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+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__ALL_H
+#define FLAC__ALL_H
+
+#include "export.h"
+
+#include "assert.h"
+#include "callback.h"
+#include "format.h"
+#include "metadata.h"
+#include "ordinals.h"
+#include "stream_decoder.h"
+#include "stream_encoder.h"
+
+/** \mainpage
+ *
+ * \section intro Introduction
+ *
+ * This is the documentation for the FLAC C and C++ APIs.  It is
+ * highly interconnected; this introduction should give you a top
+ * level idea of the structure and how to find the information you
+ * need.  As a prerequisite you should have at least a basic
+ * knowledge of the FLAC format, documented
+ * <A HREF="../format.html">here</A>.
+ *
+ * \section c_api FLAC C API
+ *
+ * The FLAC C API is the interface to libFLAC, a set of structures
+ * describing the components of FLAC streams, and functions for
+ * encoding and decoding streams, as well as manipulating FLAC
+ * metadata in files.  The public include files will be installed
+ * in your include area (for example /usr/include/FLAC/...).
+ *
+ * By writing a little code and linking against libFLAC, it is
+ * relatively easy to add FLAC support to another program.  The
+ * library is licensed under <A HREF="../license.html">Xiph's BSD license</A>.
+ * Complete source code of libFLAC as well as the command-line
+ * encoder and plugins is available and is a useful source of
+ * examples.
+ *
+ * Aside from encoders and decoders, libFLAC provides a powerful
+ * metadata interface for manipulating metadata in FLAC files.  It
+ * allows the user to add, delete, and modify FLAC metadata blocks
+ * and it can automatically take advantage of PADDING blocks to avoid
+ * rewriting the entire FLAC file when changing the size of the
+ * metadata.
+ *
+ * libFLAC usually only requires the standard C library and C math
+ * library. In particular, threading is not used so there is no
+ * dependency on a thread library. However, libFLAC does not use
+ * global variables and should be thread-safe.
+ *
+ * libFLAC also supports encoding to and decoding from Ogg FLAC.
+ * However the metadata editing interfaces currently have limited
+ * read-only support for Ogg FLAC files.
+ *
+ * \section cpp_api FLAC C++ API
+ *
+ * The FLAC C++ API is a set of classes that encapsulate the
+ * structures and functions in libFLAC.  They provide slightly more
+ * functionality with respect to metadata but are otherwise
+ * equivalent.  For the most part, they share the same usage as
+ * their counterparts in libFLAC, and the FLAC C API documentation
+ * can be used as a supplement.  The public include files
+ * for the C++ API will be installed in your include area (for
+ * example /usr/include/FLAC++/...).
+ *
+ * libFLAC++ is also licensed under
+ * <A HREF="../license.html">Xiph's BSD license</A>.
+ *
+ * \section getting_started Getting Started
+ *
+ * A good starting point for learning the API is to browse through
+ * the <A HREF="modules.html">modules</A>.  Modules are logical
+ * groupings of related functions or classes, which correspond roughly
+ * to header files or sections of header files.  Each module includes a
+ * detailed description of the general usage of its functions or
+ * classes.
+ *
+ * From there you can go on to look at the documentation of
+ * individual functions.  You can see different views of the individual
+ * functions through the links in top bar across this page.
+ *
+ * If you prefer a more hands-on approach, you can jump right to some
+ * <A HREF="../documentation_example_code.html">example code</A>.
+ *
+ * \section porting_guide Porting Guide
+ *
+ * Starting with FLAC 1.1.3 a \link porting Porting Guide \endlink
+ * has been introduced which gives detailed instructions on how to
+ * port your code to newer versions of FLAC.
+ *
+ * \section embedded_developers Embedded Developers
+ *
+ * libFLAC has grown larger over time as more functionality has been
+ * included, but much of it may be unnecessary for a particular embedded
+ * implementation.  Unused parts may be pruned by some simple editing of
+ * src/libFLAC/Makefile.am.  In general, the decoders, encoders, and
+ * metadata interface are all independent from each other.
+ *
+ * It is easiest to just describe the dependencies:
+ *
+ * - All modules depend on the \link flac_format Format \endlink module.
+ * - The decoders and encoders depend on the bitbuffer.
+ * - The decoder is independent of the encoder.  The encoder uses the
+ *   decoder because of the verify feature, but this can be removed if
+ *   not needed.
+ * - Parts of the metadata interface require the stream decoder (but not
+ *   the encoder).
+ * - Ogg support is selectable through the compile time macro
+ *   \c FLAC__HAS_OGG.
+ *
+ * For example, if your application only requires the stream decoder, no
+ * encoder, and no metadata interface, you can remove the stream encoder
+ * and the metadata interface, which will greatly reduce the size of the
+ * library.
+ *
+ * Also, there are several places in the libFLAC code with comments marked
+ * with "OPT:" where a #define can be changed to enable code that might be
+ * faster on a specific platform.  Experimenting with these can yield faster
+ * binaries.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup porting Porting Guide for New Versions
+ *
+ * This module describes differences in the library interfaces from
+ * version to version.  It assists in the porting of code that uses
+ * the libraries to newer versions of FLAC.
+ *
+ * One simple facility for making porting easier that has been added
+ * in FLAC 1.1.3 is a set of \c #defines in \c export.h of each
+ * library's includes (e.g. \c include/FLAC/export.h).  The
+ * \c #defines mirror the libraries'
+ * <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Libtool-versioning">libtool version numbers</A>,
+ * e.g. in libFLAC there are \c FLAC_API_VERSION_CURRENT,
+ * \c FLAC_API_VERSION_REVISION, and \c FLAC_API_VERSION_AGE.
+ * These can be used to support multiple versions of an API during the
+ * transition phase, e.g.
+ *
+ * \code
+ * #if !defined(FLAC_API_VERSION_CURRENT) || FLAC_API_VERSION_CURRENT <= 7
+ *   legacy code
+ * #else
+ *   new code
+ * #endif
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * The the source will work for multiple versions and the legacy code can
+ * easily be removed when the transition is complete.
+ *
+ * Another available symbol is FLAC_API_SUPPORTS_OGG_FLAC (defined in
+ * include/FLAC/export.h), which can be used to determine whether or not
+ * the library has been compiled with support for Ogg FLAC.  This is
+ * simpler than trying to call an Ogg init function and catching the
+ * error.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup porting_1_1_2_to_1_1_3 Porting from FLAC 1.1.2 to 1.1.3
+ *  \ingroup porting
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module describes porting from FLAC 1.1.2 to FLAC 1.1.3.
+ *
+ * The main change between the APIs in 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 is that they have
+ * been simplified.  First, libOggFLAC has been merged into libFLAC and
+ * libOggFLAC++ has been merged into libFLAC++.  Second, both the three
+ * decoding layers and three encoding layers have been merged into a
+ * single stream decoder and stream encoder.  That is, the functionality
+ * of FLAC__SeekableStreamDecoder and FLAC__FileDecoder has been merged
+ * into FLAC__StreamDecoder, and FLAC__SeekableStreamEncoder and
+ * FLAC__FileEncoder into FLAC__StreamEncoder.  Only the
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoder and FLAC__StreamEncoder remain.  What this means
+ * is there is now a single API that can be used to encode or decode
+ * streams to/from native FLAC or Ogg FLAC and the single API can work
+ * on both seekable and non-seekable streams.
+ *
+ * Instead of creating an encoder or decoder of a certain layer, now the
+ * client will always create a FLAC__StreamEncoder or
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoder.  The old layers are now differentiated by the
+ * initialization function.  For example, for the decoder,
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_init() has been replaced by
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream().  This init function takes
+ * callbacks for the I/O, and the seeking callbacks are optional.  This
+ * allows the client to use the same object for seekable and
+ * non-seekable streams.  For decoding a FLAC file directly, the client
+ * can use FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file() and pass just a filename
+ * and fewer callbacks; most of the other callbacks are supplied
+ * internally.  For situations where fopen()ing by filename is not
+ * possible (e.g. Unicode filenames on Windows) the client can instead
+ * open the file itself and supply the FILE* to
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE().  The init functions now returns a
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus instead of FLAC__StreamDecoderState.
+ * Since the callbacks and client data are now passed to the init
+ * function, the FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*_callback() functions and
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_set_client_data() are no longer needed.  The
+ * rest of the calls to the decoder are the same as before.
+ *
+ * There are counterpart init functions for Ogg FLAC, e.g.
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_stream().  All the rest of the calls
+ * and callbacks are the same as for native FLAC.
+ *
+ * As an example, in FLAC 1.1.2 a seekable stream decoder would have
+ * been set up like so:
+ *
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__SeekableStreamDecoder *decoder = FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_new();
+ * if(decoder == NULL) do_something;
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_md5_checking(decoder, true);
+ * [... other settings ...]
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_read_callback(decoder, my_read_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_seek_callback(decoder, my_seek_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_tell_callback(decoder, my_tell_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_length_callback(decoder, my_length_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_eof_callback(decoder, my_eof_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_write_callback(decoder, my_write_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_metadata_callback(decoder, my_metadata_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_error_callback(decoder, my_error_callback);
+ * FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_set_client_data(decoder, my_client_data);
+ * if(FLAC__seekable_stream_decoder_init(decoder) != FLAC__SEEKABLE_STREAM_DECODER_OK) do_something;
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * In FLAC 1.1.3 it is like this:
+ *
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder = FLAC__stream_decoder_new();
+ * if(decoder == NULL) do_something;
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_set_md5_checking(decoder, true);
+ * [... other settings ...]
+ * if(FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream(
+ *   decoder,
+ *   my_read_callback,
+ *   my_seek_callback,      // or NULL
+ *   my_tell_callback,      // or NULL
+ *   my_length_callback,    // or NULL
+ *   my_eof_callback,       // or NULL
+ *   my_write_callback,
+ *   my_metadata_callback,  // or NULL
+ *   my_error_callback,
+ *   my_client_data
+ * ) != FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK) do_something;
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * or you could do;
+ *
+ * \code
+ * [...]
+ * FILE *file = fopen("somefile.flac","rb");
+ * if(file == NULL) do_somthing;
+ * if(FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE(
+ *   decoder,
+ *   file,
+ *   my_write_callback,
+ *   my_metadata_callback,  // or NULL
+ *   my_error_callback,
+ *   my_client_data
+ * ) != FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK) do_something;
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * or just:
+ *
+ * \code
+ * [...]
+ * if(FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file(
+ *   decoder,
+ *   "somefile.flac",
+ *   my_write_callback,
+ *   my_metadata_callback,  // or NULL
+ *   my_error_callback,
+ *   my_client_data
+ * ) != FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK) do_something;
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * Another small change to the decoder is in how it handles unparseable
+ * streams.  Before, when the decoder found an unparseable stream
+ * (reserved for when the decoder encounters a stream from a future
+ * encoder that it can't parse), it changed the state to
+ * \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_UNPARSEABLE_STREAM.  Now the decoder instead
+ * drops sync and calls the error callback with a new error code
+ * \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_UNPARSEABLE_STREAM.  This is
+ * more robust.  If your error callback does not discriminate on the the
+ * error state, your code does not need to be changed.
+ *
+ * The encoder now has a new setting:
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_set_apodization().  This is for setting the
+ * method used to window the data before LPC analysis.  You only need to
+ * add a call to this function if the default is not suitable.   There
+ * are also two new convenience functions that may be useful:
+ * FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_calculate_cddb_id() and
+ * FLAC__metadata_get_cuesheet().
+ *
+ * The \a bytes parameter to FLAC__StreamDecoderReadCallback,
+ * FLAC__StreamEncoderReadCallback, and FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteCallback
+ * is now \c size_t instead of \c unsigned.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup porting_1_1_3_to_1_1_4 Porting from FLAC 1.1.3 to 1.1.4
+ *  \ingroup porting
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module describes porting from FLAC 1.1.3 to FLAC 1.1.4.
+ *
+ * There were no changes to any of the interfaces from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4.
+ * There was a slight change in the implementation of
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_set_metadata(); the function now makes a copy
+ * of the \a metadata array of pointers so the client no longer needs
+ * to maintain it after the call.  The objects themselves that are
+ * pointed to by the array are still not copied though and must be
+ * maintained until the call to FLAC__stream_encoder_finish().
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup porting_1_1_4_to_1_2_0 Porting from FLAC 1.1.4 to 1.2.0
+ *  \ingroup porting
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module describes porting from FLAC 1.1.4 to FLAC 1.2.0.
+ *
+ * There were only very minor changes to the interfaces from 1.1.4 to 1.2.0.
+ * In libFLAC, \c FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_subset() was added.
+ * In libFLAC++, \c FLAC::Decoder::Stream::get_decode_position() was added.
+ *
+ * Finally, value of the constant \c FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_RESERVED_LEN
+ * has changed to reflect the conversion of one of the reserved bits
+ * into active use.  It used to be \c 2 and now is \c 1.  However the
+ * FLAC frame header length has not changed, so to skip the proper
+ * number of bits, use \c FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_RESERVED_LEN +
+ * \c FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BLOCKING_STRATEGY_LEN
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac FLAC C API
+ *
+ * The FLAC C API is the interface to libFLAC, a set of structures
+ * describing the components of FLAC streams, and functions for
+ * encoding and decoding streams, as well as manipulating FLAC
+ * metadata in files.
+ *
+ * You should start with the format components as all other modules
+ * are dependent on it.
+ */
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/assert.h b/include/FLAC/assert.h
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+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__ASSERT_H
+#define FLAC__ASSERT_H
+
+/* we need this since some compilers (like MSVC) leave assert()s on release code (and we don't want to use their ASSERT) */
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#include <assert.h>
+#define FLAC__ASSERT(x) assert(x)
+#define FLAC__ASSERT_DECLARATION(x) x
+#else
+#define FLAC__ASSERT(x)
+#define FLAC__ASSERT_DECLARATION(x)
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/callback.h b/include/FLAC/callback.h
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+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__CALLBACK_H
+#define FLAC__CALLBACK_H
+
+#include "ordinals.h"
+#include <stdlib.h> /* for size_t */
+
+/** \file include/FLAC/callback.h
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module defines the structures for describing I/O callbacks
+ *  to the other FLAC interfaces.
