[Cellar] Introductions and a new I-D that may be appropriate for CELLAR

Sam Whited <sam@samwhited.com> Thu, 19 February 2026 20:19 UTC

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Hi all,

I'm a former IETF contributor (RFC9622, various other I-D's with the 
KITTEN WG) but haven't been around for a long time. I started working on 
an I-D recently that I had originally considered for independent 
submission, but someone suggested that CELLAR may be an appropriate 
place for it.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-swhited-ogg-stems/

The TL;DR is that there is currently no open format for encoding stems, 
ie. files that contain individual audio tracks for various instruments 
or clusters of instruments that DJs, producers, etc. use to re-mix 
tracks on the fly. I would like to define a stem format using OGG 
wrappers containing FLAC and/or Opus. I read through CELLAR's 
description and wasn't sure if it would be an appropriate fit, so I 
joined the list and wanted to know if this is something CELLAR would be 
interested in adopting or if you'd prefer it remain an independent 
submission.

Thanks for doing what you do!

—Sam

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Sam Whited
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