diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 80ed7621..11a51c06 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -2,4 +2,13 @@ Generate HTML Container Spec Doc from Text Source ================================================= +HTML generation requires kramdown [1], easily installed as a +rubygem [2]. Rubygems installation should satisfy dependencies +automatically. + +[1]: http://kramdown.rubyforge.org/ +[2]: http://rubygems.org/ + +HTML generation can then be done from the project root, like so: + $ kramdown doc/webp-container-spec.txt --template doc/template.html > doc/output/webp-container-spec.html diff --git a/doc/template.html b/doc/template.html index 43f576b4..acc54469 100644 --- a/doc/template.html +++ b/doc/template.html @@ -29,26 +29,30 @@ } hr { } + code { + color: #000; + background-color: #f7f7f7; + padding: 0 3px; + font-family: "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", Consolata, monospace; + } pre { - background-color: #eee; + background-color: #f7f7f7; padding: 1em; border: 1px solid #ccc; width: 42em; overflow: auto; font-family: "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", Consolata, monospace; } + pre code { + background-color: #f7f7f7; + padding: 0; /* Only want padding on inline code, not blocks */ + } pre.terminal { color: #fff; background-color: #000; border: 1px solid #ccc; max-height: 30em; } - code { - color: #060; - background-color: #eee; - padding: 0 3px; - font-family: "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", Consolata, monospace; - } pre.terminal code { color: #fff; background-color: #000; diff --git a/doc/webp-container-spec.txt b/doc/webp-container-spec.txt index 86123597..dbbddff1 100644 --- a/doc/webp-container-spec.txt +++ b/doc/webp-container-spec.txt @@ -23,24 +23,50 @@ _Working Draft, v0.1, 20110926_ Introduction ------------ -WebP is a still image format that uses the VP8 key frame encoding (and, possibly, other codecs in the future) to compress image data in a lossy way. The VP8 encoding should make it more efficient than currently used formats. It is optimized for fast image transfer over the network (e.g., for WWW sites). However, it also aims for feature parity (like Color profile, XMP Metadata, Animation etc) with other formats. This document describes the structure of such a file. +WebP is a still image format that uses the VP8 key frame encoding (and, +possibly, other codecs in the future) to compress image data in a lossy +way. The VP8 encoding should make it more efficient than currently used +formats. It is optimized for fast image transfer over the network +(e.g., for websites). However, it also aims for feature parity (like +Color Profile, XMP Metadata, Animation, etc.) with other formats. This +document describes the structure of such a file. -The first version of WebP handled only the basic use-case -- a file having a single image (being one VP8 key frame) with no metadata. However, the use of a RIFF container allowed to extend it. This document extends it by additionally introducing support for: +The first version of WebP handled only the basic use-case -- a file +having a single image (being one VP8 key frame) with no metadata. +However, the use of a RIFF container allowed to extend it. This +document extends it by additionally introducing support for: - * **Metadata and color profiles.** We specify chunks that can contain this information, like can -other popular formats. + * **Metadata and color profiles.** We specify chunks that can contain + this information, like can other popular formats. - * **Tiling.** A single VP8 frame has an inherent limitation for width or height of 2^14 pixels and a 512kB limit on the size of first compressed partition. To support larger images, we support images that are composed of multiple tiles, each encoded as a separate VP8 frame. All tiles form logically a single image -- they have common metadata, color profile etc. Tiling may also improve efficiency for larger images -- grass can be encoded differently than sky. + * **Tiling.** A single VP8 frame has an inherent limitation for width + or height of 2^14 pixels and a 512kB limit on the size of first + compressed partition. To support larger images, we support images + that are composed of multiple tiles, each encoded as a separate VP8 + frame. All tiles form logically a single image -- they have common + metadata, color profile etc. Tiling may also improve efficiency for + larger images -- grass can be encoded differently than sky. - * **Animation.** An image may have pauses between frames, making it an animation. Files not using these new features are backward compatible with the original format. Using these features will produce files that are not compatible with older programs. + * **Animation.