+ *
+ *  See the detailed documentation for callbacks in the
+ *  \link flac_callbacks callbacks \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_callbacks FLAC/callback.h: I/O callback structures
+ *  \ingroup flac
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module defines the structures for describing I/O callbacks
+ *  to the other FLAC interfaces.
+ *
+ *  The purpose of the I/O callback functions is to create a common way
+ *  for the metadata interfaces to handle I/O.
+ *
+ *  Originally the metadata interfaces required filenames as the way of
+ *  specifying FLAC files to operate on.  This is problematic in some
+ *  environments so there is an additional option to specify a set of
+ *  callbacks for doing I/O on the FLAC file, instead of the filename.
+ *
+ *  In addition to the callbacks, a FLAC__IOHandle type is defined as an
+ *  opaque structure for a data source.
+ *
+ *  The callback function prototypes are similar (but not identical) to the
+ *  stdio functions fread, fwrite, fseek, ftell, feof, and fclose.  If you use
+ *  stdio streams to implement the callbacks, you can pass fread, fwrite, and
+ *  fclose anywhere a FLAC__IOCallback_Read, FLAC__IOCallback_Write, or
+ *  FLAC__IOCallback_Close is required, and a FILE* anywhere a FLAC__IOHandle
+ *  is required.  \warning You generally CANNOT directly use fseek or ftell
+ *  for FLAC__IOCallback_Seek or FLAC__IOCallback_Tell since on most systems
+ *  these use 32-bit offsets and FLAC requires 64-bit offsets to deal with
+ *  large files.  You will have to find an equivalent function (e.g. ftello),
+ *  or write a wrapper.  The same is true for feof() since this is usually
+ *  implemented as a macro, not as a function whose address can be taken.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** This is the opaque handle type used by the callbacks.  Typically
+ *  this is a \c FILE* or address of a file descriptor.
+ */
+typedef void* FLAC__IOHandle;
+
+/** Signature for the read callback.
+ *  The signature and semantics match POSIX fread() implementations
+ *  and can generally be used interchangeably.
+ *
+ * \param  ptr      The address of the read buffer.
+ * \param  size     The size of the records to be read.
+ * \param  nmemb    The number of records to be read.
+ * \param  handle   The handle to the data source.
+ * \retval size_t
+ *    The number of records read.
+ */
+typedef size_t (*FLAC__IOCallback_Read) (void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FLAC__IOHandle handle);
+
+/** Signature for the write callback.
+ *  The signature and semantics match POSIX fwrite() implementations
+ *  and can generally be used interchangeably.
+ *
+ * \param  ptr      The address of the write buffer.
+ * \param  size     The size of the records to be written.
+ * \param  nmemb    The number of records to be written.
+ * \param  handle   The handle to the data source.
+ * \retval size_t
+ *    The number of records written.
+ */
+typedef size_t (*FLAC__IOCallback_Write) (const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FLAC__IOHandle handle);
+
+/** Signature for the seek callback.
+ *  The signature and semantics mostly match POSIX fseek() WITH ONE IMPORTANT
+ *  EXCEPTION: the offset is a 64-bit type whereas fseek() is generally 'long'
+ *  and 32-bits wide.
+ *
+ * \param  handle   The handle to the data source.
+ * \param  offset   The new position, relative to \a whence
+ * \param  whence   \c SEEK_SET, \c SEEK_CUR, or \c SEEK_END
+ * \retval int
+ *    \c 0 on success, \c -1 on error.
+ */
+typedef int (*FLAC__IOCallback_Seek) (FLAC__IOHandle handle, FLAC__int64 offset, int whence);
+
+/** Signature for the tell callback.
+ *  The signature and semantics mostly match POSIX ftell() WITH ONE IMPORTANT
+ *  EXCEPTION: the offset is a 64-bit type whereas ftell() is generally 'long'
+ *  and 32-bits wide.
+ *
+ * \param  handle   The handle to the data source.
+ * \retval FLAC__int64
+ *    The current position on success, \c -1 on error.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__int64 (*FLAC__IOCallback_Tell) (FLAC__IOHandle handle);
+
+/** Signature for the EOF callback.
+ *  The signature and semantics mostly match POSIX feof() but WATCHOUT:
+ *  on many systems, feof() is a macro, so in this case a wrapper function
+ *  must be provided instead.
+ *
+ * \param  handle   The handle to the data source.
+ * \retval int
+ *    \c 0 if not at end of file, nonzero if at end of file.
+ */
+typedef int (*FLAC__IOCallback_Eof) (FLAC__IOHandle handle);
+
+/** Signature for the close callback.
+ *  The signature and semantics match POSIX fclose() implementations
+ *  and can generally be used interchangeably.
+ *
+ * \param  handle   The handle to the data source.
+ * \retval int
+ *    \c 0 on success, \c EOF on error.
+ */
+typedef int (*FLAC__IOCallback_Close) (FLAC__IOHandle handle);
+
+/** A structure for holding a set of callbacks.
+ *  Each FLAC interface that requires a FLAC__IOCallbacks structure will
+ *  describe which of the callbacks are required.  The ones that are not
+ *  required may be set to NULL.
+ *
+ *  If the seek requirement for an interface is optional, you can signify that
+ *  a data sorce is not seekable by setting the \a seek field to \c NULL.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__IOCallback_Read read;
+	FLAC__IOCallback_Write write;
+	FLAC__IOCallback_Seek seek;
+	FLAC__IOCallback_Tell tell;
+	FLAC__IOCallback_Eof eof;
+	FLAC__IOCallback_Close close;
+} FLAC__IOCallbacks;
+
+/* \} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/export.h b/include/FLAC/export.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a525f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/FLAC/export.h
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__EXPORT_H
+#define FLAC__EXPORT_H
+
+/** \file include/FLAC/export.h
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains #defines and symbols for exporting function
+ *  calls, and providing version information and compiled-in features.
+ *
+ *  See the \link flac_export export \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_export FLAC/export.h: export symbols
+ *  \ingroup flac
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains #defines and symbols for exporting function
+ *  calls, and providing version information and compiled-in features.
+ *
+ *  If you are compiling with MSVC and will link to the static library
+ *  (libFLAC.lib) you should define FLAC__NO_DLL in your project to
+ *  make sure the symbols are exported properly.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+#if defined(FLAC__NO_DLL) || !defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define FLAC_API
+
+#else
+
+#ifdef FLAC_API_EXPORTS
+#define	FLAC_API	_declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define FLAC_API	_declspec(dllimport)
+
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/** These #defines will mirror the libtool-based library version number, see
+ * http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Libtool-versioning
+ */
+#define FLAC_API_VERSION_CURRENT 10
+#define FLAC_API_VERSION_REVISION 0 /**< see above */
+#define FLAC_API_VERSION_AGE 2 /**< see above */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** \c 1 if the library has been compiled with support for Ogg FLAC, else \c 0. */
+extern FLAC_API int FLAC_API_SUPPORTS_OGG_FLAC;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+/* \} */
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/format.h b/include/FLAC/format.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77e2d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/FLAC/format.h
@@ -0,0 +1,1010 @@
+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__FORMAT_H
+#define FLAC__FORMAT_H
+
+#include "export.h"
+#include "ordinals.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** \file include/FLAC/format.h
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains structure definitions for the representation
+ *  of FLAC format components in memory.  These are the basic
+ *  structures used by the rest of the interfaces.
+ *
+ *  See the detailed documentation in the
+ *  \link flac_format format \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_format FLAC/format.h: format components
+ *  \ingroup flac
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains structure definitions for the representation
+ *  of FLAC format components in memory.  These are the basic
+ *  structures used by the rest of the interfaces.
+ *
+ *  First, you should be familiar with the
+ *  <A HREF="../format.html">FLAC format</A>.  Many of the values here
+ *  follow directly from the specification.  As a user of libFLAC, the
+ *  interesting parts really are the structures that describe the frame
+ *  header and metadata blocks.
+ *
+ *  The format structures here are very primitive, designed to store
+ *  information in an efficient way.  Reading information from the
+ *  structures is easy but creating or modifying them directly is
+ *  more complex.  For the most part, as a user of a library, editing
+ *  is not necessary; however, for metadata blocks it is, so there are
+ *  convenience functions provided in the \link flac_metadata metadata
+ *  module \endlink to simplify the manipulation of metadata blocks.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * It's not the best convention, but symbols ending in _LEN are in bits
+ * and _LENGTH are in bytes.  _LENGTH symbols are \#defines instead of
+ * global variables because they are usually used when declaring byte
+ * arrays and some compilers require compile-time knowledge of array
+ * sizes when declared on the stack.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+
+/*
+	Most of the values described in this file are defined by the FLAC
+	format specification.  There is nothing to tune here.
+*/
+
+/** The largest legal metadata type code. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_METADATA_TYPE_CODE (126u)
+
+/** The minimum block size, in samples, permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE (16u)
+
+/** The maximum block size, in samples, permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE (65535u)
+
+/** The maximum block size, in samples, permitted by the FLAC subset for
+ *  sample rates up to 48kHz. */
+#define FLAC__SUBSET_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_48000HZ (4608u)
+
+/** The maximum number of channels permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS (8u)
+
+/** The minimum sample resolution permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MIN_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (4u)
+
+/** The maximum sample resolution permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (32u)
+
+/** The maximum sample resolution permitted by libFLAC.
+ *
+ * \warning
+ * FLAC__MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE is the limit of the FLAC format.  However,
+ * the reference encoder/decoder is currently limited to 24 bits because
+ * of prevalent 32-bit math, so make sure and use this value when
+ * appropriate.
+ */
+#define FLAC__REFERENCE_CODEC_MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE (24u)
+
+/** The maximum sample rate permitted by the format.  The value is
+ *  ((2 ^ 16) - 1) * 10; see <A HREF="../format.html">FLAC format</A>
+ *  as to why.
+ */
+#define FLAC__MAX_SAMPLE_RATE (655350u)
+
+/** The maximum LPC order permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER (32u)
+
+/** The maximum LPC order permitted by the FLAC subset for sample rates
+ *  up to 48kHz. */
+#define FLAC__SUBSET_MAX_LPC_ORDER_48000HZ (12u)
+
+/** The minimum quantized linear predictor coefficient precision
+ *  permitted by the format.
+ */
+#define FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION (5u)
+
+/** The maximum quantized linear predictor coefficient precision
+ *  permitted by the format.
+ */
+#define FLAC__MAX_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION (15u)
+
+/** The maximum order of the fixed predictors permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_FIXED_ORDER (4u)
+
+/** The maximum Rice partition order permitted by the format. */
+#define FLAC__MAX_RICE_PARTITION_ORDER (15u)
+
+/** The maximum Rice partition order permitted by the FLAC Subset. */
+#define FLAC__SUBSET_MAX_RICE_PARTITION_ORDER (8u)
+
+/** The version string of the release, stamped onto the libraries and binaries.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * This does not correspond to the shared library version number, which
+ * is used to determine binary compatibility.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char *FLAC__VERSION_STRING;
+
+/** The vendor string inserted by the encoder into the VORBIS_COMMENT block.
+ *  This is a NUL-terminated ASCII string; when inserted into the
+ *  VORBIS_COMMENT the trailing null is stripped.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char *FLAC__VENDOR_STRING;
+
+/** The byte string representation of the beginning of a FLAC stream. */
+extern FLAC_API const FLAC__byte FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_STRING[4]; /* = "fLaC" */
+
+/** The 32-bit integer big-endian representation of the beginning of
+ *  a FLAC stream.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_SYNC; /* = 0x664C6143 */
+
+/** The length of the FLAC signature in bits. */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_LEN; /* = 32 bits */
+
+/** The length of the FLAC signature in bytes. */
+#define FLAC__STREAM_SYNC_LENGTH (4u)
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Subframe structures
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/** An enumeration of the available entropy coding methods. */
+typedef enum {
+	FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE = 0,
+	/**< Residual is coded by partitioning into contexts, each with it's own
+	 * 4-bit Rice parameter. */
+
+	FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2 = 1
+	/**< Residual is coded by partitioning into contexts, each with it's own
+	 * 5-bit Rice parameter. */
+} FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType as the index to this array will
+ *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodTypeString[];
+
+
+/** Contents of a Rice partitioned residual
+ */
+typedef struct {
+
+	unsigned *parameters;
+	/**< The Rice parameters for each context. */
+
+	unsigned *raw_bits;
+	/**< Widths for escape-coded partitions.  Will be non-zero for escaped
+	 * partitions and zero for unescaped partitions.
+	 */
+
+	unsigned capacity_by_order;
+	/**< The capacity of the \a parameters and \a raw_bits arrays
+	 * specified as an order, i.e. the number of array elements
+	 * allocated is 2 ^ \a capacity_by_order.
