    	 * 4-bit Rice parameter. */
    
    	FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2 = 1
    	/**< Residual is coded by partitioning into contexts, each with it's own
    	 * 5-bit Rice parameter. */
    } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType;
    
    /** Maps a FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType to a C string.
     *
     *  Using a FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType as the index to this array will
     *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodTypeString[];
    
    
    /** Contents of a Rice partitioned residual
     */
    typedef struct {
    
    	uint32_t *parameters;
    	/**< The Rice parameters for each context. */
    
    	uint32_t *raw_bits;
    	/**< Widths for escape-coded partitions.  Will be non-zero for escaped
    	 * partitions and zero for unescaped partitions.
    	 */
    
    	uint32_t capacity_by_order;
    	/**< The capacity of the \a parameters and \a raw_bits arrays
    	 * specified as an order, i.e. the number of array elements
    	 * allocated is 2 ^ \a capacity_by_order.
    	 */
    } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRiceContents;
    
    /** Header for a Rice partitioned residual.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#partitioned_rice">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    
    	uint32_t order;
    	/**< The partition order, i.e. # of contexts = 2 ^ \a order. */
    
    	const FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRiceContents *contents;
    	/**< The context's Rice parameters and/or raw bits. */
    
    } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRice;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_ORDER_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_PARAMETER_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2_PARAMETER_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_RAW_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_ESCAPE_PARAMETER;
    /**< == (1<<FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_PARAMETER_LEN)-1 */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2_ESCAPE_PARAMETER;
    /**< == (1<<FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2_PARAMETER_LEN)-1 */
    
    /** Header for the entropy coding method.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#residual">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType type;
    	union {
    		FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRice partitioned_rice;
    	} data;
    } FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 2 (bits) */
    
    /*****************************************************************************/
    
    /** An enumeration of the available subframe types. */
    typedef enum {
    	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_CONSTANT = 0, /**< constant signal */
    	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_VERBATIM = 1, /**< uncompressed signal */
    	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_FIXED = 2, /**< fixed polynomial prediction */
    	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LPC = 3 /**< linear prediction */
    } FLAC__SubframeType;
    
    /** Maps a FLAC__SubframeType to a C string.
     *
     *  Using a FLAC__SubframeType as the index to this array will
     *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__SubframeTypeString[];
    
    
    /** CONSTANT subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#subframe_constant">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__int64 value; /**< The constant signal value. */
    } FLAC__Subframe_Constant;
    
    /** An enumeration of the possible verbatim subframe data types. */
    typedef enum {
    	FLAC__VERBATIM_SUBFRAME_DATA_TYPE_INT32, /**< verbatim subframe has 32-bit int */
    	FLAC__VERBATIM_SUBFRAME_DATA_TYPE_INT64 /**< verbatim subframe has 64-bit int */
    } FLAC__VerbatimSubframeDataType;
    
    
    /** VERBATIM subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#subframe_verbatim">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	union {
    		const FLAC__int32 *int32; /**< A FLAC__int32 pointer to verbatim signal. */
    		const FLAC__int64 *int64; /**< A FLAC__int64 pointer to verbatim signal. */
    	} data;
    	FLAC__VerbatimSubframeDataType data_type;
    } FLAC__Subframe_Verbatim;
    
    
    /** FIXED subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#subframe_fixed">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod entropy_coding_method;
    	/**< The residual coding method. */
    
    	uint32_t order;
    	/**< The polynomial order. */
    
    	FLAC__int64 warmup[FLAC__MAX_FIXED_ORDER];
    	/**< Warmup samples to prime the predictor, length == order. */
    
    	const FLAC__int32 *residual;
    	/**< The residual signal, length == (blocksize minus order) samples. */
    } FLAC__Subframe_Fixed;
    
    
    /** LPC subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#subframe_lpc">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod entropy_coding_method;
    	/**< The residual coding method. */
    
    	uint32_t order;
    	/**< The FIR order. */
    
    	uint32_t qlp_coeff_precision;
    	/**< Quantized FIR filter coefficient precision in bits. */
    
    	int quantization_level;
    	/**< The qlp coeff shift needed. */
    
    	FLAC__int32 qlp_coeff[FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER];
    	/**< FIR filter coefficients. */
    
