- 2004.09.16 19:23 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Frank Warmerdam
- 2004.09.16 22:39 "[Tiff] Re: BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Ian Ameline
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2004.09.17 00:09 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 00:32 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
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2004.09.17 01:54 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
- 2004.09.17 02:29 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 03:08 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Chris Cox
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2004.09.17 04:20 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 04:39 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Chris Cox
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2004.09.17 11:25 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
- 2004.09.17 14:31 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 11:25 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
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2004.09.17 05:46 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Frank Warmerdam
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2004.09.17 11:40 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
- 2004.09.17 13:11 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Frank Warmerdam
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2004.09.17 15:10 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Fernando Loygorri
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2004.09.17 15:10 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 15:55 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Fernando Loygorri
- 2004.09.17 16:00 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Frank Warmerdam
- 2004.09.17 16:13 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
- 2004.09.17 16:43 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
- 2004.09.17 21:41 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Chris Cox
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2004.09.17 15:55 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Fernando Loygorri
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2004.09.17 15:10 "RE: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 11:40 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
- 2004.09.17 11:38 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
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2004.09.17 04:39 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Chris Cox
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2004.09.17 04:20 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
- 2004.09.17 06:35 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Rob van den Tillaart
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2004.09.17 01:54 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Bob Friesenhahn
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2004.09.17 00:32 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
- 2004.09.19 12:31 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Andrey Kiselev
- 2004.09.19 16:43 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
2004.09.17 11:43 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
Option 0: stick with 4 byte tag count members (alignment, tag data <= 4 gig, Frank's choice)
Option 1: make it an 8 byte tag count (no alignment, tag data > 4 gig allowed)
Option 2, courtesy of Bob: make it 8 byte tag count, add 4 padding bytes (alignment, tag data > 4 gig allowed)There is another option to get 8 byte alignment, so instead of 4 padding bytes they are used for extending the first 2 fields => aligning every field to 32 bit. This might be easier to handle by processors [less complex masking]
Offset - Datatype - Value
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0 - ULONG - Tag identifying code
4 - ULONG - Datatype of tag data
8 - Unsigned Long - Number of values
8 - 4 bytes - Tag data or offset
Rob,
Very valid fourth option, I think. It was a good idea to instert the strucure's sortoff table view again (except, of course, that I mentioned this structure for classic TIFF, in BigTIFF the last member is 8 bytes long). So allow me to do the same for all options sofar
** Option 0: stick with 4 byte tag count members **
(Alignment, tag data <=4 gig, Frank's choice)
0 - U16 - Tag identifying code
2 - U16 - Datatype of tag data
4 - U32 - Number of values
8 - U64 - Tag data or offset
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** Option 1: make it an 8 byte tag count **
(No alignment, tag data > 4 gig allowed, no votes sofar)
0 - U16 - Tag identifying code
2 - U16 - Datatype of tag data
4 - U64 - Number of values
12 - U64 - Tag data or offset
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** Option 2: make it 8 byte tag count, add 4 padding bytes **
(Alignment, tag data > 4 gig allowed, Bob's choice)
0 - U16 - Tag identifying code
2 - U16 - Datatype of tag data
4 - 4 bytes padding - Unused
8 - U64 - Number of values
16 - U64 - Tag data or offset
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** Option 3: make it 8 byte tag count, extend previous 2 members to 4 bytes **
(Alignment, tag data > 4 gig allowed)
0 - U32 - Tag identifying code
4 - U32 - Datatype of tag data
8 - U64 - Number of values
16 - U64 - Tag data or offset
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Rob, am I to understand you like option 3 best, or were you merely signalling the possibility?
Joris Van Damme
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