Re: Range syntax

Hi Silvia,

> We could take a different approach where we specify the type of 
> addressing as well as the format, e.g.
> 
> Content-Range: time:smpte-30-drop 1:22:33-2:33:44.1/4:00:00
> 
> (or just "t" instead of "time") and similarly
> 
> Content-Range: time:npt 82:33-153:44.1/4:00:00

Yes, but then it breaks the "bytes" scheme where no dimension is 
provided. What is the added value of adding the dimensions (time, xywh) 
other the units (npt, smpte, pixel)?

I like also the idea of having a clear mechanism to advert the wished 
units (rather than dimensions) using Accept-Ranges.

> Content-Range: xywh 160,120,320,240/4:00:00
> Content-Range: xywh:pixel 160,120,320,240/4:00
> Content-Range: xywh:percent 25,25,50,50/4:00
> Content-Range: track 'video'/4:00
> Content-Range: id 'chapter-1'/4:00

Assuming you haven't done any copy/paste errors in the above examples, 
do you mean that the instance length (the value on the right side of the 
'/') should always been the temporal duration of the whole media? It 
makes sense for id. For track, I guess it could be the duration of the 
selected track. For space, I really don't know ...
Thoughts?
Cheers.

   Raphaël

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Received on Friday, 11 September 2009 09:08:32 UTC