    	FLAC__int64 warmup[FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER];
    	/**< Warmup samples to prime the predictor, length == order. */
    
    	const FLAC__int32 *residual;
    	/**< The residual signal, length == (blocksize minus order) samples. */
    } FLAC__Subframe_LPC;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_LPC_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_LPC_QLP_SHIFT_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC subframe structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#subframe">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__SubframeType type;
    	union {
    		FLAC__Subframe_Constant constant;
    		FLAC__Subframe_Fixed fixed;
    		FLAC__Subframe_LPC lpc;
    		FLAC__Subframe_Verbatim verbatim;
    	} data;
    	uint32_t wasted_bits;
    } FLAC__Subframe;
    
    /** == 1 (bit)
     *
     * This used to be a zero-padding bit (hence the name
     * FLAC__SUBFRAME_ZERO_PAD_LEN) but is now a reserved bit.  It still has a
     * mandatory value of \c 0 but in the future may take on the value \c 0 or \c 1
     * to mean something else.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_ZERO_PAD_LEN;
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 6 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_WASTED_BITS_FLAG_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_CONSTANT_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x00 */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_VERBATIM_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x02 */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_FIXED_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x10 */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LPC_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x40 */
    
    /*****************************************************************************/
    
    
    /*****************************************************************************
     *
     * Frame structures
     *
     *****************************************************************************/
    
    /** An enumeration of the available channel assignments. */
    typedef enum {
    	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_INDEPENDENT = 0, /**< independent channels */
    	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_LEFT_SIDE = 1, /**< left+side stereo */
    	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_RIGHT_SIDE = 2, /**< right+side stereo */
    	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_MID_SIDE = 3 /**< mid+side stereo */
    } FLAC__ChannelAssignment;
    
    /** Maps a FLAC__ChannelAssignment to a C string.
     *
     *  Using a FLAC__ChannelAssignment as the index to this array will
     *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__ChannelAssignmentString[];
    
    /** An enumeration of the possible frame numbering methods. */
    typedef enum {
    	FLAC__FRAME_NUMBER_TYPE_FRAME_NUMBER, /**< number contains the frame number */
    	FLAC__FRAME_NUMBER_TYPE_SAMPLE_NUMBER /**< number contains the sample number of first sample in frame */
    } FLAC__FrameNumberType;
    
    /** Maps a FLAC__FrameNumberType to a C string.
     *
     *  Using a FLAC__FrameNumberType as the index to this array will
     *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__FrameNumberTypeString[];
    
    
    /** FLAC frame header structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#frame_header">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	uint32_t blocksize;
    	/**< The number of samples per subframe. */
    
    	uint32_t sample_rate;
    	/**< The sample rate in Hz. */
    
    	uint32_t channels;
    	/**< The number of channels (== number of subframes). */
    
    	FLAC__ChannelAssignment channel_assignment;
    	/**< The channel assignment for the frame. */
    
    	uint32_t bits_per_sample;
    	/**< The sample resolution. */
    
    	FLAC__FrameNumberType number_type;
    	/**< The numbering scheme used for the frame.  As a convenience, the
    	 * decoder will always convert a frame number to a sample number because
    	 * the rules are complex. */
    
    	union {
    		FLAC__uint32 frame_number;
    		FLAC__uint64 sample_number;
    	} number;
    	/**< The frame number or sample number of first sample in frame;
    	 * use the \a number_type value to determine which to use. */
    
    	FLAC__uint8 crc;
    	/**< CRC-8 (polynomial = x^8 + x^2 + x^1 + x^0, initialized with 0)
    	 * of the raw frame header bytes, meaning everything before the CRC byte
    	 * including the sync code.
    	 */
    } FLAC__FrameHeader;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SYNC; /**< == 0x3ffe; the frame header sync code */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SYNC_LEN; /**< == 14 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 1 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BLOCKING_STRATEGY_LEN; /**< == 1 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SAMPLE_RATE_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_LEN; /**< == 3 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_ZERO_PAD_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_CRC_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC frame footer structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#frame_footer">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__uint16 crc;
    	/**< CRC-16 (polynomial = x^16 + x^15 + x^2 + x^0, initialized with
    	 * 0) of the bytes before the crc, back to and including the frame header
    	 * sync code.
    	 */
    } FLAC__FrameFooter;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__FRAME_FOOTER_CRC_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC frame structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#frame">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__FrameHeader header;
    	FLAC__Subframe subframes[FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS];
    	FLAC__FrameFooter footer;
    } FLAC__Frame;
    
