Re: [MMUSIC] Feedback requested on requirements

Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu> Wed, 24 April 2013 22:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] Feedback requested on requirements
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On 4/24/13 1:36 AM, Christer Holmberg wrote:

>> On 23 April 2013 08:30, Dale R. Worley <worley@ariadne.com> wrote:
>>>     non-DES C5  SBCs generally pass through attributes that they do not
>>>        understand.  SBCs generally pass through codec specifications that
>>>        they do not understand, even if they are configured to transcode
>>>        certain specific codecs.
>>
>> I'm not sure how to parse this.  Is that a double-negative or just two
>> negatives for emphasis?
>>
>> Do you intend to say that the solution should NOT rely on new
>> attributes because SBCs will suppress them, or that the solution is
>> permitted to use new attributes because SBCs are expected to pass
>> attributes.
>
> I mean the latter.  The intended parsing is:
>
>      (non-DES) C5  SBCs generally pass through attributes that they do not...

What evidence do you have to support this assertion?
AFAIK this is far from universally true.

	Thanks,
	Paul