** An image may have pauses between frames, making it + an animation. Files not using these new features are backward + compatible with the original format. Using these features will + produce files that are not compatible with older programs. Terminology ----------- -A WebP file contains either a still image (i.e. an encoded matrix of pixels) or an animation (see below) with, possibly, a color profile, metadata etc. In case we need to refer only to the matrix of pixels, we will call is the **_canvas_** of the image. +A WebP file contains either a still image (i.e. an encoded matrix of +pixels) or an animation (see below) with, possibly, a color profile, +metadata etc. In case we need to refer only to the matrix of pixels, we +will call is the **_canvas_** of the image. -The canvas of an image is built from one or multiple tiles. Each tile is a separately encoded VP8 key frame (other codec are possible in the future). Building an image from several tiles allows to overcome the size limitations of a single VP8 frame. Tiling is supposed to be an internal detail of the file -- they are not supposed to be exposed to the user. +The canvas of an image is built from one or multiple tiles. Each tile +is a separately encoded VP8 key frame (other codec are possible in the +future). Building an image from several tiles allows to overcome the +size limitations of a single VP8 frame. Tiling is supposed to be an +internal detail of the file -- they are not supposed to be exposed to +the user. Basics @@ -48,63 +74,101 @@ Basics This section introduces basic terms used throughout the document. -Code reading WebP files will be referred to as **_readers_**, while code writing them will be referred as **_writers_**. +Code reading WebP files will be referred to as **_readers_**, while +code writing them will be referred as **_writers_**. -A 16-bit, little-endian, unsigned integer will be denoted as **_uint16_**. +A 16-bit, little-endian, unsigned integer will be denoted as +**_uint16_**. -A 32-bit, little-endian, unsigned integer will be denoted as **_uint32_**. +A 32-bit, little-endian, unsigned integer will be denoted as +**_uint32_**. The basic element of a RIFF file is a **_chunk_**. It consists of: * 4 ASCII characters that will be called the **_chunk tag_**. - * uint32 with the size of the chunk content (that will be denoted as **_ckSize_**). + * uint32 with the size of the chunk content (that will be denoted as + **_ckSize_**). * _ckSize_ bytes of content. - * If _ckSize_ is odd, a single padding byte that **SHOULD** be 0. + * If _ckSize_ is odd, a single padding byte that **SHOULD** be `0`. -A chunk with a tag "ABCD" will be also called a **_chunk of type_** "ABCD". Note that, in this specification, all chunk tag characters are in file order, not in byte order of an uint32 of any particular architecture. +A chunk with a tag "ABCD" will be also called a **_chunk of type_** +"ABCD". Note that, in this specification, all chunk tag characters are +in file order, not in byte order of an uint32 of any particular +architecture. -Note that the padding **MUST** be also added to the last chunk of the file. +Note that the padding **MUST** be also added to the last chunk of the +file. -A **_list of chunks_** is a concatenation of multiple chunks. We will call the first chunk as having _position_ 0, the second as position 1 etc. By _chunk with index 0 among "ABCD"_ we mean the first chunk among the chunks of type "ABCD" in the list, the _chunk with index 1 among "ABCD"_ is the second such chunk, etc. +A **_list of chunks_** is a concatenation of multiple chunks. We will +call the first chunk as having _position_ 0, the second as position 1 +etc. By _chunk with index 0 among "ABCD"_ we mean the first chunk among +the chunks of type "ABCD" in the list, the _chunk with index 1 among +"ABCD"_ is the second such chunk, etc. -A WebP file **MUST** begin with a single chunk with a tag "RIFF". All other defined chunks are within this chunk. It **SHOULD NOT** contain anything after it. +A WebP file **MUST** begin with a single chunk with a tag "RIFF". All +other defined chunks are within this chunk. It **SHOULD NOT** contain +anything after it. -The maximum size of RIFF's _ckSize_ is 2^32 -- 10 bytes (i.e. the size of the whole file is at most 4GiB -- 2 bytes). +The maximum size of RIFF's _ckSize_ is 2^32 -- 10 bytes (i.e. the size +of the whole file is at most 4GiB -- 2 bytes). -**Note:** some RIFF libraries are said to have bugs when handling files larger than 1GiB or 2GiB. If you are using an existing library, check that it handles large files correctly. +**Note:** some RIFF libraries are said to have bugs when handling files +larger than 1GiB or 2GiB. If you are using an existing library, check +that it handles large files correctly. -The first four bytes of the RIFF chunk contents (i.e. bytes 8-11 of the file) **MUST** be the ASCII string "WEBP". They are followed by a list of chunks. Note that as the size of any chunk is even, the size of the RIFF chunk is also even. +The first four bytes of the RIFF chunk contents (i.e. bytes 8-11 of the +file) **MUST** be the ASCII string "WEBP". They are followed by a list +of chunks. Note that as the size of any chunk is even, the size of the +RIFF chunk is also even. -The content of the chunks in