+	 */
+} FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRiceContents;
+
+/** Header for a Rice partitioned residual.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#partitioned_rice">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+
+	unsigned order;
+	/**< The partition order, i.e. # of contexts = 2 ^ \a order. */
+
+	const FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRiceContents *contents;
+	/**< The context's Rice parameters and/or raw bits. */
+
+} FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRice;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_ORDER_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_PARAMETER_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2_PARAMETER_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_RAW_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_ESCAPE_PARAMETER;
+/**< == (1<<FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE_PARAMETER_LEN)-1 */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2_ESCAPE_PARAMETER;
+/**< == (1<<FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_PARTITIONED_RICE2_PARAMETER_LEN)-1 */
+
+/** Header for the entropy coding method.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#residual">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodType type;
+	union {
+		FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod_PartitionedRice partitioned_rice;
+	} data;
+} FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__ENTROPY_CODING_METHOD_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 2 (bits) */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/** An enumeration of the available subframe types. */
+typedef enum {
+	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_CONSTANT = 0, /**< constant signal */
+	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_VERBATIM = 1, /**< uncompressed signal */
+	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_FIXED = 2, /**< fixed polynomial prediction */
+	FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LPC = 3 /**< linear prediction */
+} FLAC__SubframeType;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__SubframeType to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__SubframeType as the index to this array will
+ *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__SubframeTypeString[];
+
+
+/** CONSTANT subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_constant">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__int32 value; /**< The constant signal value. */
+} FLAC__Subframe_Constant;
+
+
+/** VERBATIM subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_verbatim">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	const FLAC__int32 *data; /**< A pointer to verbatim signal. */
+} FLAC__Subframe_Verbatim;
+
+
+/** FIXED subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_fixed">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod entropy_coding_method;
+	/**< The residual coding method. */
+
+	unsigned order;
+	/**< The polynomial order. */
+
+	FLAC__int32 warmup[FLAC__MAX_FIXED_ORDER];
+	/**< Warmup samples to prime the predictor, length == order. */
+
+	const FLAC__int32 *residual;
+	/**< The residual signal, length == (blocksize minus order) samples. */
+} FLAC__Subframe_Fixed;
+
+
+/** LPC subframe.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe_lpc">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__EntropyCodingMethod entropy_coding_method;
+	/**< The residual coding method. */
+
+	unsigned order;
+	/**< The FIR order. */
+
+	unsigned qlp_coeff_precision;
+	/**< Quantized FIR filter coefficient precision in bits. */
+
+	int quantization_level;
+	/**< The qlp coeff shift needed. */
+
+	FLAC__int32 qlp_coeff[FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER];
+	/**< FIR filter coefficients. */
+
+	FLAC__int32 warmup[FLAC__MAX_LPC_ORDER];
+	/**< Warmup samples to prime the predictor, length == order. */
+
+	const FLAC__int32 *residual;
+	/**< The residual signal, length == (blocksize minus order) samples. */
+} FLAC__Subframe_LPC;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_LPC_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_LPC_QLP_SHIFT_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC subframe structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#subframe">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__SubframeType type;
+	union {
+		FLAC__Subframe_Constant constant;
+		FLAC__Subframe_Fixed fixed;
+		FLAC__Subframe_LPC lpc;
+		FLAC__Subframe_Verbatim verbatim;
+	} data;
+	unsigned wasted_bits;
+} FLAC__Subframe;
+
+/** == 1 (bit)
+ *
+ * This used to be a zero-padding bit (hence the name
+ * FLAC__SUBFRAME_ZERO_PAD_LEN) but is now a reserved bit.  It still has a
+ * mandatory value of \c 0 but in the future may take on the value \c 0 or \c 1
+ * to mean something else.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_ZERO_PAD_LEN;
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 6 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_WASTED_BITS_FLAG_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_CONSTANT_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x00 */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_VERBATIM_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x02 */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_FIXED_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x10 */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__SUBFRAME_TYPE_LPC_BYTE_ALIGNED_MASK; /**< = 0x40 */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Frame structures
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/** An enumeration of the available channel assignments. */
+typedef enum {
+	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_INDEPENDENT = 0, /**< independent channels */
+	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_LEFT_SIDE = 1, /**< left+side stereo */
+	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_RIGHT_SIDE = 2, /**< right+side stereo */
+	FLAC__CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_MID_SIDE = 3 /**< mid+side stereo */
+} FLAC__ChannelAssignment;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__ChannelAssignment to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__ChannelAssignment as the index to this array will
+ *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__ChannelAssignmentString[];
+
+/** An enumeration of the possible frame numbering methods. */
+typedef enum {
+	FLAC__FRAME_NUMBER_TYPE_FRAME_NUMBER, /**< number contains the frame number */
+	FLAC__FRAME_NUMBER_TYPE_SAMPLE_NUMBER /**< number contains the sample number of first sample in frame */
+} FLAC__FrameNumberType;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__FrameNumberType to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__FrameNumberType as the index to this array will
+ *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__FrameNumberTypeString[];
+
+
+/** FLAC frame header structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#frame_header">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	unsigned blocksize;
+	/**< The number of samples per subframe. */
+
+	unsigned sample_rate;
+	/**< The sample rate in Hz. */
+
+	unsigned channels;
+	/**< The number of channels (== number of subframes). */
+
+	FLAC__ChannelAssignment channel_assignment;
+	/**< The channel assignment for the frame. */
+
+	unsigned bits_per_sample;
+	/**< The sample resolution. */
+
+	FLAC__FrameNumberType number_type;
+	/**< The numbering scheme used for the frame.  As a convenience, the
+	 * decoder will always convert a frame number to a sample number because
+	 * the rules are complex. */
+
+	union {
+		FLAC__uint32 frame_number;
+		FLAC__uint64 sample_number;
+	} number;
+	/**< The frame number or sample number of first sample in frame;
+	 * use the \a number_type value to determine which to use. */
+
+	FLAC__uint8 crc;
+	/**< CRC-8 (polynomial = x^8 + x^2 + x^1 + x^0, initialized with 0)
+	 * of the raw frame header bytes, meaning everything before the CRC byte
+	 * including the sync code.
+	 */
+} FLAC__FrameHeader;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SYNC; /**< == 0x3ffe; the frame header sync code */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SYNC_LEN; /**< == 14 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 1 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BLOCKING_STRATEGY_LEN; /**< == 1 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_SAMPLE_RATE_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_CHANNEL_ASSIGNMENT_LEN; /**< == 4 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_LEN; /**< == 3 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_ZERO_PAD_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_HEADER_CRC_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC frame footer structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#frame_footer">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__uint16 crc;
+	/**< CRC-16 (polynomial = x^16 + x^15 + x^2 + x^0, initialized with
+	 * 0) of the bytes before the crc, back to and including the frame header
+	 * sync code.
+	 */
+} FLAC__FrameFooter;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__FRAME_FOOTER_CRC_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC frame structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#frame">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__FrameHeader header;
+	FLAC__Subframe subframes[FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS];
+	FLAC__FrameFooter footer;
+} FLAC__Frame;
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Meta-data structures
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/** An enumeration of the available metadata block types. */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_STREAMINFO = 0,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_streaminfo">STREAMINFO</A> block */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PADDING = 1,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_padding">PADDING</A> block */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_APPLICATION = 2,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_application">APPLICATION</A> block */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE = 3,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_seektable">SEEKTABLE</A> block */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT = 4,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">VORBISCOMMENT</A> block (a.k.a. FLAC tags) */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET = 5,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_cuesheet">CUESHEET</A> block */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PICTURE = 6,
+	/**< <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_picture">PICTURE</A> block */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_UNDEFINED = 7
+	/**< marker to denote beginning of undefined type range; this number will increase as new metadata types are added */
+
+} FLAC__MetadataType;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__MetadataType to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__MetadataType as the index to this array will
+ *  give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__MetadataTypeString[];
+
+
+/** FLAC STREAMINFO structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_streaminfo">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	unsigned min_blocksize, max_blocksize;
+	unsigned min_framesize, max_framesize;
+	unsigned sample_rate;
+	unsigned channels;
+	unsigned bits_per_sample;
+	FLAC__uint64 total_samples;
+	FLAC__byte md5sum[16];
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_StreamInfo;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MIN_FRAME_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MAX_FRAME_SIZE_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_SAMPLE_RATE_LEN; /**< == 20 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_CHANNELS_LEN; /**< == 3 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_LEN; /**< == 5 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_TOTAL_SAMPLES_LEN; /**< == 36 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_MD5SUM_LEN; /**< == 128 (bits) */
+
+/** The total stream length of the STREAMINFO block in bytes. */
+#define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_STREAMINFO_LENGTH (34u)
+
+/** FLAC PADDING structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_padding">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	int dummy;
+	/**< Conceptually this is an empty struct since we don't store the
+	 * padding bytes.  Empty structs are not allowed by some C compilers,
+	 * hence the dummy.
+	 */
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_Padding;
+
+
+/** FLAC APPLICATION structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_application">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__byte id[4];
+	FLAC__byte *data;
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_Application;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_APPLICATION_ID_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+
+/** SeekPoint structure used in SEEKTABLE blocks.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#seekpoint">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__uint64 sample_number;
+	/**<  The sample number of the target frame. */
+
+	FLAC__uint64 stream_offset;
+	/**< The offset, in bytes, of the target frame with respect to
+	 * beginning of the first frame. */
+
+	unsigned frame_samples;
+	/**< The number of samples in the target frame. */
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_SAMPLE_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_STREAM_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_FRAME_SAMPLES_LEN; /**< == 16 (bits) */
+
+/** The total stream length of a seek point in bytes. */
+#define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_LENGTH (18u)
+
+/** The value used in the \a sample_number field of
+ *  FLAC__StreamMetadataSeekPoint used to indicate a placeholder
+ *  point (== 0xffffffffffffffff).
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const FLAC__uint64 FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_PLACEHOLDER;
+
+
+/** FLAC SEEKTABLE structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_seektable">format specification</A>)
+ *
+ * \note From the format specification:
+ * - The seek points must be sorted by ascending sample number.
+ * - Each seek point's sample number must be the first sample of the
+ *   target frame.
+ * - Each seek point's sample number must be unique within the table.
+ * - Existence of a SEEKTABLE block implies a correct setting of
+ *   total_samples in the stream_info block.
+ * - Behavior is undefined when more than one SEEKTABLE block is
+ *   present in a stream.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	unsigned num_points;
+	FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint *points;
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable;
+
+
+/** Vorbis comment entry structure used in VORBIS_COMMENT blocks.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">format specification</A>)
+ *
+ *  For convenience, the APIs maintain a trailing NUL character at the end of
+ *  \a entry which is not counted toward \a length, i.e.
+ *  \code strlen(entry) == length \endcode
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__uint32 length;
+	FLAC__byte *entry;
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_VORBIS_COMMENT_ENTRY_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC VORBIS_COMMENT structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_vorbis_comment">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry vendor_string;
+	FLAC__uint32 num_comments;
+	FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry *comments;
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_VORBIS_COMMENT_NUM_COMMENTS_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC CUESHEET track index structure.  (See the
+ * <A HREF="../format.html#cuesheet_track_index">format specification</A> for
+ * the full description of each field.)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__uint64 offset;
+	/**< Offset in samples, relative to the track offset, of the index
+	 * point.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__byte number;
+	/**< The index point number. */
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Index;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_INDEX_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_INDEX_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_INDEX_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 3*8 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC CUESHEET track structure.  (See the
+ * <A HREF="../format.html#cuesheet_track">format specification</A> for
+ * the full description of each field.)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__uint64 offset;
+	/**< Track offset in samples, relative to the beginning of the FLAC audio stream. */
+
+	FLAC__byte number;
+	/**< The track number. */
+
+	char isrc[13];
+	/**< Track ISRC.  This is a 12-digit alphanumeric code plus a trailing \c NUL byte */
+
+	unsigned type:1;
+	/**< The track type: 0 for audio, 1 for non-audio. */
+
+	unsigned pre_emphasis:1;
+	/**< The pre-emphasis flag: 0 for no pre-emphasis, 1 for pre-emphasis. */
+
+	FLAC__byte num_indices;
+	/**< The number of track index points. */
+
+	FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Index *indices;
+	/**< NULL if num_indices == 0, else pointer to array of index points. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_OFFSET_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_ISRC_LEN; /**< == 12*8 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_PRE_EMPHASIS_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 6+13*8 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_TRACK_NUM_INDICES_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
+
+
+/** FLAC CUESHEET structure.  (See the
+ * <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_cuesheet">format specification</A>
+ * for the full description of each field.)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	char media_catalog_number[129];
+	/**< Media catalog number, in ASCII printable characters 0x20-0x7e.  In
+	 * general, the media catalog number may be 0 to 128 bytes long; any
+	 * unused characters should be right-padded with NUL characters.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__uint64 lead_in;
+	/**< The number of lead-in samples. */
+
+	FLAC__bool is_cd;
+	/**< \c true if CUESHEET corresponds to a Compact Disc, else \c false. */
+
+	unsigned num_tracks;
+	/**< The number of tracks. */
+
+	FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *tracks;
+	/**< NULL if num_tracks == 0, else pointer to array of tracks. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_MEDIA_CATALOG_NUMBER_LEN; /**< == 128*8 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_LEAD_IN_LEN; /**< == 64 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_IS_CD_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_RESERVED_LEN; /**< == 7+258*8 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_CUESHEET_NUM_TRACKS_LEN; /**< == 8 (bits) */
+
+
+/** An enumeration of the PICTURE types (see FLAC__StreamMetadataPicture and id3 v2.4 APIC tag). */
+typedef enum {
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_OTHER = 0, /**< Other */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FILE_ICON_STANDARD = 1, /**< 32x32 pixels 'file icon' (PNG only) */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FILE_ICON = 2, /**< Other file icon */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FRONT_COVER = 3, /**< Cover (front) */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_BACK_COVER = 4, /**< Cover (back) */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LEAFLET_PAGE = 5, /**< Leaflet page */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_MEDIA = 6, /**< Media (e.g. label side of CD) */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LEAD_ARTIST = 7, /**< Lead artist/lead performer/soloist */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_ARTIST = 8, /**< Artist/performer */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_CONDUCTOR = 9, /**< Conductor */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_BAND = 10, /**< Band/Orchestra */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_COMPOSER = 11, /**< Composer */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LYRICIST = 12, /**< Lyricist/text writer */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_RECORDING_LOCATION = 13, /**< Recording Location */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_DURING_RECORDING = 14, /**< During recording */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_DURING_PERFORMANCE = 15, /**< During performance */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_SCREEN_CAPTURE = 16, /**< Movie/video screen capture */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_FISH = 17, /**< A bright coloured fish */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_ILLUSTRATION = 18, /**< Illustration */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_BAND_LOGOTYPE = 19, /**< Band/artist logotype */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_PUBLISHER_LOGOTYPE = 20, /**< Publisher/Studio logotype */
+	FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_UNDEFINED
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be
+ *  modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_TypeString[];
+
+/** FLAC PICTURE structure.  (See the
+ * <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block_picture">format specification</A>
+ * for the full description of each field.)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type type;
+	/**< The kind of picture stored. */
+
+	char *mime_type;
+	/**< Picture data's MIME type, in ASCII printable characters
+	 * 0x20-0x7e, NUL terminated.  For best compatibility with players,
+	 * use picture data of MIME type \c image/jpeg or \c image/png.  A
+	 * MIME type of '-->' is also allowed, in which case the picture
+	 * data should be a complete URL.  In file storage, the MIME type is
+	 * stored as a 32-bit length followed by the ASCII string with no NUL
+	 * terminator, but is converted to a plain C string in this structure
+	 * for convenience.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__byte *description;
+	/**< Picture's description in UTF-8, NUL terminated.  In file storage,
+	 * the description is stored as a 32-bit length followed by the UTF-8
+	 * string with no NUL terminator, but is converted to a plain C string
+	 * in this structure for convenience.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__uint32 width;
+	/**< Picture's width in pixels. */
+
+	FLAC__uint32 height;
+	/**< Picture's height in pixels. */
+
+	FLAC__uint32 depth;
+	/**< Picture's color depth in bits-per-pixel. */
+
+	FLAC__uint32 colors;
+	/**< For indexed palettes (like GIF), picture's number of colors (the
+	 * number of palette entries), or \c 0 for non-indexed (i.e. 2^depth).
