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- <h1>ov_open</h1>
- <p><i>declared in "vorbis/vorbisfile.h";</i></p>
- <p>ov_open is one of three initialization functions used to initialize
- an OggVorbis_File structure and prepare a bitstream for playback.
- <p><em><b> WARNING for Windows developers: </b> Do not use ov_open() in
- Windows applications; Windows linking places restrictions on
- passing <tt>FILE *</tt> handles successfully, and ov_open() runs
- afoul of these restrictions <a href="#winfoot">[a]</a>. See the <a
- href="ov_open_callbacks.html">ov_open_callbacks() page </a> for
- details on using <a
- href="ov_open_callbacks.html">ov_open_callbacks()</a> instead. </em>
- <p>The first argument must be a file pointer to an already opened file
- or pipe (it need not be seekable--though this obviously restricts what
- can be done with the bitstream). <tt>vf</tt> should be a pointer to the
- OggVorbis_File structure -- this is used for ALL the externally visible libvorbisfile
- functions. Once this has been called, the same <a href="OggVorbis_File.html">OggVorbis_File</a>
- struct should be passed to all the libvorbisfile functions.<p>
- The <tt>vf</tt> structure initialized using ov_fopen() must eventually
- be cleaned using <a href="ov_clear.html">ov_clear()</a>. Once a
- <tt>FILE *</tt> handle is passed to ov_open() successfully, the
- application MUST NOT <tt>fclose()</tt> or in any other way manipulate
- that file handle. Vorbisfile will close the file in <a
- href="ov_clear.html">ov_clear()</a>. If the application must be able
- to close the <tt>FILE *</tt> handle itself, see <a
- href="ov_open_callbacks.html">ov_open_callbacks()</a> with the use of
- <tt>OV_CALLBACKS_NOCLOSE</tt>.
- <p>It is often useful to call <tt>ov_open()</tt> simply to determine
- whether a given file is a Vorbis bitstream. If the <tt>ov_open()</tt>
- call fails, then the file is not recognizable as Vorbis. If the call
- succeeds but the initialized <tt>vf</tt> structure will not be used,
- the application is responsible for calling <a
- href="ov_clear.html">ov_clear()</a> to clear the decoder's buffers and
- close the file.<p>
- If [and only if] an <tt>ov_open()</tt> call fails, the application
- must explicitly <tt>fclose()</tt> the <tt>FILE *</tt> pointer itself.
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- <pre><b>
- int ov_open(FILE *f,<a href="OggVorbis_File.html">OggVorbis_File</a> *vf,char *initial,long ibytes);
- </b></pre>
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- <h3>Parameters</h3>
- <dl>
- <dt><i>f</i></dt>
- <dd>File pointer to an already opened file
- or pipe (it need not be seekable--though this obviously restricts what
- can be done with the bitstream).</dd>
- <dt><i>vf</i></dt>
- <dd>A pointer to the OggVorbis_File structure--this is used for ALL the externally visible libvorbisfile
- functions. Once this has been called, the same <tt>OggVorbis_File</tt>
- struct should be passed to all the libvorbisfile functions.</dd>
- <dt><i>initial</i></dt>
- <dd>Typically set to NULL. This parameter is useful if some data has already been
- read from the file and the stream is not seekable. It is used in conjunction with <tt>ibytes</tt>. In this case, <tt>initial</tt>
- should be a pointer to a buffer containing the data read.</dd>
- <dt><i>ibytes</i></dt>
- <dd>Typically set to 0. This parameter is useful if some data has already been
- read from the file and the stream is not seekable. In this case, <tt>ibytes</tt>
- should contain the length (in bytes) of the buffer. Used together with <tt>initial</tt></dd>
- </dl>
- <h3>Return Values</h3>
- <blockquote>
- <li>0 indicates success</li>
- <li>less than zero for failure:</li>
- <ul>
- <li>OV_EREAD - A read from media returned an error.</li>
- <li>OV_ENOTVORBIS - Bitstream is not Vorbis data.</li>
- <li>OV_EVERSION - Vorbis version mismatch.</li>
- <li>OV_EBADHEADER - Invalid Vorbis bitstream header.</li>
- <li>OV_EFAULT - Internal logic fault; indicates a bug or heap/stack corruption.</li>
- </ul>
- </blockquote>
- <p>
- <a name="notes"></a>
- <h3>Notes</h3>
- <dl>
- <a name="winfoot"></a>
- <dt><b>[a] Windows and ov_open()</b><p>
- <dd>Under Windows, stdio file access is implemented in each of many
- variants of crt.o, several of which are typically installed on any one
- Windows machine. If libvorbisfile and the application using
- libvorbisfile are not linked against the exact same
- version/variant/build of crt.o (and they usually won't be, especially
- using a prebuilt libvorbis DLL), <tt>FILE *</tt> handles cannot be
- opened in the application and then passed to vorbisfile to be used
- by stdio calls from vorbisfile's different version of CRT. For this
- reason, using <a href="ov_open.html">ov_open()</a> under Windows
- without careful, expert linking will typically cause a protection
- fault. Windows programmers should use <a
- href="ov_fopen.html">ov_fopen()</a> (which will only use libvorbis's
- crt.o) or <a href="ov_open_callbacks.html">ov_open_callbacks()</a>
- (which will only use the application's crt.o) instead.<p>
- This warning only applies to Windows and only applies to <a
- href="ov_open.html">ov_open()</a>. It is perfectly safe to use <a
- href="ov_open.html">ov_open()</a> on all other platforms.<p>
- For more information, see the following microsoft pages on <a
- href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/abx4dbyh(VS.80).aspx">C
- runtime library linking</a> and a specific description of <a
- href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235460(VS.80).aspx">restrictions
- on passing CRT objects across DLL boundaries</a>.
- <p>
- <dt><b>[b] Threaded decode</b><p>
- <dd>If your decoder is threaded, it is recommended that you NOT call
- <tt>ov_open()</tt>
- in the main control thread--instead, call <tt>ov_open()</tt> in your decode/playback
- thread. This is important because <tt>ov_open()</tt> may be a fairly time-consuming
- call, given that the full structure of the file is determined at this point,
- which may require reading large parts of the file under certain circumstances
- (determining all the logical bitstreams in one physical bitstream, for
- example). See <a href="threads.html">Thread Safety</a> for other information on using libvorbisfile with threads.
- <p>
- <dt><b>[c] Mixed media streams</b><p>
- <dd>
- As of Vorbisfile release 1.2.0, Vorbisfile is able to access the
- Vorbis content in mixed-media Ogg streams, not just Vorbis-only
- streams. For example, Vorbisfile may be used to open and access the
- audio from an Ogg stream consisting of Theora video and Vorbis audio.
- Vorbisfile 1.2.0 decodes the first logical audio stream of each
- physical stream section.<p>
- <dt><b>[d] Faster testing for Vorbis files</b><p>
- <dd><a href="ov_test.html">ov_test()</a> and <a
- href="ov_test_callbacks.html">ov_test_callbacks()</a> provide less
- computationally expensive ways to test a file for Vorbisness, but
- require more setup code.<p>
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- <td><p class=tiny>copyright © 2007 Xiph.org</p></td>
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