that list will be described in the following sections. +The content of the chunks in that list will be described in the +following sections. -Note: RIFF has a convention that all-uppercase chunks are standard chunks that apply to any RIFF file format, while chunks specific for a file format are all-lowercase. WebP doesn't follow this convention. +**Note:** RIFF has a convention that all-uppercase chunks are standard +chunks that apply to any RIFF file format, while chunks specific for a +file format are all-lowercase. WebP doesn't follow this convention. Single-image WebP Files ----------------------- -First, we will describe a subset of WebP files -- files containing only one image (later, we will use it to define multi-image files -- file having several different images). +First, we will describe a subset of WebP files -- files containing only +one image (later, we will use it to define multi-image files -- file +having several different images). ### Chunks Layout -This section describes what chunks and in what order may appear in a single-image WebP file. The content of these chunks will be described in subsequent sections. +This section describes what chunks and in what order may appear in a +single-image WebP file. The content of these chunks will be described +in subsequent sections. -The first chunk inside the RIFF chunk **MUST** be with a tag of "VP8 " (note the space as the last character) or "VP8X". Other tags for the first chunk **MAY** be introduced by future specifications if we add new codecs. This tag of the first chunk determines which of the two possible layouts is used. +The first chunk inside the RIFF chunk **MUST** be with a tag of "VP8 " +(note the space as the last character) or "VP8X". Other tags for the +first chunk **MAY** be introduced by future specifications if we add +new codecs. This tag of the first chunk determines which of the two +possible layouts is used. -**Rationale:** we fix the possible tags of the first chunk so that it is possible to introduce other codecs, to keep the "WEBP" signature at the beginning of RIFF chunk, while still being able to check the codec used by the image by inspecting the byte stream at a fixed position. +**Rationale:** we fix the possible tags of the first chunk so that it +is possible to introduce other codecs, to keep the "WEBP" signature at +the beginning of RIFF chunk, while still being able to check the codec +used by the image by inspecting the byte stream at a fixed position. -The two possible layouts will be called _images without special layout_ and _images with special layout_. +The two possible layouts will be called _images without special layout_ +and _images with special layout_. #### Images Without Special Layout -If the first subchunk of RIFF has the tag "VP8 ", the file contains an _image without special layout_. +If the first subchunk of RIFF has the tag "VP8 ", the file contains an +_image without special layout_. -This layout **SHOULD** be used if the image doesn't require advanced features: color profiles, XMP metadata, animation or tiling. Files with this layout are smaller and supported by older software. +This layout **SHOULD** be used if the image doesn't require advanced +features: color profiles, XMP metadata, animation or tiling. Files with +this layout are smaller and supported by older software. Such images consist of: @@ -120,9 +184,12 @@ RIFF/WEBP #### Images With Special Layout -If the first subchunk of RIFF has the tag "VP8X" (other tags may be introduced by future specifications, if new codecs are added), the file contains an _image with special layout_. +If the first subchunk of RIFF has the tag "VP8X" (other tags may be +introduced by future specifications, if new codecs are added), the file +contains an _image with special layout_. -**Note:** older readers are not supporting images with special layout and will fail for images having them. +**Note:** older readers are not supporting images with special layout +and will fail for images having them. Such an image consists of: @@ -136,21 +203,37 @@ Such an image consists of: * An optional "META" chunk with XMP metadata. - * Some other chunks may be defined by future specifications and placed anywhere in the file. + * Some other chunks may be defined by future specifications and placed + anywhere in the file. -As will be described in the "VP8X" chunk description, by checking a flag one can distinguish animated and non-animated images. A non-animated image has exactly one frame. An animated one may have multiple frames. Data for each frame consists of: +As will be described in the "VP8X" chunk description, by checking a +flag one can distinguish animated and non-animated images. A +non-animated image has exactly one frame. An animated one may have +multiple frames. Data for each frame consists of: - * An optional "FRM " (note the space as the last character) chunk with animation frame metadata. It **MUST** be present in animated images at the beginning of data for that frame. It **MUST NOT** be present in