    /*****************************************************************************/
    
    
    /*****************************************************************************
     *
     * Meta-data structures
     *
     *****************************************************************************/
    
    /** An enumeration of the available metadata block types. */
    typedef enum {
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_STREAMINFO = 0,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_streaminfo">STREAMINFO</A> block */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PADDING = 1,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_padding">PADDING</A> block */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_APPLICATION = 2,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_application">APPLICATION</A> block */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE = 3,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_seektable">SEEKTABLE</A> block */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT = 4,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">VORBISCOMMENT</A> block (a.k.a. FLAC tags) */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET = 5,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_cuesheet">CUESHEET</A> block */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PICTURE = 6,
    	/**< <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_picture">PICTURE</A> block */
    
    	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_UNDEFINED = 7,
    	/**< marker to denote beginning of undefined type range; this number will increase as new metadata types are added */
    
    	FLAC__MAX_METADATA_TYPE = FLAC__MAX_METADATA_TYPE_CODE,
    	/**< No type will ever be greater than this. There is not enough room in the protocol block. */
    } FLAC__MetadataType;
    
    /** Maps a FLAC__MetadataType to a C string.
     *
     *  Using a FLAC__MetadataType as the index to this array will
     *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__MetadataTypeString[];
    
    
    /** FLAC STREAMINFO structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_streaminfo">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	uint32_t min_blocksize, max_blocksize;
    	uint32_t min_framesize, max_framesize;
    	uint32_t sample_rate;
    	uint32_t channels;
    	uint32_t bits_per_sample;
    	FLAC__uint64 total_samples;
    	FLAC__byte md5sum[16];
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_StreamInfo;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MIN_FRAME_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MAX_FRAME_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_SAMPLE_RATE_LEN; /**< == 20 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_CHANNELS_LEN; /**< == 3 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_TOTAL_SAMPLES_LEN; /**< == 36 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MD5SUM_LEN; /**< == 128 (bits) */
    
    /** The total stream length of the STREAMINFO block in bytes. */
    #define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_LENGTH (34u)
    
    /** FLAC PADDING structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_padding">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	int dummy;
    	/**< Conceptually this is an empty struct since we don't store the
    	 * padding bytes.  Empty structs are not allowed by some C compilers,
    	 * hence the dummy.
    	 */
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Padding;
    
    
    /** FLAC APPLICATION structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_application">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__byte id[4];
    	FLAC__byte *data;
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Application;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_APPLICATION_ID_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    
    /** SeekPoint structure used in SEEKTABLE blocks.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#seekpoint">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__uint64 sample_number;
    	/**<  The sample number of the target frame. */
    
    	FLAC__uint64 stream_offset;
    	/**< The offset, in bytes, of the target frame with respect to
    	 * beginning of the first frame. */
    
    	uint32_t frame_samples;
    	/**< The number of samples in the target frame. */
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_SAMPLE_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_STREAM_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_FRAME_SAMPLES_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
    
    /** The total stream length of a seek point in bytes. */
    #define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_LENGTH (18u)
    
    /** The value used in the \a sample_number field of
     *  FLAC__StreamMetadataSeekPoint used to indicate a placeholder
     *  point (== 0xffffffffffffffff).
     */
    extern FLAC_API const FLAC__uint64 FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_PLACEHOLDER;
    
    
    /** FLAC SEEKTABLE structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_seektable">format specification</A>)
     *
     * \note From the format specification:
     * - The seek points must be sorted by ascending sample number.
     * - Each seek point's sample number must be the first sample of the
     *   target frame.
     * - Each seek point's sample number must be unique within the table.
     * - Existence of a SEEKTABLE block implies a correct setting of
     *   total_samples in the stream_info block.
     * - Behavior is undefined when more than one SEEKTABLE block is
     *   present in a stream.
     */
    typedef struct {
    	uint32_t num_points;
    	FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint *points;
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable;
    