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__uint32 data_length;
+	/**< Length of binary picture data in bytes. */
+
+	FLAC__byte *data;
+	/**< Binary picture data. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_WIDTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_HEIGHT_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_DEPTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_COLORS_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_PICTURE_DATA_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 32 (bits) */
+
+
+/** Structure that is used when a metadata block of unknown type is loaded.
+ *  The contents are opaque.  The structure is used only internally to
+ *  correctly handle unknown metadata.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__byte *data;
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata_Unknown;
+
+
+/** FLAC metadata block structure.  (c.f. <A HREF="../format.html#metadata_block">format specification</A>)
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	FLAC__MetadataType type;
+	/**< The type of the metadata block; used determine which member of the
+	 * \a data union to dereference.  If type >= FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_UNDEFINED
+	 * then \a data.unknown must be used. */
+
+	FLAC__bool is_last;
+	/**< \c true if this metadata block is the last, else \a false */
+
+	unsigned length;
+	/**< Length, in bytes, of the block data as it appears in the stream. */
+
+	union {
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_StreamInfo stream_info;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Padding padding;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Application application;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable seek_table;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment vorbis_comment;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet cue_sheet;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture picture;
+		FLAC__StreamMetadata_Unknown unknown;
+	} data;
+	/**< Polymorphic block data; use the \a type value to determine which
+	 * to use. */
+} FLAC__StreamMetadata;
+
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_IS_LAST_LEN; /**< == 1 (bit) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_TYPE_LEN; /**< == 7 (bits) */
+extern FLAC_API const unsigned FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_LENGTH_LEN; /**< == 24 (bits) */
+
+/** The total stream length of a metadata block header in bytes. */
+#define FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_HEADER_LENGTH (4u)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Utility functions
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/** Tests that a sample rate is valid for FLAC.
+ *
+ * \param sample_rate  The sample rate to test for compliance.
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the given sample rate conforms to the specification, else
+ *    \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_valid(unsigned sample_rate);
+
+/** Tests that a sample rate is valid for the FLAC subset.  The subset rules
+ *  for valid sample rates are slightly more complex since the rate has to
+ *  be expressible completely in the frame header.
+ *
+ * \param sample_rate  The sample rate to test for compliance.
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the given sample rate conforms to the specification for the
+ *    subset, else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_subset(unsigned sample_rate);
+
+/** Check a Vorbis comment entry name to see if it conforms to the Vorbis
+ *  comment specification.
+ *
+ *  Vorbis comment names must be composed only of characters from
+ *  [0x20-0x3C,0x3E-0x7D].
+ *
+ * \param name       A NUL-terminated string to be checked.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code name != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if entry name is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_name_is_legal(const char *name);
+
+/** Check a Vorbis comment entry value to see if it conforms to the Vorbis
+ *  comment specification.
+ *
+ *  Vorbis comment values must be valid UTF-8 sequences.
+ *
+ * \param value      A string to be checked.
+ * \param length     A the length of \a value in bytes.  May be
+ *                   \c (unsigned)(-1) to indicate that \a value is a plain
+ *                   UTF-8 NUL-terminated string.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code value != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if entry name is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_value_is_legal(const FLAC__byte *value, unsigned length);
+
+/** Check a Vorbis comment entry to see if it conforms to the Vorbis
+ *  comment specification.
+ *
+ *  Vorbis comment entries must be of the form 'name=value', and 'name' and
+ *  'value' must be legal according to
+ *  FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_name_is_legal() and
+ *  FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_value_is_legal() respectively.
+ *
+ * \param entry      An entry to be checked.
+ * \param length     The length of \a entry in bytes.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code value != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if entry name is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_vorbiscomment_entry_is_legal(const FLAC__byte *entry, unsigned length);
+
+/** Check a seek table to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
+ *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
+ *  seek table.
+ *
+ * \param seek_table  A pointer to a seek table to be checked.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code seek_table != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if seek table is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_seektable_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable *seek_table);
+
+/** Sort a seek table's seek points according to the format specification.
+ *  This includes a "unique-ification" step to remove duplicates, i.e.
+ *  seek points with identical \a sample_number values.  Duplicate seek
+ *  points are converted into placeholder points and sorted to the end of
+ *  the table.
+ *
+ * \param seek_table  A pointer to a seek table to be sorted.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code seek_table != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    The number of duplicate seek points converted into placeholders.
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__format_seektable_sort(FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekTable *seek_table);
+
+/** Check a cue sheet to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
+ *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
+ *  cue sheet.
+ *
+ * \param cue_sheet  A pointer to an existing cue sheet to be checked.
+ * \param check_cd_da_subset  If \c true, check CUESHEET against more
+ *                   stringent requirements for a CD-DA (audio) disc.
+ * \param violation  Address of a pointer to a string.  If there is a
+ *                   violation, a pointer to a string explanation of the
+ *                   violation will be returned here. \a violation may be
+ *                   \c NULL if you don't need the returned string.  Do not
+ *                   free the returned string; it will always point to static
+ *                   data.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code cue_sheet != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if cue sheet is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_cuesheet_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet *cue_sheet, FLAC__bool check_cd_da_subset, const char **violation);
+
+/** Check picture data to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
+ *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
+ *  PICTURE block.
+ *
+ * \param picture    A pointer to existing picture data to be checked.
+ * \param violation  Address of a pointer to a string.  If there is a
+ *                   violation, a pointer to a string explanation of the
+ *                   violation will be returned here. \a violation may be
+ *                   \c NULL if you don't need the returned string.  Do not
+ *                   free the returned string; it will always point to static
+ *                   data.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code picture != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if picture data is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__format_picture_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture *picture, const char **violation);
+
+/* \} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/metadata.h b/include/FLAC/metadata.h
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+++ b/include/FLAC/metadata.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2181 @@
+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__METADATA_H
+#define FLAC__METADATA_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for off_t */
+#include "export.h"
+#include "callback.h"
+#include "format.h"
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------
+   (For an example of how all these routines are used, see the source
+   code for the unit tests in src/test_libFLAC/metadata_*.c, or
+   metaflac in src/metaflac/)
+   ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/** \file include/FLAC/metadata.h
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module provides functions for creating and manipulating FLAC
+ *  metadata blocks in memory, and three progressively more powerful
+ *  interfaces for traversing and editing metadata in FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  See the detailed documentation for each interface in the
+ *  \link flac_metadata metadata \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_metadata FLAC/metadata.h: metadata interfaces
+ *  \ingroup flac
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module provides functions for creating and manipulating FLAC
+ *  metadata blocks in memory, and three progressively more powerful
+ *  interfaces for traversing and editing metadata in native FLAC files.
+ *  Note that currently only the Chain interface (level 2) supports Ogg
+ *  FLAC files, and it is read-only i.e. no writing back changed
+ *  metadata to file.
+ *
+ *  There are three metadata interfaces of increasing complexity:
+ *
+ *  Level 0:
+ *  Read-only access to the STREAMINFO, VORBIS_COMMENT, CUESHEET, and
+ *  PICTURE blocks.
+ *
+ *  Level 1:
+ *  Read-write access to all metadata blocks.  This level is write-
+ *  efficient in most cases (more on this below), and uses less memory
+ *  than level 2.
+ *
+ *  Level 2:
+ *  Read-write access to all metadata blocks.  This level is write-
+ *  efficient in all cases, but uses more memory since all metadata for
+ *  the whole file is read into memory and manipulated before writing
+ *  out again.
+ *
+ *  What do we mean by efficient?  Since FLAC metadata appears at the
+ *  beginning of the file, when writing metadata back to a FLAC file
+ *  it is possible to grow or shrink the metadata such that the entire
+ *  file must be rewritten.  However, if the size remains the same during
+ *  changes or PADDING blocks are utilized, only the metadata needs to be
+ *  overwritten, which is much faster.
+ *
+ *  Efficient means the whole file is rewritten at most one time, and only
+ *  when necessary.  Level 1 is not efficient only in the case that you
+ *  cause more than one metadata block to grow or shrink beyond what can
+ *  be accomodated by padding.  In this case you should probably use level
+ *  2, which allows you to edit all the metadata for a file in memory and
+ *  write it out all at once.
+ *
+ *  All levels know how to skip over and not disturb an ID3v2 tag at the
+ *  front of the file.
+ *
+ *  All levels access files via their filenames.  In addition, level 2
+ *  has additional alternative read and write functions that take an I/O
+ *  handle and callbacks, for situations where access by filename is not
+ *  possible.
+ *
+ *  In addition to the three interfaces, this module defines functions for
+ *  creating and manipulating various metadata objects in memory.  As we see
+ *  from the Format module, FLAC metadata blocks in memory are very primitive
+ *  structures for storing information in an efficient way.  Reading
+ *  information from the structures is easy but creating or modifying them
+ *  directly is more complex.  The metadata object routines here facilitate
+ *  this by taking care of the consistency and memory management drudgery.
+ *
+ *  Unless you will be using the level 1 or 2 interfaces to modify existing
+ *  metadata however, you will not probably not need these.
+ *
+ *  From a dependency standpoint, none of the encoders or decoders require
+ *  the metadata module.  This is so that embedded users can strip out the
+ *  metadata module from libFLAC to reduce the size and complexity.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+/** \defgroup flac_metadata_level0 FLAC/metadata.h: metadata level 0 interface
+ *  \ingroup flac_metadata
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  The level 0 interface consists of individual routines to read the
+ *  STREAMINFO, VORBIS_COMMENT, CUESHEET, and PICTURE blocks, requiring
+ *  only a filename.
+ *
+ *  They try to skip any ID3v2 tag at the head of the file.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+/** Read the STREAMINFO metadata block of the given FLAC file.  This function
+ *  will try to skip any ID3v2 tag at the head of the file.
+ *
+ * \param filename    The path to the FLAC file to read.
+ * \param streaminfo  A pointer to space for the STREAMINFO block.  Since
+ *                    FLAC__StreamMetadata is a simple structure with no
+ *                    memory allocation involved, you pass the address of
+ *                    an existing structure.  It need not be initialized.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code streaminfo != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid STREAMINFO block was read from \a filename.  Returns
+ *    \c false if there was a memory allocation error, a file decoder error,
+ *    or the file contained no STREAMINFO block.  (A memory allocation error
+ *    is possible because this function must set up a file decoder.)
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_get_streaminfo(const char *filename, FLAC__StreamMetadata *streaminfo);
+
+/** Read the VORBIS_COMMENT metadata block of the given FLAC file.  This
+ *  function will try to skip any ID3v2 tag at the head of the file.
+ *
+ * \param filename    The path to the FLAC file to read.
+ * \param tags        The address where the returned pointer will be
+ *                    stored.  The \a tags object must be deleted by
+ *                    the caller using FLAC__metadata_object_delete().
+ * \assert
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code tags != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid VORBIS_COMMENT block was read from \a filename,
+ *    and \a *tags will be set to the address of the metadata structure.
+ *    Returns \c false if there was a memory allocation error, a file
+ *    decoder error, or the file contained no VORBIS_COMMENT block, and
+ *    \a *tags will be set to \c NULL.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_get_tags(const char *filename, FLAC__StreamMetadata **tags);
+
+/** Read the CUESHEET metadata block of the given FLAC file.  This
+ *  function will try to skip any ID3v2 tag at the head of the file.
+ *
+ * \param filename    The path to the FLAC file to read.
+ * \param cuesheet    The address where the returned pointer will be
+ *                    stored.  The \a cuesheet object must be deleted by
+ *                    the caller using FLAC__metadata_object_delete().
+ * \assert
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code cuesheet != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid CUESHEET block was read from \a filename,
+ *    and \a *cuesheet will be set to the address of the metadata
+ *    structure.  Returns \c false if there was a memory allocation
+ *    error, a file decoder error, or the file contained no CUESHEET
+ *    block, and \a *cuesheet will be set to \c NULL.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_get_cuesheet(const char *filename, FLAC__StreamMetadata **cuesheet);
+
+/** Read a PICTURE metadata block of the given FLAC file.  This
+ *  function will try to skip any ID3v2 tag at the head of the file.
+ *  Since there can be more than one PICTURE block in a file, this
+ *  function takes a number of parameters that act as constraints to
+ *  the search.  The PICTURE block with the largest area matching all
+ *  the constraints will be returned, or \a *picture will be set to
+ *  \c NULL if there was no such block.
+ *
+ * \param filename    The path to the FLAC file to read.
+ * \param picture     The address where the returned pointer will be
+ *                    stored.  The \a picture object must be deleted by
+ *                    the caller using FLAC__metadata_object_delete().
+ * \param type        The desired picture type.  Use \c -1 to mean
+ *                    "any type".
+ * \param mime_type   The desired MIME type, e.g. "image/jpeg".  The
+ *                    string will be matched exactly.  Use \c NULL to
+ *                    mean "any MIME type".
+ * \param description The desired description.  The string will be
+ *                    matched exactly.  Use \c NULL to mean "any
+ *                    description".
+ * \param max_width   The maximum width in pixels desired.  Use
+ *                    \c (unsigned)(-1) to mean "any width".
+ * \param max_height  The maximum height in pixels desired.  Use
+ *                    \c (unsigned)(-1) to mean "any height".