non-animated images. + * An optional "FRM " (note the space as the last character) chunk with + animation frame metadata. It **MUST** be present in animated images + at the beginning of data for that frame. It **MUST NOT** be present + in non-animated images. - * An optional "TILE" chunk with tile position metadata. It **MUST** be present at the beginning of data of image that's represented as multiple tile images. + * An optional "TILE" chunk with tile position metadata. It **MUST** be + present at the beginning of data of image that's represented as + multiple tile images. * A "VP8 " chunk with the bitstream of the tile. -All chunks **MUST** be placed in the same order as listed above (except for unknown chunks, that **MAY** appear anywhere). If a chunk appears in a wrong place, the file is invalid, but readers **MAY** parse the file ignoring the chunks that come too late. +All chunks **MUST** be placed in the same order as listed above (except +for unknown chunks, that **MAY** appear anywhere). If a chunk appears +in a wrong place, the file is invalid, but readers **MAY** parse the +file ignoring the chunks that come too late. -**Rationale:** setting the order of chunks should allow to quickly stop the search for e.g., the ICCP if it is not present in the file. The rule of ignoring late chunks should make programs that needs to do a full search give the same results as the ones stopping early. +**Rationale:** setting the order of chunks should allow to quickly stop +the search for e.g., the ICCP if it is not present in the file. The +rule of ignoring late chunks should make programs that needs to do a +full search give the same results as the ones stopping early. -**Example:** An example layout of a non-animated, tiled image may look as follows: +**Example:** An example layout of a non-animated, tiled image may look +as follows: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RIFF/WEBP @@ -183,9 +266,13 @@ RIFF/WEBP ### Assembling the Canvas from Tiles and Animation -Contents of the chunks will be described in details in subsequent section. Here, we provide an overview how they are used to assemble the canvas. The notation _VP8X.canvasWidth_ means the field in the "VP8X" described as _canvasWidth_. +Contents of the chunks will be described in details in subsequent +section. Here, we provide an overview how they are used to assemble the +canvas. The notation _VP8X.canvasWidth_ means the field in the "VP8X" +described as _canvasWidth_. -Decoding a non-animated canvas **MUST** be equivalent to the following pseudocode: +Decoding a non-animated canvas **MUST** be equivalent to the following +pseudocode: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ assert not VP8X.flags.haveAnimation @@ -202,7 +289,8 @@ for chunk in data_for_all_frames: canvas contains the decoded canvas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Decoding an animated canvas **MUST** be equivalent to the following pseudocode: +Decoding an animated canvas **MUST** be equivalent to the following +pseudocode: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ assert VP8X.flags.haveAnimation @@ -222,131 +310,219 @@ for LOOP.loop = 0, ..., LOOP.loopCount-1 assert tile_params.tileCanvasY >= current_FRM.frameY assert tile_params.tileCanvasX + chunk.tileWidth >= current_FRM.frameX + current_FRM.frameWidth assert tile_params.tileCanvasY + chunk.tileHeight >= current_FRM.frameX + current_FRM.frameHeight - render image in chunk in canvas with top-left corner in (tile_params.tileCanvasX, tile_params.tileCanvasY) using the isometry in VP8X.flags.rotationAndSymmetry. - tile_params.tileCanvasX = tile_params.tileCanvasY = 0 + render image in chunk in canvas with top-left corner in (tile_params.tileCanvasX, tile_params.tileCanvasY) using the isometry in VP8X.flags.rotationAndSymmetry. tile_params.tileCanvasX = tile_params.tileCanvasY = 0 Ignore unknown chunks canvas contains the decoded canvas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -As described earlier, if an assert related to chunk ordering fails, the reader **MAY** ignore the badly-ordered chunks instead of failing to decode the file. +As described earlier, if an assert related to chunk ordering fails, the +reader **MAY** ignore the badly-ordered chunks instead of failing to +decode the file. ### Bitstream Chunks (VP8) -These chunks contain compressed image data. Currently, the only allowed bitstream is VP8 and uses "VP8 " (note the space as the last character) as its tag. We will refer to all chunks with this tag as **_bitstream chunks_**. As described earlier, images without special layout have a single bitstream chunk as the first subchunk of RIFF, while images with special layout may contain several of them -- one for each tile. +These chunks contain compressed image data. Currently, the only allowed +bitstream is VP8 and uses "VP8 " (note the space as the last character) +as its tag. We will refer to all chunks with this tag as **_bitstream +chunks_**. As described earlier, images without special layout have a +single bitstream chunk as the first subchunk of RIFF, while images with +special layout may contain several of them -- one for each tile. -The content of a "VP8 " chunk **MUST** be one VP8 key frame (with optional padding -- see below). +The content of a "VP8 " chunk **MUST** be one VP8 key frame (with +optional padding -- see below). -The current draft of a VP8 specification can be found at [IETF.org][vp8spec]. Note that the VP8 frame header contains the VP8 frame width and height. It is assumed to be the width and height of the tile. +The current draft of a VP8 specification can be found at +[IETF.org][vp8spec]. Note that the VP8 frame header contains the VP8 +frame width and height. It is assumed to be the width and height of the +tile. -The VP8 specification specifies how to decode the image into Y'CbCr format. To convert to RGB, Rec. 601 **SHOULD** be used. +The VP8 specification specifies how to decode the image into Y'CbCr +format. To convert to RGB, Rec. 601 **SHOULD** be used. -For compatibility with older readers, if the size of the frame is odd, writers **SHOULD** append a padding byte (preferably 0) inside the chunk contents, making the chunk's _ckSize_ even. Newer readers **MUST** support odd-sized tile chunks. +For compatibility with older readers, if the size of the frame is odd, +writers **SHOULD** append a padding byte (preferably `0`) inside the +chunk contents, making the chunk's _ckSize_ even. Newer readers +**MUST** support odd-sized tile chunks. ### VP8X Chunk (Special Layout) -As described earlier, a chunk with tag "VP8X", is the first chunk of images with special layout. It is used to enable advanced features of WebP. +As described earlier, a chunk with tag "VP8X", is the first chunk of +images with special layout. It is used to enable advanced features of +WebP. The content of the chunk is as follows: - * **uint32** _flags_. The following bits are currently used (with 0 being the least significant bit): + * **uint32** _flags_. The following bits are currently used (with `0` + being the least significant bit): * bit 0: _haveTile_: set if the image is represented by Tiles. - * bit 1: _haveAnimation_: set if the file is an animation. Data in "LOOP" and "FRM " -chunks should be used to control the animation. + * bit 1: _haveAnimation_: set if the file is an animation. Data in + "LOOP" and "FRM " chunks should be used to control the animation. - * bit 2: _haveIccp_: set if the file contains a "ICCP" chunk with a color profile. If a file -contains an "ICCP" chunk but this bit is not set, the error is flagged while constructing -the Mux-Container. + * bit 2: _haveIccp_: set if the file contains a "ICCP" chunk with a + color profile. If a file contains an "ICCP" chunk but this bit is + not set, the error is flagged while constructing the + Mux-Container. - * bit 3: _haveMetadat_: set if the file contains a "META" chunk with a XMP metadata. If a file contains an "META" chunk but this bit is not set, the error is flagged while constructing the Mux-Container. FIXME + * bit 3: _haveMetadata_: set if the file contains a "META" chunk + with a XMP metadata. If a file contains an "META" chunk but this + bit is not set, the error is flagged while constructing the + Mux-Container. FIXME -Future specification **MAY** define other bits in flags. Bits not defined by this specification -**MUST** be preserved when modifying the file. +Future specification **MAY** define other bits in flags. Bits not +defined by this specification **MUST** be preserved when modifying the +file. - * **uint32** _canvasWidth_: width of the canvas in pixels (after the optional rotation or symmetry -- see below). + * **uint32** _canvasWidth_: width of the canvas in pixels (after the + optional rotation or symmetry -- see below). - * **uint32** _canvasHeight_: height of the canvas in pixels (after the optional rotation or symmetry see below). + * **uint32** _canvasHeight_: height of the canvas in pixels (after the + optional rotation or symmetry see below). -Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger size is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** preserve them when modifying the file. +Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger size +is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** preserve +them when modifying the file. ### LOOP Chunk (Global Animation Parameters) -For images that are animations, this chunk contains the global parameters of the animation. +For images that are animations, this chunk contains the global +parameters of the animation. -This chunk **MUST** appear if the _haveAnimation_ flag in chunk VP8X is set. If the _haveAnimation_ flag is not set and this chunk is present, it **MUST** be ignored. +This chunk **MUST** appear if the _haveAnimation_ flag in chunk VP8X is +set. If the _haveAnimation_ flag is not set and this chunk is present, +it **MUST** be ignored. The content of the chunk is as follows: - * **uint16** _loopCount_: For animations, the number of times to loop this animation. `0` means