    
    /** Vorbis comment entry structure used in VORBIS_COMMENT blocks.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">format specification</A>)
     *
     *  For convenience, the APIs maintain a trailing NUL character at the end of
     *  \a entry which is not counted toward \a length, i.e.
     *  \code strlen(entry) == length \endcode
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__uint32 length;
    	FLAC__byte *entry;
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_VORBIS_COMMENT_ENTRY_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC VORBIS_COMMENT structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry vendor_string;
    	FLAC__uint32 num_comments;
    	FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry *comments;
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_VORBIS_COMMENT_NUM_COMMENTS_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC CUESHEET track index structure.  (See the
     * <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#cuesheet_track_index">format specification</A> for
     * the full description of each field.)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__uint64 offset;
    	/**< Offset in samples, relative to the track offset, of the index
    	 * point.
    	 */
    
    	FLAC__byte number;
    	/**< The index point number. */
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Index;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_INDEX_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_INDEX_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_INDEX_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 3*8 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC CUESHEET track structure.  (See the
     * <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#cuesheet_track">format specification</A> for
     * the full description of each field.)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__uint64 offset;
    	/**< Track offset in samples, relative to the beginning of the FLAC audio stream. */
    
    	FLAC__byte number;
    	/**< The track number. */
    
    	char isrc[13];
    	/**< Track ISRC.  This is a 12-digit alphanumeric code plus a trailing \c NUL byte */
    
    	uint32_t type:1;
    	/**< The track type: 0 for audio, 1 for non-audio. */
    
    	uint32_t pre_emphasis:1;
    	/**< The pre-emphasis flag: 0 for no pre-emphasis, 1 for pre-emphasis. */
    
    	FLAC__byte num_indices;
    	/**< The number of track index points. */
    
    	FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Index *indices;
    	/**< NULL if num_indices == 0, else pointer to array of index points. */
    
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_ISRC_LEN; /**< == 12*8 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_PRE_EMPHASIS_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 6+13*8 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_NUM_INDICES_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
    
    
    /** FLAC CUESHEET structure.  (See the
     * <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_cuesheet">format specification</A>
     * for the full description of each field.)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	char media_catalog_number[129];
    	/**< Media catalog number, in ASCII printable characters 0x20-0x7e.  In
    	 * general, the media catalog number may be 0 to 128 bytes long; any
    	 * unused characters should be right-padded with NUL characters.
    	 */
    
    	FLAC__uint64 lead_in;
    	/**< The number of lead-in samples. */
    
    	FLAC__bool is_cd;
    	/**< \c true if CUESHEET corresponds to a Compact Disc, else \c false. */
    
    	uint32_t num_tracks;
    	/**< The number of tracks. */
    
    	FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *tracks;
    	/**< NULL if num_tracks == 0, else pointer to array of tracks. */
    
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_MEDIA_CATALOG_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 128*8 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_LEAD_IN_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_IS_CD_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 7+258*8 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_NUM_TRACKS_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
    
    
    /** An enumeration of the PICTURE types (see FLAC__StreamMetadataPicture and id3 v2.4 APIC tag). */
    typedef enum {
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_OTHER = 0, /**< Other */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FILE_ICON_STANDARD = 1, /**< 32x32 pixels 'file icon' (PNG only) */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FILE_ICON = 2, /**< Other file icon */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FRONT_COVER = 3, /**< Cover (front) */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_BACK_COVER = 4, /**< Cover (back) */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LEAFLET_PAGE = 5, /**< Leaflet page */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_MEDIA = 6, /**< Media (e.g. label side of CD) */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LEAD_ARTIST = 7, /**< Lead artist/lead performer/soloist */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_ARTIST = 8, /**< Artist/performer */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_CONDUCTOR = 9, /**< Conductor */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_BAND = 10, /**< Band/Orchestra */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_COMPOSER = 11, /**< Composer */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LYRICIST = 12, /**< Lyricist/text writer */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_RECORDING_LOCATION = 13, /**< Recording Location */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_DURING_RECORDING = 14, /**< During recording */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_DURING_PERFORMANCE = 15, /**< During performance */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_SCREEN_CAPTURE = 16, /**< Movie/video screen capture */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FISH = 17, /**< A bright coloured fish */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_ILLUSTRATION = 18, /**< Illustration */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_BAND_LOGOTYPE = 19, /**< Band/artist logotype */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_PUBLISHER_LOGOTYPE = 20, /**< Publisher/Studio logotype */
    	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_UNDEFINED
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type;
    