+ * \param max_depth   The maximum color depth in bits-per-pixel desired.
+ *                    Use \c (unsigned)(-1) to mean "any depth".
+ * \param max_colors  The maximum number of colors desired.  Use
+ *                    \c (unsigned)(-1) to mean "any number of colors".
+ * \assert
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code picture != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid PICTURE block was read from \a filename,
+ *    and \a *picture will be set to the address of the metadata
+ *    structure.  Returns \c false if there was a memory allocation
+ *    error, a file decoder error, or the file contained no PICTURE
+ *    block, and \a *picture will be set to \c NULL.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_get_picture(const char *filename, FLAC__StreamMetadata **picture, FLAC__StreamMetadata_Picture_Type type, const char *mime_type, const FLAC__byte *description, unsigned max_width, unsigned max_height, unsigned max_depth, unsigned max_colors);
+
+/* \} */
+
+
+/** \defgroup flac_metadata_level1 FLAC/metadata.h: metadata level 1 interface
+ *  \ingroup flac_metadata
+ *
+ * \brief
+ * The level 1 interface provides read-write access to FLAC file metadata and
+ * operates directly on the FLAC file.
+ *
+ * The general usage of this interface is:
+ *
+ * - Create an iterator using FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_new()
+ * - Attach it to a file using FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init() and check
+ *   the exit code.  Call FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_is_writable() to
+ *   see if the file is writable, or only read access is allowed.
+ * - Use FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_next() and
+ *   FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_prev() to traverse the blocks.
+ *   This is does not read the actual blocks themselves.
+ *   FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_next() is relatively fast.
+ *   FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_prev() is slower since it needs to search
+ *   forward from the front of the file.
+ * - Use FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_block_type() or
+ *   FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_block() to access the actual data at
+ *   the current iterator position.  The returned object is yours to modify
+ *   and free.
+ * - Use FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block() to write a modified block
+ *   back.  You must have write permission to the original file.  Make sure to
+ *   read the whole comment to FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block()
+ *   below.
+ * - Use FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_insert_block_after() to add new blocks.
+ *   Use the object creation functions from
+ *   \link flac_metadata_object here \endlink to generate new objects.
+ * - Use FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_delete_block() to remove the block
+ *   currently referred to by the iterator, or replace it with padding.
+ * - Destroy the iterator with FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_delete() when
+ *   finished.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The FLAC file remains open the whole time between
+ * FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init() and
+ * FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_delete(), so make sure you are not altering
+ * the file during this time.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * Do not modify the \a is_last, \a length, or \a type fields of returned
+ * FLAC__StreamMetadata objects.  These are managed automatically.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * If any of the modification functions
+ * (FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block(),
+ * FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_delete_block(),
+ * FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_insert_block_after(), etc.) return \c false,
+ * you should delete the iterator as it may no longer be valid.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+struct FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator;
+/** The opaque structure definition for the level 1 iterator type.
+ *  See the
+ *  \link flac_metadata_level1 metadata level 1 module \endlink
+ *  for a detailed description.
+ */
+typedef struct FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator;
+
+/** Status type for FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator.
+ *
+ *  The iterator's current status can be obtained by calling FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_status().
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_OK = 0,
+	/**< The iterator is in the normal OK state */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_ILLEGAL_INPUT,
+	/**< The data passed into a function violated the function's usage criteria */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_ERROR_OPENING_FILE,
+	/**< The iterator could not open the target file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_NOT_A_FLAC_FILE,
+	/**< The iterator could not find the FLAC signature at the start of the file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_NOT_WRITABLE,
+	/**< The iterator tried to write to a file that was not writable */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_BAD_METADATA,
+	/**< The iterator encountered input that does not conform to the FLAC metadata specification */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_READ_ERROR,
+	/**< The iterator encountered an error while reading the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_SEEK_ERROR,
+	/**< The iterator encountered an error while seeking in the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_WRITE_ERROR,
+	/**< The iterator encountered an error while writing the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_RENAME_ERROR,
+	/**< The iterator encountered an error renaming the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_UNLINK_ERROR,
+	/**< The iterator encountered an error removing the temporary file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR,
+	/**< Memory allocation failed */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR
+	/**< The caller violated an assertion or an unexpected error occurred */
+
+} FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIteratorStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIteratorStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIteratorStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIteratorStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Create a new iterator instance.
+ *
+ * \retval FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_new(void);
+
+/** Free an iterator instance.  Deletes the object pointed to by \a iterator.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_delete(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the current status of the iterator.  Call this after a function
+ *  returns \c false to get the reason for the error.  Also resets the status
+ *  to FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_OK.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIteratorStatus
+ *    The current status of the iterator.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIteratorStatus FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_status(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Initialize the iterator to point to the first metadata block in the
+ *  given FLAC file.
+ *
+ * \param iterator             A pointer to an existing iterator.
+ * \param filename             The path to the FLAC file.
+ * \param read_only            If \c true, the FLAC file will be opened
+ *                             in read-only mode; if \c false, the FLAC
+ *                             file will be opened for edit even if no
+ *                             edits are performed.
+ * \param preserve_file_stats  If \c true, the owner and modification
+ *                             time will be preserved even if the FLAC
+ *                             file is written to.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if a memory allocation error occurs, the file can't be
+ *    opened, or another error occurs, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator, const char *filename, FLAC__bool read_only, FLAC__bool preserve_file_stats);
+
+/** Returns \c true if the FLAC file is writable.  If \c false, calls to
+ *  FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block() and
+ *  FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_insert_block_after() will fail.
+ *
+ * \param iterator             A pointer to an existing iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_is_writable(const FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Moves the iterator forward one metadata block, returning \c false if
+ *  already at the end.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if already at the last metadata block of the chain, else
+ *    \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_next(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Moves the iterator backward one metadata block, returning \c false if
+ *  already at the beginning.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if already at the first metadata block of the chain, else
+ *    \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_prev(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Returns a flag telling if the current metadata block is the last.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the current metadata block is the last in the file,
+ *    else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_is_last(const FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the offset of the metadata block at the current position.  This
+ *  avoids reading the actual block data which can save time for large
+ *  blocks.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval off_t
+ *    The offset of the metadata block at the current iterator position.
+ *    This is the byte offset relative to the beginning of the file of
+ *    the current metadata block's header.
+ */
+FLAC_API off_t FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_block_offset(const FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the type of the metadata block at the current position.  This
+ *  avoids reading the actual block data which can save time for large
+ *  blocks.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__MetadataType
+ *    The type of the metadata block at the current iterator position.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__MetadataType FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_block_type(const FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the length of the metadata block at the current position.  This
+ *  avoids reading the actual block data which can save time for large
+ *  blocks.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    The length of the metadata block at the current iterator position.
+ *    The is same length as that in the
+ *    <a href="http://flac.sourceforge.net/format.html#metadata_block_header">metadata block header</a>,
+ *    i.e. the length of the metadata body that follows the header.
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_block_length(const FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the application ID of the \c APPLICATION block at the current
+ *  position.  This avoids reading the actual block data which can save
+ *  time for large blocks.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param id        A pointer to a buffer of at least \c 4 bytes where
+ *                  the ID will be stored.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code id != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the ID was successfully read, else \c false, in which
+ *    case you should check FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_status() to
+ *    find out why.  If the status is
+ *    \c FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_ILLEGAL_INPUT, then the
+ *    current metadata block is not an \c APPLICATION block.  Otherwise
+ *    if the status is
+ *    \c FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_READ_ERROR or
+ *    \c FLAC__METADATA_SIMPLE_ITERATOR_STATUS_SEEK_ERROR, an I/O error
+ *    occurred and the iterator can no longer be used.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_application_id(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator, FLAC__byte *id);
+
+/** Get the metadata block at the current position.  You can modify the
+ *  block but must use FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block() to
+ *  write it back to the FLAC file.
+ *
+ *  You must call FLAC__metadata_object_delete() on the returned object
+ *  when you are finished with it.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamMetadata*
+ *    The current metadata block, or \c NULL if there was a memory
+ *    allocation error.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamMetadata *FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_get_block(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator);
+
+/** Write a block back to the FLAC file.  This function tries to be
+ *  as efficient as possible; how the block is actually written is
+ *  shown by the following:
+ *
+ *  Existing block is a STREAMINFO block and the new block is a
+ *  STREAMINFO block: the new block is written in place.  Make sure
+ *  you know what you're doing when changing the values of a
+ *  STREAMINFO block.
+ *
+ *  Existing block is a STREAMINFO block and the new block is a
+ *  not a STREAMINFO block: this is an error since the first block
+ *  must be a STREAMINFO block.  Returns \c false without altering the
+ *  file.
+ *
+ *  Existing block is not a STREAMINFO block and the new block is a
+ *  STREAMINFO block: this is an error since there may be only one
+ *  STREAMINFO block.  Returns \c false without altering the file.
+ *
+ *  Existing block and new block are the same length: the existing
+ *  block will be replaced by the new block, written in place.
+ *
+ *  Existing block is longer than new block: if use_padding is \c true,
+ *  the existing block will be overwritten in place with the new
+ *  block followed by a PADDING block, if possible, to make the total
+ *  size the same as the existing block.  Remember that a padding
+ *  block requires at least four bytes so if the difference in size
+ *  between the new block and existing block is less than that, the
+ *  entire file will have to be rewritten, using the new block's
+ *  exact size.  If use_padding is \c false, the entire file will be
+ *  rewritten, replacing the existing block by the new block.
+ *
+ *  Existing block is shorter than new block: if use_padding is \c true,
+ *  the function will try and expand the new block into the following
+ *  PADDING block, if it exists and doing so won't shrink the PADDING
+ *  block to less than 4 bytes.  If there is no following PADDING
+ *  block, or it will shrink to less than 4 bytes, or use_padding is
+ *  \c false, the entire file is rewritten, replacing the existing block
+ *  with the new block.  Note that in this case any following PADDING
+ *  block is preserved as is.
+ *
+ *  After writing the block, the iterator will remain in the same
+ *  place, i.e. pointing to the new block.
+ *
+ * \param iterator     A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param block        The block to set.
+ * \param use_padding  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ *    \code block != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator, FLAC__StreamMetadata *block, FLAC__bool use_padding);
+
+/** This is similar to FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block()
+ *  except that instead of writing over an existing block, it appends
+ *  a block after the existing block.  \a use_padding is again used to
+ *  tell the function to try an expand into following padding in an
+ *  attempt to avoid rewriting the entire file.
+ *
+ *  This function will fail and return \c false if given a STREAMINFO
+ *  block.
+ *
+ *  After writing the block, the iterator will be pointing to the
+ *  new block.
+ *
+ * \param iterator     A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param block        The block to set.
+ * \param use_padding  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ *    \code block != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_insert_block_after(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator, FLAC__StreamMetadata *block, FLAC__bool use_padding);
+
+/** Deletes the block at the current position.  This will cause the
+ *  entire FLAC file to be rewritten, unless \a use_padding is \c true,
+ *  in which case the block will be replaced by an equal-sized PADDING
+ *  block.  The iterator will be left pointing to the block before the
+ *  one just deleted.
+ *
+ *  You may not delete the STREAMINFO block.
+ *
+ * \param iterator     A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param use_padding  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_delete_block(FLAC__Metadata_SimpleIterator *iterator, FLAC__bool use_padding);
+
+/* \} */
+
+
+/** \defgroup flac_metadata_level2 FLAC/metadata.h: metadata level 2 interface
+ *  \ingroup flac_metadata
+ *
+ * \brief
+ * The level 2 interface provides read-write access to FLAC file metadata;
+ * all metadata is read into memory, operated on in memory, and then written
+ * to file, which is more efficient than level 1 when editing multiple blocks.
+ *
+ * Currently Ogg FLAC is supported for read only, via
+ * FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg() but a subsequent
+ * FLAC__metadata_chain_write() will fail.
+ *
+ * The general usage of this interface is:
+ *
+ * - Create a new chain using FLAC__metadata_chain_new().  A chain is a
+ *   linked list of FLAC metadata blocks.
+ * - Read all metadata into the the chain from a FLAC file using
+ *   FLAC__metadata_chain_read() or FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg() and
+ *   check the status.
+ * - Optionally, consolidate the padding using
+ *   FLAC__metadata_chain_merge_padding() or
+ *   FLAC__metadata_chain_sort_padding().
+ * - Create a new iterator using FLAC__metadata_iterator_new()
+ * - Initialize the iterator to point to the first element in the chain
+ *   using FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * - Traverse the chain using FLAC__metadata_iterator_next and
+ *   FLAC__metadata_iterator_prev().
+ * - Get a block for reading or modification using
+ *   FLAC__metadata_iterator_get_block().  The pointer to the object
+ *   inside the chain is returned, so the block is yours to modify.
+ *   Changes will be reflected in the FLAC file when you write the
+ *   chain.  You can also add and delete blocks (see functions below).
+ * - When done, write out the chain using FLAC__metadata_chain_write().
+ *   Make sure to read the whole comment to the function below.
+ * - Delete the chain using FLAC__metadata_chain_delete().
+ *
+ * \note
+ * Even though the FLAC file is not open while the chain is being
+ * manipulated, you must not alter the file externally during
+ * this time.  The chain assumes the FLAC file will not change
+ * between the time of FLAC__metadata_chain_read()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg()
+ * and FLAC__metadata_chain_write().
+ *
+ * \note
+ * Do not modify the is_last, length, or type fields of returned
+ * FLAC__StreamMetadata objects.  These are managed automatically.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The metadata objects returned by FLAC__metadata_iterator_get_block()
+ * are owned by the chain; do not FLAC__metadata_object_delete() them.
+ * In the same way, blocks passed to FLAC__metadata_iterator_set_block()
+ * become owned by the chain and they will be deleted when the chain is
+ * deleted.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+struct FLAC__Metadata_Chain;
+/** The opaque structure definition for the level 2 chain type.
+ */
+typedef struct FLAC__Metadata_Chain FLAC__Metadata_Chain;
+
+struct FLAC__Metadata_Iterator;
+/** The opaque structure definition for the level 2 iterator type.
