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+#ifndef _METACUBE2_H
+#define _METACUBE2_H
+
+/*
+ * Definitions for the Metacube2 protocol, used to communicate with Cubemap.
+ *
+ * Note: This file is meant to compile as both C and C++, for easier inclusion
+ * in other projects.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define METACUBE2_SYNC "cube!map" /* 8 bytes long. */
+#define METACUBE_FLAGS_HEADER 0x1
+#define METACUBE_FLAGS_NOT_SUITABLE_FOR_STREAM_START 0x2
+
+/*
+ * Metadata packets; should not be counted as data, but rather
+ * parsed (or ignored if you don't understand them).
+ *
+ * Metadata packets start with a uint64_t (network byte order)
+ * that describe the type; the rest is defined by the type.
+ */
+#define METACUBE_FLAGS_METADATA 0x4
+
+struct metacube2_block_header {
+ char sync[8]; /* METACUBE2_SYNC */
+ uint32_t size; /* Network byte order. Does not include header. */
+ uint16_t flags; /* Network byte order. METACUBE_FLAGS_*. */
+ uint16_t csum; /* Network byte order. CRC16 of size and flags.
+ If METACUBE_FLAGS_METADATA is set, inverted
+ so that older clients will ignore it as broken. */
+};
+
+uint16_t metacube2_compute_crc(const struct metacube2_block_header *hdr);
+
+/*
+ * Set by the encoder, and can be measured for latency purposes (e.g., if the
+ * network can't keep up, the latency will tend to increase.
+ */
+#define METACUBE_METADATA_TYPE_ENCODER_TIMESTAMP 0x1
+
+struct metacube2_timestamp_packet {
+ uint64_t type; /* METACUBE_METADATA_TYPE_ENCODER_TIMESTAMP, in network byte order. */
+
+ /*
+ * Time since the UTC epoch. Basically a struct timespec.
+ * Both are in network byte order.
+ */
+ uint64_t tv_sec;
+ uint64_t tv_nsec;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Sent before a block to mark its presentation timestamp (ie., counts
+ * only for the next Metacube block). Used so that the reflector can know
+ * the length (in seconds) of fragments.
+ */
+#define METACUBE_METADATA_TYPE_NEXT_BLOCK_PTS 0x2
+
+struct metacube2_pts_packet {
+ uint64_t type; /* METACUBE_METADATA_TYPE_NEXT_BLOCK_PTS, in network byte order. */
+
+ /* The timestamp of the first packet in the next block, in network byte order. */
+ int64_t pts;
+
+ /* Timebase "pts" is expressed in, as a fraction. Network byte order. */
+ uint64_t timebase_num, timebase_den;
+};
+
+#endif /* !defined(_METACUBE_H) */