IMHO, I don't agree with you, Klaus. Here is why.
In general, a timer is fired only when the time pass over the timer
temporal position, so as it is said in MHEG-5 IS at section 11.1.3, timers
represent "the temporal positions where the Scene shall receive TimerFired
events".
=46ollowing this, I would say that TimerFired events could never be sent
elsewhere (and I'm sure that most interpreters would act like that because
it seems simpler). If we used MHEG-1, it would be clear with triggers that
include both a previous condition (i.e. current time < timer position) and
a current condition (i.e. current time >=3D timer position). I think we
should follow this mechanism.
Moreover, following what you suggest, I think it would be hard to explain
why the following sentence at section 11.4.SetTimer.2 (paragraph 3) : "If
the timerValue parameter is zero and AbsoluteTime is False, the Timer shall
be fired immediately." would specify "and AbsoluteTime is False".
Just my own opinion anyway.
>Q2: The action SetData requires the ContentHook of the target to be
>encoded. Isn't that too strong?
>
> my suggestion: yes, too strong.
> This would be a change in the semantics. Hence, people have to be
> aware of this, and this issue might be something to consider during
> maintainance of the standard
>
The contentHook is specified in the Ingredient class but cannot be changed
by the setData action. Is it that point that you are grumbling about ?
Would you prefer that the setData action would have to specify the
contentHook ? I don't really see why. Do you have to use some medias coded
in different formats in the same place of your application ? And can't you
managed to have them all in the same format ? I'm not opposed to your
suggestion but I think it could be useful only in very rare case.
(PS : if you have to batch - convert many bitmaps files, just use
Equilibrium Debabelizer (http://www.equilibrium.com)
Best regards to all,
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