+ */
+typedef struct FLAC__Metadata_Iterator FLAC__Metadata_Iterator;
+
+typedef enum {
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_OK = 0,
+	/**< The chain is in the normal OK state */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_ILLEGAL_INPUT,
+	/**< The data passed into a function violated the function's usage criteria */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_ERROR_OPENING_FILE,
+	/**< The chain could not open the target file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_NOT_A_FLAC_FILE,
+	/**< The chain could not find the FLAC signature at the start of the file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_NOT_WRITABLE,
+	/**< The chain tried to write to a file that was not writable */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_BAD_METADATA,
+	/**< The chain encountered input that does not conform to the FLAC metadata specification */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_READ_ERROR,
+	/**< The chain encountered an error while reading the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_SEEK_ERROR,
+	/**< The chain encountered an error while seeking in the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_WRITE_ERROR,
+	/**< The chain encountered an error while writing the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_RENAME_ERROR,
+	/**< The chain encountered an error renaming the FLAC file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_UNLINK_ERROR,
+	/**< The chain encountered an error removing the temporary file */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR,
+	/**< Memory allocation failed */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+	/**< The caller violated an assertion or an unexpected error occurred */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_INVALID_CALLBACKS,
+	/**< One or more of the required callbacks was NULL */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_READ_WRITE_MISMATCH,
+	/**< FLAC__metadata_chain_write() was called on a chain read by
+	 *   FLAC__metadata_chain_read_with_callbacks()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg_with_callbacks(),
+	 *   or 
+	 *   FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks()/FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks_and_tempfile()
+	 *   was called on a chain read by
+	 *   FLAC__metadata_chain_read()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg().
+	 *   Matching read/write methods must always be used. */
+
+	FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_WRONG_WRITE_CALL
+	/**< FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks() was called when the
+	 *   chain write requires a tempfile; use
+	 *   FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks_and_tempfile() instead.
+	 *   Or, FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks_and_tempfile() was
+	 *   called when the chain write does not require a tempfile; use
+	 *   FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks() instead.
+	 *   Always check FLAC__metadata_chain_check_if_tempfile_needed()
+	 *   before writing via callbacks. */
+
+} FLAC__Metadata_ChainStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__Metadata_ChainStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__Metadata_ChainStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__Metadata_ChainStatusString[];
+
+/*********** FLAC__Metadata_Chain ***********/
+
+/** Create a new chain instance.
+ *
+ * \retval FLAC__Metadata_Chain*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__Metadata_Chain *FLAC__metadata_chain_new(void);
+
+/** Free a chain instance.  Deletes the object pointed to by \a chain.
+ *
+ * \param chain  A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_chain_delete(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain);
+
+/** Get the current status of the chain.  Call this after a function
+ *  returns \c false to get the reason for the error.  Also resets the
+ *  status to FLAC__METADATA_CHAIN_STATUS_OK.
+ *
+ * \param chain    A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__Metadata_ChainStatus
+ *    The current status of the chain.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__Metadata_ChainStatus FLAC__metadata_chain_status(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain);
+
+/** Read all metadata from a FLAC file into the chain.
+ *
+ * \param chain    A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param filename The path to the FLAC file to read.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid list of metadata blocks was read from
+ *    \a filename, else \c false.  On failure, check the status with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_read(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, const char *filename);
+
+/** Read all metadata from an Ogg FLAC file into the chain.
+ *
+ * \note Ogg FLAC metadata data writing is not supported yet and
+ * FLAC__metadata_chain_write() will fail.
+ *
+ * \param chain    A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param filename The path to the Ogg FLAC file to read.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code filename != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid list of metadata blocks was read from
+ *    \a filename, else \c false.  On failure, check the status with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, const char *filename);
+
+/** Read all metadata from a FLAC stream into the chain via I/O callbacks.
+ *
+ *  The \a handle need only be open for reading, but must be seekable.
+ *  The equivalent minimum stdio fopen() file mode is \c "r" (or \c "rb"
+ *  for Windows).
+ *
+ * \param chain    A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param handle   The I/O handle of the FLAC stream to read.  The
+ *                 handle will NOT be closed after the metadata is read;
+ *                 that is the duty of the caller.
+ * \param callbacks
+ *                 A set of callbacks to use for I/O.  The mandatory
+ *                 callbacks are \a read, \a seek, and \a tell.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid list of metadata blocks was read from
+ *    \a handle, else \c false.  On failure, check the status with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_read_with_callbacks(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, FLAC__IOHandle handle, FLAC__IOCallbacks callbacks);
+
+/** Read all metadata from an Ogg FLAC stream into the chain via I/O callbacks.
+ *
+ *  The \a handle need only be open for reading, but must be seekable.
+ *  The equivalent minimum stdio fopen() file mode is \c "r" (or \c "rb"
+ *  for Windows).
+ *
+ * \note Ogg FLAC metadata data writing is not supported yet and
+ * FLAC__metadata_chain_write() will fail.
+ *
+ * \param chain    A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param handle   The I/O handle of the Ogg FLAC stream to read.  The
+ *                 handle will NOT be closed after the metadata is read;
+ *                 that is the duty of the caller.
+ * \param callbacks
+ *                 A set of callbacks to use for I/O.  The mandatory
+ *                 callbacks are \a read, \a seek, and \a tell.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if a valid list of metadata blocks was read from
+ *    \a handle, else \c false.  On failure, check the status with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg_with_callbacks(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, FLAC__IOHandle handle, FLAC__IOCallbacks callbacks);
+
+/** Checks if writing the given chain would require the use of a
+ *  temporary file, or if it could be written in place.
+ *
+ *  Under certain conditions, padding can be utilized so that writing
+ *  edited metadata back to the FLAC file does not require rewriting the
+ *  entire file.  If rewriting is required, then a temporary workfile is
+ *  required.  When writing metadata using callbacks, you must check
+ *  this function to know whether to call
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks() or
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks_and_tempfile().  When
+ *  writing with FLAC__metadata_chain_write(), the temporary file is
+ *  handled internally.
+ *
+ * \param chain    A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param use_padding
+ *                 Whether or not padding will be allowed to be used
+ *                 during the write.  The value of \a use_padding given
+ *                 here must match the value later passed to
+ *                 FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks() or
+ *                 FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks_with_tempfile().
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if writing the current chain would require a tempfile, or
+ *    \c false if metadata can be written in place.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_check_if_tempfile_needed(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, FLAC__bool use_padding);
+
+/** Write all metadata out to the FLAC file.  This function tries to be as
+ *  efficient as possible; how the metadata is actually written is shown by
+ *  the following:
+ *
+ *  If the current chain is the same size as the existing metadata, the new
+ *  data is written in place.
+ *
+ *  If the current chain is longer than the existing metadata, and
+ *  \a use_padding is \c true, and the last block is a PADDING block of
+ *  sufficient length, the function will truncate the final padding block
+ *  so that the overall size of the metadata is the same as the existing
+ *  metadata, and then just rewrite the metadata.  Otherwise, if not all of
+ *  the above conditions are met, the entire FLAC file must be rewritten.
+ *  If you want to use padding this way it is a good idea to call
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_sort_padding() first so that you have the maximum
+ *  amount of padding to work with, unless you need to preserve ordering
+ *  of the PADDING blocks for some reason.
+ *
+ *  If the current chain is shorter than the existing metadata, and
+ *  \a use_padding is \c true, and the final block is a PADDING block, the padding
+ *  is extended to make the overall size the same as the existing data.  If
+ *  \a use_padding is \c true and the last block is not a PADDING block, a new
+ *  PADDING block is added to the end of the new data to make it the same
+ *  size as the existing data (if possible, see the note to
+ *  FLAC__metadata_simple_iterator_set_block() about the four byte limit)
+ *  and the new data is written in place.  If none of the above apply or
+ *  \a use_padding is \c false, the entire FLAC file is rewritten.
+ *
+ *  If \a preserve_file_stats is \c true, the owner and modification time will
+ *  be preserved even if the FLAC file is written.
+ *
+ *  For this write function to be used, the chain must have been read with
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_read()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg(), not
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_read_with_callbacks()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg_with_callbacks().
+ *
+ * \param chain               A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param use_padding         See above.
+ * \param preserve_file_stats See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the write succeeded, else \c false.  On failure,
+ *    check the status with FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_write(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, FLAC__bool use_padding, FLAC__bool preserve_file_stats);
+
+/** Write all metadata out to a FLAC stream via callbacks.
+ *
+ *  (See FLAC__metadata_chain_write() for the details on how padding is
+ *  used to write metadata in place if possible.)
+ *
+ *  The \a handle must be open for updating and be seekable.  The
+ *  equivalent minimum stdio fopen() file mode is \c "r+" (or \c "r+b"
+ *  for Windows).
+ *
+ *  For this write function to be used, the chain must have been read with
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_read_with_callbacks()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg_with_callbacks(),
+ *  not FLAC__metadata_chain_read()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg().
+ *  Also, FLAC__metadata_chain_check_if_tempfile_needed() must have returned
+ *  \c false.
+ *
+ * \param chain        A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param use_padding  See FLAC__metadata_chain_write()
+ * \param handle       The I/O handle of the FLAC stream to write.  The
+ *                     handle will NOT be closed after the metadata is
+ *                     written; that is the duty of the caller.
+ * \param callbacks    A set of callbacks to use for I/O.  The mandatory
+ *                     callbacks are \a write and \a seek.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the write succeeded, else \c false.  On failure,
+ *    check the status with FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, FLAC__bool use_padding, FLAC__IOHandle handle, FLAC__IOCallbacks callbacks);
+
+/** Write all metadata out to a FLAC stream via callbacks.
+ *
+ *  (See FLAC__metadata_chain_write() for the details on how padding is
+ *  used to write metadata in place if possible.)
+ *
+ *  This version of the write-with-callbacks function must be used when
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_check_if_tempfile_needed() returns true.  In
+ *  this function, you must supply an I/O handle corresponding to the
+ *  FLAC file to edit, and a temporary handle to which the new FLAC
+ *  file will be written.  It is the caller's job to move this temporary
+ *  FLAC file on top of the original FLAC file to complete the metadata
+ *  edit.
+ *
+ *  The \a handle must be open for reading and be seekable.  The
+ *  equivalent minimum stdio fopen() file mode is \c "r" (or \c "rb"
+ *  for Windows).
+ *
+ *  The \a temp_handle must be open for writing.  The
+ *  equivalent minimum stdio fopen() file mode is \c "w" (or \c "wb"
+ *  for Windows).  It should be an empty stream, or at least positioned
+ *  at the start-of-file (in which case it is the caller's duty to
+ *  truncate it on return).
+ *
+ *  For this write function to be used, the chain must have been read with
+ *  FLAC__metadata_chain_read_with_callbacks()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg_with_callbacks(),
+ *  not FLAC__metadata_chain_read()/FLAC__metadata_chain_read_ogg().
+ *  Also, FLAC__metadata_chain_check_if_tempfile_needed() must have returned
+ *  \c true.
+ *
+ * \param chain        A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \param use_padding  See FLAC__metadata_chain_write()
+ * \param handle       The I/O handle of the original FLAC stream to read.
+ *                     The handle will NOT be closed after the metadata is
+ *                     written; that is the duty of the caller.
+ * \param callbacks    A set of callbacks to use for I/O on \a handle.
+ *                     The mandatory callbacks are \a read, \a seek, and
+ *                     \a eof.
+ * \param temp_handle  The I/O handle of the FLAC stream to write.  The
+ *                     handle will NOT be closed after the metadata is
+ *                     written; that is the duty of the caller.
+ * \param temp_callbacks
+ *                     A set of callbacks to use for I/O on temp_handle.
+ *                     The only mandatory callback is \a write.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the write succeeded, else \c false.  On failure,
+ *    check the status with FLAC__metadata_chain_status().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_chain_write_with_callbacks_and_tempfile(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain, FLAC__bool use_padding, FLAC__IOHandle handle, FLAC__IOCallbacks callbacks, FLAC__IOHandle temp_handle, FLAC__IOCallbacks temp_callbacks);
+
+/** Merge adjacent PADDING blocks into a single block.
+ *
+ * \note This function does not write to the FLAC file, it only
+ * modifies the chain.
+ *
+ * \warning Any iterator on the current chain will become invalid after this
+ * call.  You should delete the iterator and get a new one.
+ *
+ * \param chain               A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_chain_merge_padding(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain);
+
+/** This function will move all PADDING blocks to the end on the metadata,
+ *  then merge them into a single block.
+ *
+ * \note This function does not write to the FLAC file, it only
+ * modifies the chain.
+ *
+ * \warning Any iterator on the current chain will become invalid after this
+ * call.  You should delete the iterator and get a new one.
+ *
+ * \param chain  A pointer to an existing chain.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_chain_sort_padding(FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain);
+
+
+/*********** FLAC__Metadata_Iterator ***********/
+
+/** Create a new iterator instance.
+ *
+ * \retval FLAC__Metadata_Iterator*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *FLAC__metadata_iterator_new(void);
+
+/** Free an iterator instance.  Deletes the object pointed to by \a iterator.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_iterator_delete(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator);
+
+/** Initialize the iterator to point to the first metadata block in the
+ *  given chain.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing iterator.
+ * \param chain     A pointer to an existing and initialized (read) chain.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code chain != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_iterator_init(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator, FLAC__Metadata_Chain *chain);
+
+/** Moves the iterator forward one metadata block, returning \c false if
+ *  already at the end.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if already at the last metadata block of the chain, else
+ *    \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_iterator_next(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator);
+
+/** Moves the iterator backward one metadata block, returning \c false if
+ *  already at the beginning.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if already at the first metadata block of the chain, else
+ *    \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_iterator_prev(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the type of the metadata block at the current position.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__MetadataType
+ *    The type of the metadata block at the current iterator position.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__MetadataType FLAC__metadata_iterator_get_block_type(const FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator);
+
+/** Get the metadata block at the current position.  You can modify
+ *  the block in place but must write the chain before the changes
+ *  are reflected to the FLAC file.  You do not need to call
+ *  FLAC__metadata_iterator_set_block() to reflect the changes;
+ *  the pointer returned by FLAC__metadata_iterator_get_block()
+ *  points directly into the chain.