    /** Maps a FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type to a C string.
     *
     *  Using a FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type as the index to this array
     *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be
     *  modified.
     */
    extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_TypeString[];
    
    /** FLAC PICTURE structure.  (See the
     * <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_picture">format specification</A>
     * for the full description of each field.)
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type type;
    	/**< The kind of picture stored. */
    
    	char *mime_type;
    	/**< Picture data's MIME type, in ASCII printable characters
    	 * 0x20-0x7e, NUL terminated.  For best compatibility with players,
    	 * use picture data of MIME type \c image/jpeg or \c image/png.  A
    	 * MIME type of '-->' is also allowed, in which case the picture
    	 * data should be a complete URL.  In file storage, the MIME type is
    	 * stored as a 32-bit length followed by the ASCII string with no NUL
    	 * terminator, but is converted to a plain C string in this structure
    	 * for convenience.
    	 */
    
    	FLAC__byte *description;
    	/**< Picture's description in UTF-8, NUL terminated.  In file storage,
    	 * the description is stored as a 32-bit length followed by the UTF-8
    	 * string with no NUL terminator, but is converted to a plain C string
    	 * in this structure for convenience.
    	 */
    
    	FLAC__uint32 width;
    	/**< Picture's width in pixels. */
    
    	FLAC__uint32 height;
    	/**< Picture's height in pixels. */
    
    	FLAC__uint32 depth;
    	/**< Picture's color depth in bits-per-pixel. */
    
    	FLAC__uint32 colors;
    	/**< For indexed palettes (like GIF), picture's number of colors (the
    	 * number of palette entries), or \c 0 for non-indexed (i.e. 2^depth).
    	 */
    
    	FLAC__uint32 data_length;
    	/**< Length of binary picture data in bytes. */
    
    	FLAC__byte *data;
    	/**< Binary picture data. */
    
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_WIDTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_HEIGHT_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_DEPTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_COLORS_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_DATA_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
    
    
    /** Structure that is used when a metadata block of unknown type is loaded.
     *  The contents are opaque.  The structure is used only internally to
     *  correctly handle unknown metadata.
     */
    typedef struct {
    	FLAC__byte *data;
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata_Unknown;
    
    
    /** FLAC metadata block structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block">format specification</A>)
     */
    typedef struct FLAC__StreamMetadata {
    	FLAC__MetadataType type;
    	/**< The type of the metadata block; used determine which member of the
    	 * \a data union to dereference.  If type >= FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_UNDEFINED
    	 * then \a data.unknown must be used. */
    
    	FLAC__bool is_last;
    	/**< \c true if this metadata block is the last, else \a false */
    
    	uint32_t length;
    	/**< Length, in bytes, of the block data as it appears in the stream. */
    
    	union {
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_StreamInfo stream_info;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Padding padding;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Application application;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable seek_table;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment vorbis_comment;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet cue_sheet;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture picture;
    		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Unknown unknown;
    	} data;
    	/**< Polymorphic block data; use the \a type value to determine which
    	 * to use. */
    } FLAC__StreamMetadata;
    
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_IS_LAST_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 7 (bits) */
    extern FLAC_API const uint32_t FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
    
    /** The total stream length of a metadata block header in bytes. */
    #define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_HEADER_LENGTH (4u)
    
    /*****************************************************************************/
    
    
    /*****************************************************************************
     *
     * Utility functions
     *
     *****************************************************************************/
    
    /** Tests that a sample rate is valid for FLAC.
     *
     * \param sample_rate  The sample rate to test for compliance.
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c true if the given sample rate conforms to the specification, else
     *    \c false.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_valid(uint32_t sample_rate);
    
    /** Tests that a blocksize at the given sample rate is valid for the FLAC
     *  subset.
     *
     * \param blocksize    The blocksize to test for compliance.
     * \param sample_rate  The sample rate is needed, since the valid subset
     *                     blocksize depends on the sample rate.
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c true if the given blocksize conforms to the specification for the
     *    subset at the given sample rate, else \c false.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_blocksize_is_subset(uint32_t blocksize, uint32_t sample_rate);
    
