Magic numbers?

saintdev · Post by **saintdev** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:45 am

I'm looking at encoding with 6 channel aac, and am attempting to figure out what's going on first. Can anyone help me figure out what the following magic numbers are for.

From deca52.c:178-181

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    /* 6 blocks per frame, 256 samples per block, 2 channels */
    buf        = hb_buffer_init( 3072 * sizeof( float ) );
    buf->start = pts + ( pos / pv->size ) * 6 * 256 * 90000 / pv->rate;
    buf->stop  = buf->start + 6 * 256 * 90000 / pv->rate;

I understand the 3072 is the 6 blocks * 256 samples * 2 ch.
I assume the 6 and 256 below that are the blocks and samples. What is the 90000 about, though?

Again a52dec.c:190

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        samples_out = ((float *) buf->data) + 512 * i;

I think the 512 is 2ch * 256 samples. Yes/no?

This time encfaac.c:121-122, again we have the 90000.

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    buf->start = pts + 90000 * pos / 2 / sizeof( float ) / pv->job->arate;
    buf->stop  = buf->start + 90000 * pv->input_samples / pv->job->arate / 2;

The 2 I assume is for 2ch, but once again I am unsure what the 90000 is for.

jbrjake · Post by **jbrjake** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:03 am

I believe, after some late-night googling, that 90000 represents 90khz, the base frequency of MPEG-2 streams.

Presentation Time Stamps (PTS) of 32 bits with an accuracy of 90 kHz shall be carried in the fixed RTP header. All packets that make up a audio or video frame shall have the same time stamp.

RFC 2250: http://rfc.net/rfc2250.html

It relates to the system clock reference--I think that's the way video players always display frames at a given rate per second, no matter how many megahertz or gigahertz any given processor operates at.

I don't really know what I'm talking about, but some useful search terms will be: PTS, DTS, SCR, 90khz.