+ *
+ * \warning
+ * Do not call FLAC__metadata_object_delete() on the returned object;
+ * to delete a block use FLAC__metadata_iterator_delete_block().
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamMetadata*
+ *    The current metadata block.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamMetadata *FLAC__metadata_iterator_get_block(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator);
+
+/** Set the metadata block at the current position, replacing the existing
+ *  block.  The new block passed in becomes owned by the chain and it will be
+ *  deleted when the chain is deleted.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param block     A pointer to a metadata block.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ *    \code block != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the conditions in the above description are not met, or
+ *    a memory allocation error occurs, otherwise \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_iterator_set_block(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator, FLAC__StreamMetadata *block);
+
+/** Removes the current block from the chain.  If \a replace_with_padding is
+ *  \c true, the block will instead be replaced with a padding block of equal
+ *  size.  You can not delete the STREAMINFO block.  The iterator will be
+ *  left pointing to the block before the one just "deleted", even if
+ *  \a replace_with_padding is \c true.
+ *
+ * \param iterator              A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param replace_with_padding  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the conditions in the above description are not met,
+ *    otherwise \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_iterator_delete_block(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator, FLAC__bool replace_with_padding);
+
+/** Insert a new block before the current block.  You cannot insert a block
+ *  before the first STREAMINFO block.  You cannot insert a STREAMINFO block
+ *  as there can be only one, the one that already exists at the head when you
+ *  read in a chain.  The chain takes ownership of the new block and it will be
+ *  deleted when the chain is deleted.  The iterator will be left pointing to
+ *  the new block.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param block     A pointer to a metadata block to insert.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the conditions in the above description are not met, or
+ *    a memory allocation error occurs, otherwise \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_iterator_insert_block_before(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator, FLAC__StreamMetadata *block);
+
+/** Insert a new block after the current block.  You cannot insert a STREAMINFO
+ *  block as there can be only one, the one that already exists at the head when
+ *  you read in a chain.  The chain takes ownership of the new block and it will
+ *  be deleted when the chain is deleted.  The iterator will be left pointing to
+ *  the new block.
+ *
+ * \param iterator  A pointer to an existing initialized iterator.
+ * \param block     A pointer to a metadata block to insert.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code iterator != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a iterator has been successfully initialized with
+ *    FLAC__metadata_iterator_init()
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the conditions in the above description are not met, or
+ *    a memory allocation error occurs, otherwise \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_iterator_insert_block_after(FLAC__Metadata_Iterator *iterator, FLAC__StreamMetadata *block);
+
+/* \} */
+
+
+/** \defgroup flac_metadata_object FLAC/metadata.h: metadata object methods
+ *  \ingroup flac_metadata
+ *
+ * \brief
+ * This module contains methods for manipulating FLAC metadata objects.
+ *
+ * Since many are variable length we have to be careful about the memory
+ * management.  We decree that all pointers to data in the object are
+ * owned by the object and memory-managed by the object.
+ *
+ * Use the FLAC__metadata_object_new() and FLAC__metadata_object_delete()
+ * functions to create all instances.  When using the
+ * FLAC__metadata_object_set_*() functions to set pointers to data, set
+ * \a copy to \c true to have the function make it's own copy of the data, or
+ * to \c false to give the object ownership of your data.  In the latter case
+ * your pointer must be freeable by free() and will be free()d when the object
+ * is FLAC__metadata_object_delete()d.  It is legal to pass a null pointer as
+ * the data pointer to a FLAC__metadata_object_set_*() function as long as
+ * the length argument is 0 and the \a copy argument is \c false.
+ *
+ * The FLAC__metadata_object_new() and FLAC__metadata_object_clone() function
+ * will return \c NULL in the case of a memory allocation error, otherwise a new
+ * object.  The FLAC__metadata_object_set_*() functions return \c false in the
+ * case of a memory allocation error.
+ *
+ * We don't have the convenience of C++ here, so note that the library relies
+ * on you to keep the types straight.  In other words, if you pass, for
+ * example, a FLAC__StreamMetadata* that represents a STREAMINFO block to
+ * FLAC__metadata_object_application_set_data(), you will get an assertion
+ * failure.
+ *
+ * For convenience the FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_*() functions
+ * maintain a trailing NUL on each Vorbis comment entry.  This is not counted
+ * toward the length or stored in the stream, but it can make working with plain
+ * comments (those that don't contain embedded-NULs in the value) easier.
+ * Entries passed into these functions have trailing NULs added if missing, and
+ * returned entries are guaranteed to have a trailing NUL.
+ *
+ * The FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_*() functions that take a Vorbis
+ * comment entry/name/value will first validate that it complies with the Vorbis
+ * comment specification and return false if it does not.
+ *
+ * There is no need to recalculate the length field on metadata blocks you
+ * have modified.  They will be calculated automatically before they  are
+ * written back to a file.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+
+/** Create a new metadata object instance of the given type.
+ *
+ *  The object will be "empty"; i.e. values and data pointers will be \c 0,
+ *  with the exception of FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT, which will have
+ *  the vendor string set (but zero comments).
+ *
+ *  Do not pass in a value greater than or equal to
+ *  \a FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_UNDEFINED unless you really know what you're
+ *  doing.
+ *
+ * \param type  Type of object to create
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamMetadata*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory or the type code is
+ *    greater than FLAC__MAX_METADATA_TYPE_CODE, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamMetadata *FLAC__metadata_object_new(FLAC__MetadataType type);
+
+/** Create a copy of an existing metadata object.
+ *
+ *  The copy is a "deep" copy, i.e. dynamically allocated data within the
+ *  object is also copied.  The caller takes ownership of the new block and
+ *  is responsible for freeing it with FLAC__metadata_object_delete().
+ *
+ * \param object  Pointer to object to copy.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamMetadata*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamMetadata *FLAC__metadata_object_clone(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *object);
+
+/** Free a metadata object.  Deletes the object pointed to by \a object.
+ *
+ *  The delete is a "deep" delete, i.e. dynamically allocated data within the
+ *  object is also deleted.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing object.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_object_delete(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object);
+
+/** Compares two metadata objects.
+ *
+ *  The compare is "deep", i.e. dynamically allocated data within the
+ *  object is also compared.
+ *
+ * \param block1  A pointer to an existing object.
+ * \param block2  A pointer to an existing object.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code block1 != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code block2 != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if objects are identical, else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_is_equal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *block1, const FLAC__StreamMetadata *block2);
+
+/** Sets the application data of an APPLICATION block.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the data is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the pointer.  The existing data will be freed if this
+ *  function is successful, otherwise the original data will remain if \a copy
+ *  is \c true and malloc() fails.
+ *
+ * \note It is safe to pass a const pointer to \a data if \a copy is \c true.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing APPLICATION object.
+ * \param data    A pointer to the data to set.
+ * \param length  The length of \a data in bytes.
+ * \param copy    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_APPLICATION \endcode
+ *    \code (data != NULL && length > 0) ||
+ * (data == NULL && length == 0 && copy == false) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_application_set_data(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__byte *data, unsigned length, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Resize the seekpoint array.
+ *
+ *  If the size shrinks, elements will truncated; if it grows, new placeholder
+ *  points will be added to the end.
+ *
+ * \param object          A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param new_num_points  The desired length of the array; may be \c 0.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ *    \code (object->data.seek_table.points == NULL && object->data.seek_table.num_points == 0) ||
+ * (object->data.seek_table.points != NULL && object->data.seek_table.num_points > 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation error, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_resize_points(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned new_num_points);
+
+/** Set a seekpoint in a seektable.
+ *
+ * \param object     A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param point_num  Index into seekpoint array to set.
+ * \param point      The point to set.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.seek_table.num_points > point_num \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_set_point(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned point_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint point);
+
+/** Insert a seekpoint into a seektable.
+ *
+ * \param object     A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param point_num  Index into seekpoint array to set.
+ * \param point      The point to set.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.seek_table.num_points >= point_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation error, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_insert_point(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned point_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_SeekPoint point);
+
+/** Delete a seekpoint from a seektable.
+ *
+ * \param object     A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param point_num  Index into seekpoint array to set.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.seek_table.num_points > point_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation error, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_delete_point(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned point_num);
+
+/** Check a seektable to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
+ *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
+ *  seektable.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if seek table is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *object);
+
+/** Append a number of placeholder points to the end of a seek table.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * As with the other ..._seektable_template_... functions, you should
+ * call FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_sort() when finished
+ * to make the seek table legal.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param num     The number of placeholder points to append.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_append_placeholders(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned num);
+
+/** Append a specific seek point template to the end of a seek table.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * As with the other ..._seektable_template_... functions, you should
+ * call FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_sort() when finished
+ * to make the seek table legal.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param sample_number  The sample number of the seek point template.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_append_point(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__uint64 sample_number);
+
+/** Append specific seek point templates to the end of a seek table.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * As with the other ..._seektable_template_... functions, you should
+ * call FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_sort() when finished
+ * to make the seek table legal.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param sample_numbers  An array of sample numbers for the seek points.
+ * \param num     The number of seek point templates to append.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_append_points(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__uint64 sample_numbers[], unsigned num);
+
+/** Append a set of evenly-spaced seek point templates to the end of a
+ *  seek table.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * As with the other ..._seektable_template_... functions, you should
+ * call FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_sort() when finished
+ * to make the seek table legal.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param num     The number of placeholder points to append.
+ * \param total_samples  The total number of samples to be encoded;
+ *                       the seekpoints will be spaced approximately
+ *                       \a total_samples / \a num samples apart.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ *    \code total_samples > 0 \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_append_spaced_points(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned num, FLAC__uint64 total_samples);
+
+/** Append a set of evenly-spaced seek point templates to the end of a
+ *  seek table.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * As with the other ..._seektable_template_... functions, you should
+ * call FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_sort() when finished
+ * to make the seek table legal.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing SEEKTABLE object.
+ * \param samples The number of samples apart to space the placeholder
+ *                points.  The first point will be at sample \c 0, the
+ *                second at sample \a samples, then 2*\a samples, and
+ *                so on.  As long as \a samples and \a total_samples
+ *                are greater than \c 0, there will always be at least
+ *                one seekpoint at sample \c 0.
+ * \param total_samples  The total number of samples to be encoded;
+ *                       the seekpoints will be spaced
+ *                       \a samples samples apart.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ *    \code samples > 0 \endcode
+ *    \code total_samples > 0 \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_append_spaced_points_by_samples(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned samples, FLAC__uint64 total_samples);
+
+/** Sort a seek table's seek points according to the format specification,
+ *  removing duplicates.
+ *
+ * \param object   A pointer to a seek table to be sorted.
+ * \param compact  If \c false, behaves like FLAC__format_seektable_sort().
+ *                 If \c true, duplicates are deleted and the seek table is
+ *                 shrunk appropriately; the number of placeholder points
+ *                 present in the seek table will be the same after the call
+ *                 as before.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_SEEKTABLE \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if realloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_sort(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__bool compact);
+
+/** Sets the vendor string in a VORBIS_COMMENT block.
+ *
+ *  For convenience, a trailing NUL is added to the entry if it doesn't have
+ *  one already.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the entry is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \c entry.entry pointer.
+ *
+ *  \note If this function returns \c false, the caller still owns the
+ *  pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param entry   The entry to set the vendor string to.
+ * \param copy    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) ||
+ * (entry.entry == NULL && entry.length == 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails or \a entry does not comply with the
+ *    Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_set_vendor_string(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Resize the comment array.
+ *
+ *  If the size shrinks, elements will truncated; if it grows, new empty
+ *  fields will be added to the end.
+ *
+ * \param object            A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param new_num_comments  The desired length of the array; may be \c 0.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code (object->data.vorbis_comment.comments == NULL && object->data.vorbis_comment.num_comments == 0) ||
+ * (object->data.vorbis_comment.comments != NULL && object->data.vorbis_comment.num_comments > 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_resize_comments(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned new_num_comments);
+
+/** Sets a comment in a VORBIS_COMMENT block.
+ *
+ *  For convenience, a trailing NUL is added to the entry if it doesn't have
+ *  one already.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the entry is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \c entry.entry pointer.
+ *
+ *  \note If this function returns \c false, the caller still owns the
+ *  pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param comment_num  Index into comment array to set.
+ * \param entry        The entry to set the comment to.
+ * \param copy         See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code comment_num < object->data.vorbis_comment.num_comments \endcode
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) ||
+ * (entry.entry == NULL && entry.length == 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails or \a entry does not comply with the
+ *    Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_set_comment(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned comment_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Insert a comment in a VORBIS_COMMENT block at the given index.
+ *
+ *  For convenience, a trailing NUL is added to the entry if it doesn't have
+ *  one already.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the entry is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \c entry.entry pointer.
+ *
+ *  \note If this function returns \c false, the caller still owns the
+ *  pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param comment_num  The index at which to insert the comment.  The comments
+ *                     at and after \a comment_num move right one position.
+ *                     To append a comment to the end, set \a comment_num to
+ *                     \c object->data.vorbis_comment.num_comments .
+ * \param entry        The comment to insert.
+ * \param copy         See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.vorbis_comment.num_comments >= comment_num \endcode
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) ||
+ * (entry.entry == NULL && entry.length == 0 && copy == false) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails or \a entry does not comply with the
+ *    Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_insert_comment(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned comment_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Appends a comment to a VORBIS_COMMENT block.
+ *
+ *  For convenience, a trailing NUL is added to the entry if it doesn't have
+ *  one already.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the entry is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \c entry.entry pointer.
+ *
+ *  \note If this function returns \c false, the caller still owns the
+ *  pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param entry        The comment to insert.
+ * \param copy         See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) ||
+ * (entry.entry == NULL && entry.length == 0 && copy == false) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails or \a entry does not comply with the
+ *    Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_append_comment(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Replaces comments in a VORBIS_COMMENT block with a new one.
+ *
+ *  For convenience, a trailing NUL is added to the entry if it doesn't have
+ *  one already.