    /** Tests that a sample rate is valid for the FLAC subset.  The subset rules
     *  for valid sample rates are slightly more complex since the rate has to
     *  be expressible completely in the frame header.
     *
     * \param sample_rate  The sample rate to test for compliance.
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c true if the given sample rate conforms to the specification for the
     *    subset, else \c false.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_subset(uint32_t sample_rate);
    
    /** Check a Vorbis comment entry name to see if it conforms to the Vorbis
     *  comment specification.
     *
     *  Vorbis comment names must be composed only of characters from
     *  [0x20-0x3C,0x3E-0x7D].
     *
     * \param name       A NUL-terminated string to be checked.
     * \assert
     *    \code name != NULL \endcode
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c false if entry name is illegal, else \c true.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_name_is_legal(const char *name);
    
    /** Check a Vorbis comment entry value to see if it conforms to the Vorbis
     *  comment specification.
     *
     *  Vorbis comment values must be valid UTF-8 sequences.
     *
     * \param value      A string to be checked.
     * \param length     A the length of \a value in bytes.  May be
     *                   \c (uint32_t)(-1) to indicate that \a value is a plain
     *                   UTF-8 NUL-terminated string.
     * \assert
     *    \code value != NULL \endcode
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c false if entry name is illegal, else \c true.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_value_is_legal(const FLAC__byte *value, uint32_t length);
    
    /** Check a Vorbis comment entry to see if it conforms to the Vorbis
     *  comment specification.
     *
     *  Vorbis comment entries must be of the form 'name=value', and 'name' and
     *  'value' must be legal according to
     *  FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_name_is_legal() and
     *  FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_value_is_legal() respectively.
     *
     * \param entry      An entry to be checked.
     * \param length     The length of \a entry in bytes.
     * \assert
     *    \code value != NULL \endcode
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c false if entry name is illegal, else \c true.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_is_legal(const FLAC__byte *entry, uint32_t length);
    
    /** Check a seek table to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
     *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
     *  seek table.
     *
     * \param seek_table  A pointer to a seek table to be checked.
     * \assert
     *    \code seek_table != NULL \endcode
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c false if seek table is illegal, else \c true.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_seektable_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable *seek_table);
    
    /** Sort a seek table's seek points according to the format specification.
     *  This includes a "unique-ification" step to remove duplicates, i.e.
     *  seek points with identical \a sample_number values.  Duplicate seek
     *  points are converted into placeholder points and sorted to the end of
     *  the table.
     *
     * \param seek_table  A pointer to a seek table to be sorted.
     * \assert
     *    \code seek_table != NULL \endcode
     * \retval uint32_t
     *    The number of duplicate seek points converted into placeholders.
     */
    FLAC_API uint32_t FLAC__format_seektable_sort(FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable *seek_table);
    
    /** Check a cue sheet to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
     *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
     *  cue sheet.
     *
     * \param cue_sheet  A pointer to an existing cue sheet to be checked.
     * \param check_cd_da_subset  If \c true, check CUESHEET against more
     *                   stringent requirements for a CD-DA (audio) disc.
     * \param violation  Address of a pointer to a string.  If there is a
     *                   violation, a pointer to a string explanation of the
     *                   violation will be returned here. \a violation may be
     *                   \c NULL if you don't need the returned string.  Do not
     *                   free the returned string; it will always point to static
     *                   data.
     * \assert
     *    \code cue_sheet != NULL \endcode
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c false if cue sheet is illegal, else \c true.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_cuesheet_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet *cue_sheet, FLAC__bool check_cd_da_subset, const char **violation);
    
    /** Check picture data to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
     *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
     *  PICTURE block.
     *
     * \param picture    A pointer to existing picture data to be checked.
     * \param violation  Address of a pointer to a string.  If there is a
     *                   violation, a pointer to a string explanation of the
     *                   violation will be returned here. \a violation may be
     *                   \c NULL if you don't need the returned string.  Do not
     *                   free the returned string; it will always point to static
     *                   data.
     * \assert
     *    \code picture != NULL \endcode
     * \retval FLAC__bool
     *    \c false if picture data is illegal, else \c true.
     */
    FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_picture_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture *picture, const char **violation);
    
    /* \} */
    
    #ifdef __cplusplus
    }
    #endif
    
    #endif