infinite. + * **uint16** _loopCount_: For animations, the number of times to loop + this animation. `0` means infinite. -Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger size is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** preserve them when modifying the file. +Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger +size is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** +preserve them when modifying the file. ### FRM Chunk (Per-frame Animation Parameters) -For images that are animations, these chunks contain the per-frame parameters of the animation. +For images that are animations, these chunks contain the per-frame +parameters of the animation. The content of the chunk is as follows: - * **uint32** _frameX_: x coordinate of the upper left corner of the frame. For images using the VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by 32. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. Described in more details later. + * **uint32** _frameX_: x coordinate of the upper left corner of the + frame. For images using the VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by + `32`. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. Described in + more details later. - * **uint32** _frameY_: y coordinate of the upper left corner of the frame. For images using the VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by 32. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. Described in more details later. + * **uint32** _frameY_: y coordinate of the upper left corner of the + frame. For images using the VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by + `32`. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. Described in + more details later. - * **uint32** _frameWidth_: width of the frame. For images using the VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by 16 or such that _frameX+frameWidth==canvasWidth_. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. Desribed in more details later. + * **uint32** _frameWidth_: width of the frame. For images using the + VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by `16` or such that + _frameX + frameWidth == canvasWidth_. Other codecs **MAY** specify + other constraints. Desribed in more details later. - * **uint32** _frameHeight_: height. For images using the VP8 codec, it **MUST** be divisible by 16 or such that frameY+frameHeight==canvasHeight. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. Desribed in more details later. + * **uint32** _frameHeight_: height. For images using the VP8 codec, it + **MUST** be divisible by `16` or such that _frameY + frameHeight == + canvasHeight_. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. + Desribed in more details later. - * **uint16** _frameDuration_: Time to wait before displaying the next tile, in 1ms units. + * **uint16** _frameDuration_: Time to wait before displaying the next + tile, in 1ms units. -**Rationale:** The requirement for corner coordinates to be divisible by 32 means that pixels on U and V planes are aligned to 16 byte boundary (even after a rotation), what may help with vector instructions on some architectures. Also, this makes the tiles also aligned to 16-pixel macroblock boundaries. +**Rationale:** The requirement for corner coordinates to be divisible +by `32` means that pixels on U and V planes are aligned to 16-byte +boundary (even after a rotation), what may help with vector +instructions on some architectures. Also, this makes the tiles also +aligned to 16-pixel macroblock boundaries. -**Rationale:** The requirement for the width and height to be divisible by 16 or touching the edge of the canvas simplifies the handling of macroblocks that are on the edge of a tile -- VP8 decoders can overwrite pixels outside the boundary in such a macroblock and this guarantees they won't overwrite any data. +**Rationale:** The requirement for the width and height to be +divisible by `16` or touching the edge of the canvas simplifies the +handling of macroblocks that are on the edge of a tile -- VP8 decoders +can overwrite pixels outside the boundary in such a macroblock and this +guarantees they won't overwrite any data. -Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger size is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** preserve them when modifying the file. +Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger +size is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** +preserve them when modifying the file. ### TILE Chunks (Tile Parameters) -This chunk contains information about a single tile and describes the bitstream chunk that proceeds it. +This chunk contains information about a single tile and describes the +bitstream chunk that proceeds it. The content of such a chunk is as follows: - * **uint32** _tileCanvasX_: x coordinate of the upper left corner of the tile. For VP8 tiles, it **MUST** be divisible by 32. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. + * **uint32** _tileCanvasX_: x coordinate of the upper left corner of + the tile. For VP8 tiles, it **MUST** be divisible by `32`. Other + codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. - * **uint32** _tileCanvasY_: y coordinate of the upper left corner of the tile. For VP8 tiles, it **MUST** be divisible by 32. Other codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. + * **uint32** _tileCanvasY_: y coordinate of the upper left corner of + the tile. For VP8 tiles, it **MUST** be divisible by `32`. Other + codecs **MAY** specify other constraints. -Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger size is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** preserve them when modifying the file. +Future specifications **MAY** add more fields. If a chunk of larger size +is found, programs **MUST** ignore the extra bytes but **MUST** preserve +them when modifying the file. -As described earlier, the TILE chunk is followed by a VP8 data. From that chun, we can read the height and width of the tile, that we will denote by _tileWidth_ and _tileHeight_. In the case of VP8, we have the following constraints: +As described earlier, the TILE chunk is followed by a VP8 data. From +that chun, we can read the height and width of the tile, that we will +denote by _tileWidth_ and _tileHeight_. In the case of VP8, we have the +following constraints: - * The width of a tile **MUST** be divisible by 16 or there **MUST** be _tileCanvasX+tileWidth==canvasWidth_. + * The width of a tile **MUST** be divisible by `16` or there **MUST** + be _tileCanvasX + tileWidth == canvasWidth_. - * The height of a tile **MUST** be divisible by 16 or there **MUST** be _tileCanvasY+tileHeight==canvasHeight_. + * The height of a tile **MUST** be divisible by `16` or there **MUST** + be _tileCanvasY + tileHeight == canvasHeight_. ### ICCP Chunk (Color Profile) -An optional "ICCP" chunk contains an ICC profile. There **SHOULD** be at most one such chunk. The first byte of the chunk is the compression type. Two values are currently defined: a value of 0 means no compression, while a value of 1 means deflate/inflate compression. It is followed by a compressed or non-compressed ICC profile -- see for specifications. +An optional "ICCP" chunk contains an ICC profile. There **SHOULD** be +at most one such chunk. The first byte of the chunk is the compression +type. Two values are currently defined: a value of `0` means no +compression, while a value of `1` means deflate/inflate compression. It +is followed by a compressed or non-compressed ICC profile -- see + for specifications. -The color profile can be a v2 or v4 profile. If this chunk is missing, sRGB **SHOULD** be assumed. +The color profile can be a v2 or v4 profile. If this chunk is missing, +sRGB **SHOULD** be assumed. ### META Chunk (Compressed XMP Metadata) -Such a chunk (if present) contains XMP metadata. There SHOULD be at most one such chunk. If there are more such chunks, readers **SHOULD** ignore all except the first one. The first byte specifies compression type. Two values are currently defined: a value of 0 means no compression, while a value of 1 means deflate/inflate compression. It is followed by a compressed or non-compressed XMP metadata packet. +Such a chunk (if present) contains XMP metadata. There SHOULD be at +most one such chunk. If there are more such chunks, readers **SHOULD** +ignore all except the first one. The first byte specifies compression +type. Two values are currently defined: a value of `0` means no +compression, while a value of `1` means deflate/inflate compression. It +is followed by a compressed or non-compressed XMP metadata packet. -XMP packets are XML text specified in the [XMP Specification Part 1][xmpspec]. The chunk tag is different from the one specified by Adobe for WAV and AVI (also RIFF formats) because we have the options of compression. +XMP packets are XML text specified in the [XMP Specification Part +1][xmpspec]. The chunk tag is different from the one specified by Adobe +for WAV and AVI (also RIFF formats) because we have the options of +compression. -Additional guidance about handling metadata can be found in the Metadata Working Group's [Guidelines for Handling Metadata][metadata]. Note that the sections of the document about reconciliation of EXIF, XMP and IPTC-IIM don't apply to WebP, as WebP supports only XMP, thus no reconciliation is necessary. +Additional guidance about handling metadata can be found in the +Metadata Working Group's [Guidelines for Handling Metadata][metadata]. +Note that the sections of the document about reconciliation of EXIF, +XMP and IPTC-IIM don't apply to WebP, as WebP supports only XMP, thus +no reconciliation is necessary. ### Other Chunks -A file **MAY** contain other chunks, defined in some future specification. Such chunks **MUST** be ignored, but preserved. Writers **SHOULD** try to preserve them in the original order. +A file **MAY** contain other chunks, defined in some future +specification. Such chunks **MUST** be ignored, but preserved. Writers +**SHOULD** try to preserve them in the original order.