+ *
+ *  Depending on the the value of \a all, either all or just the first comment
+ *  whose field name(s) match the given entry's name will be replaced by the
+ *  given entry.  If no comments match, \a entry will simply be appended.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the entry is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \c entry.entry pointer.
+ *
+ *  \note If this function returns \c false, the caller still owns the
+ *  pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param entry        The comment to insert.
+ * \param all          If \c true, all comments whose field name matches
+ *                     \a entry's field name will be removed, and \a entry will
+ *                     be inserted at the position of the first matching
+ *                     comment.  If \c false, only the first comment whose
+ *                     field name matches \a entry's field name will be
+ *                     replaced with \a entry.
+ * \param copy         See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) ||
+ * (entry.entry == NULL && entry.length == 0 && copy == false) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails or \a entry does not comply with the
+ *    Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_replace_comment(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, FLAC__bool all, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Delete a comment in a VORBIS_COMMENT block at the given index.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param comment_num  The index of the comment to delete.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.vorbis_comment.num_comments > comment_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if realloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_delete_comment(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned comment_num);
+
+/** Creates a Vorbis comment entry from NUL-terminated name and value strings.
+ *
+ *  On return, the filled-in \a entry->entry pointer will point to malloc()ed
+ *  memory and shall be owned by the caller.  For convenience the entry will
+ *  have a terminating NUL.
+ *
+ * \param entry              A pointer to a Vorbis comment entry.  The entry's
+ *                           \c entry pointer should not point to allocated
+ *                           memory as it will be overwritten.
+ * \param field_name         The field name in ASCII, \c NUL terminated.
+ * \param field_value        The field value in UTF-8, \c NUL terminated.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code entry != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code field_name != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code field_value != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if malloc() fails, or if \a field_name or \a field_value does
+ *    not comply with the Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_entry_from_name_value_pair(FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry *entry, const char *field_name, const char *field_value);
+
+/** Splits a Vorbis comment entry into NUL-terminated name and value strings.
+ *
+ *  The returned pointers to name and value will be allocated by malloc()
+ *  and shall be owned by the caller.
+ *
+ * \param entry              An existing Vorbis comment entry.
+ * \param field_name         The address of where the returned pointer to the
+ *                           field name will be stored.
+ * \param field_value        The address of where the returned pointer to the
+ *                           field value will be stored.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) \endcode
+ *    \code memchr(entry.entry, '=', entry.length) != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code field_name != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code field_value != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation fails or \a entry does not comply with the
+ *    Vorbis comment specification, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_entry_to_name_value_pair(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, char **field_name, char **field_value);
+
+/** Check if the given Vorbis comment entry's field name matches the given
+ *  field name.
+ *
+ * \param entry              An existing Vorbis comment entry.
+ * \param field_name         The field name to check.
+ * \param field_name_length  The length of \a field_name, not including the
+ *                           terminating \c NUL.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code (entry.entry != NULL && entry.length > 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the field names match, else \c false
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_entry_matches(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_VorbisComment_Entry entry, const char *field_name, unsigned field_name_length);
+
+/** Find a Vorbis comment with the given field name.
+ *
+ *  The search begins at entry number \a offset; use an offset of 0 to
+ *  search from the beginning of the comment array.
+ *
+ * \param object      A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param offset      The offset into the comment array from where to start
+ *                    the search.
+ * \param field_name  The field name of the comment to find.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ *    \code field_name != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval int
+ *    The offset in the comment array of the first comment whose field
+ *    name matches \a field_name, or \c -1 if no match was found.
+ */
+FLAC_API int FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_find_entry_from(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned offset, const char *field_name);
+
+/** Remove first Vorbis comment matching the given field name.
+ *
+ * \param object      A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param field_name  The field name of comment to delete.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ * \retval int
+ *    \c -1 for memory allocation error, \c 0 for no matching entries,
+ *    \c 1 for one matching entry deleted.
+ */
+FLAC_API int FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_remove_entry_matching(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, const char *field_name);
+
+/** Remove all Vorbis comments matching the given field name.
+ *
+ * \param object      A pointer to an existing VORBIS_COMMENT object.
+ * \param field_name  The field name of comments to delete.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT \endcode
+ * \retval int
+ *    \c -1 for memory allocation error, \c 0 for no matching entries,
+ *    else the number of matching entries deleted.
+ */
+FLAC_API int FLAC__metadata_object_vorbiscomment_remove_entries_matching(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, const char *field_name);
+
+/** Create a new CUESHEET track instance.
+ *
+ *  The object will be "empty"; i.e. values and data pointers will be \c 0.
+ *
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_new(void);
+
+/** Create a copy of an existing CUESHEET track object.
+ *
+ *  The copy is a "deep" copy, i.e. dynamically allocated data within the
+ *  object is also copied.  The caller takes ownership of the new object and
+ *  is responsible for freeing it with
+ *  FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_delete().
+ *
+ * \param object  Pointer to object to copy.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_clone(const FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *object);
+
+/** Delete a CUESHEET track object
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET track object.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_delete(FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *object);
+
+/** Resize a track's index point array.
+ *
+ *  If the size shrinks, elements will truncated; if it grows, new blank
+ *  indices will be added to the end.
+ *
+ * \param object           A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num        The index of the track to modify.  NOTE: this is not
+ *                         necessarily the same as the track's \a number field.
+ * \param new_num_indices  The desired length of the array; may be \c 0.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks > track_num \endcode
+ *    \code (object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].indices == NULL && object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices == 0) ||
+ * (object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].indices != NULL && object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices > 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation error, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_resize_indices(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num, unsigned new_num_indices);
+
+/** Insert an index point in a CUESHEET track at the given index.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    The index of the track to modify.  NOTE: this is not
+ *                     necessarily the same as the track's \a number field.
+ * \param index_num    The index into the track's index array at which to
+ *                     insert the index point.  NOTE: this is not necessarily
+ *                     the same as the index point's \a number field.  The
+ *                     indices at and after \a index_num move right one
+ *                     position.  To append an index point to the end, set
+ *                     \a index_num to
+ *                     \c object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices .
+ * \param index        The index point to insert.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks > track_num \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices >= index_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if realloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_insert_index(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num, unsigned index_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Index index);
+
+/** Insert a blank index point in a CUESHEET track at the given index.
+ *
+ *  A blank index point is one in which all field values are zero.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    The index of the track to modify.  NOTE: this is not
+ *                     necessarily the same as the track's \a number field.
+ * \param index_num    The index into the track's index array at which to
+ *                     insert the index point.  NOTE: this is not necessarily
+ *                     the same as the index point's \a number field.  The
+ *                     indices at and after \a index_num move right one
+ *                     position.  To append an index point to the end, set
+ *                     \a index_num to
+ *                     \c object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices .
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks > track_num \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices >= index_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if realloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_insert_blank_index(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num, unsigned index_num);
+
+/** Delete an index point in a CUESHEET track at the given index.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    The index into the track array of the track to
+ *                     modify.  NOTE: this is not necessarily the same
+ *                     as the track's \a number field.
+ * \param index_num    The index into the track's index array of the index
+ *                     to delete.  NOTE: this is not necessarily the same
+ *                     as the index's \a number field.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks > track_num \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.tracks[track_num].num_indices > index_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if realloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_track_delete_index(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num, unsigned index_num);
+
+/** Resize the track array.
+ *
+ *  If the size shrinks, elements will truncated; if it grows, new blank
+ *  tracks will be added to the end.
+ *
+ * \param object            A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param new_num_tracks    The desired length of the array; may be \c 0.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code (object->data.cue_sheet.tracks == NULL && object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks == 0) ||
+ * (object->data.cue_sheet.tracks != NULL && object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks > 0) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if memory allocation error, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_resize_tracks(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned new_num_tracks);
+
+/** Sets a track in a CUESHEET block.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the track is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \a track pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    Index into track array to set.  NOTE: this is not
+ *                     necessarily the same as the track's \a number field.
+ * \param track        The track to set the track to.  You may safely pass in
+ *                     a const pointer if \a copy is \c true.
+ * \param copy         See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code track_num < object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks \endcode
+ *    \code (track->indices != NULL && track->num_indices > 0) ||
+ * (track->indices == NULL && track->num_indices == 0)
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_set_track(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *track, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Insert a track in a CUESHEET block at the given index.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the track is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the \a track pointer.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    The index at which to insert the track.  NOTE: this
+ *                     is not necessarily the same as the track's \a number
+ *                     field.  The tracks at and after \a track_num move right
+ *                     one position.  To append a track to the end, set
+ *                     \a track_num to \c object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks .
+ * \param track        The track to insert.  You may safely pass in a const
+ *                     pointer if \a copy is \c true.
+ * \param copy         See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks >= track_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_insert_track(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num, FLAC__StreamMetadata_CueSheet_Track *track, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Insert a blank track in a CUESHEET block at the given index.
+ *
+ *  A blank track is one in which all field values are zero.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    The index at which to insert the track.  NOTE: this
+ *                     is not necessarily the same as the track's \a number
+ *                     field.  The tracks at and after \a track_num move right
+ *                     one position.  To append a track to the end, set
+ *                     \a track_num to \c object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks .
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks >= track_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_insert_blank_track(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num);
+
+/** Delete a track in a CUESHEET block at the given index.
+ *
+ * \param object       A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param track_num    The index into the track array of the track to
+ *                     delete.  NOTE: this is not necessarily the same
+ *                     as the track's \a number field.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ *    \code object->data.cue_sheet.num_tracks > track_num \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if realloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_delete_track(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, unsigned track_num);
+
+/** Check a cue sheet to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
+ *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
+ *  cue sheet.
+ *
+ * \param object     A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \param check_cd_da_subset  If \c true, check CUESHEET against more
+ *                   stringent requirements for a CD-DA (audio) disc.
+ * \param violation  Address of a pointer to a string.  If there is a
+ *                   violation, a pointer to a string explanation of the
+ *                   violation will be returned here. \a violation may be
+ *                   \c NULL if you don't need the returned string.  Do not
+ *                   free the returned string; it will always point to static
+ *                   data.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if cue sheet is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__bool check_cd_da_subset, const char **violation);
+
+/** Calculate and return the CDDB/freedb ID for a cue sheet.  The function
+ *  assumes the cue sheet corresponds to a CD; the result is undefined
+ *  if the cuesheet's is_cd bit is not set.
+ *
+ * \param object     A pointer to an existing CUESHEET object.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_CUESHEET \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__uint32
+ *    The unsigned integer representation of the CDDB/freedb ID
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__uint32 FLAC__metadata_object_cuesheet_calculate_cddb_id(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *object);
+
+/** Sets the MIME type of a PICTURE block.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the string is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the pointer.  The existing string will be freed if this
+ *  function is successful, otherwise the original string will remain if \a copy
+ *  is \c true and malloc() fails.
+ *
+ * \note It is safe to pass a const pointer to \a mime_type if \a copy is \c true.
+ *
+ * \param object      A pointer to an existing PICTURE object.
+ * \param mime_type   A pointer to the MIME type string.  The string must be
+ *                    ASCII characters 0x20-0x7e, NUL-terminated.  No validation
+ *                    is done.
+ * \param copy        See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PICTURE \endcode
+ *    \code (mime_type != NULL) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_picture_set_mime_type(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, char *mime_type, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Sets the description of a PICTURE block.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the string is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the pointer.  The existing string will be freed if this
+ *  function is successful, otherwise the original string will remain if \a copy
+ *  is \c true and malloc() fails.
+ *
+ * \note It is safe to pass a const pointer to \a description if \a copy is \c true.
+ *
+ * \param object      A pointer to an existing PICTURE object.
+ * \param description A pointer to the description string.  The string must be
+ *                    valid UTF-8, NUL-terminated.  No validation is done.
+ * \param copy        See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PICTURE \endcode
+ *    \code (description != NULL) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_picture_set_description(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__byte *description, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Sets the picture data of a PICTURE block.
+ *
+ *  If \a copy is \c true, a copy of the data is stored; otherwise, the object
+ *  takes ownership of the pointer.  Also sets the \a data_length field of the
+ *  metadata object to what is passed in as the \a length parameter.  The
+ *  existing data will be freed if this function is successful, otherwise the
+ *  original data and data_length will remain if \a copy is \c true and
+ *  malloc() fails.
+ *
+ * \note It is safe to pass a const pointer to \a data if \a copy is \c true.
+ *
+ * \param object  A pointer to an existing PICTURE object.
+ * \param data    A pointer to the data to set.
+ * \param length  The length of \a data in bytes.
+ * \param copy    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PICTURE \endcode
+ *    \code (data != NULL && length > 0) ||
+ * (data == NULL && length == 0 && copy == false) \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if \a copy is \c true and malloc() fails, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_picture_set_data(FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, FLAC__byte *data, FLAC__uint32 length, FLAC__bool copy);
+
+/** Check a PICTURE block to see if it conforms to the FLAC specification.
+ *  See the format specification for limits on the contents of the
+ *  PICTURE block.
+ *
+ * \param object     A pointer to existing PICTURE block to be checked.
+ * \param violation  Address of a pointer to a string.  If there is a
+ *                   violation, a pointer to a string explanation of the
+ *                   violation will be returned here. \a violation may be
+ *                   \c NULL if you don't need the returned string.  Do not
+ *                   free the returned string; it will always point to static
+ *                   data.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code object != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code object->type == FLAC__METADATA_TYPE_PICTURE \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if PICTURE block is illegal, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__metadata_object_picture_is_legal(const FLAC__StreamMetadata *object, const char **violation);
+
+/* \} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/ordinals.h b/include/FLAC/ordinals.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/FLAC/ordinals.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__ORDINALS_H
+#define FLAC__ORDINALS_H
+
+#if !(defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__EMX__))
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#endif
+
+typedef signed char FLAC__int8;
+typedef unsigned char FLAC__uint8;
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__)
+typedef __int16 FLAC__int16;
+typedef __int32 FLAC__int32;
+typedef __int64 FLAC__int64;
+typedef unsigned __int16 FLAC__uint16;
+typedef unsigned __int32 FLAC__uint32;
+typedef unsigned __int64 FLAC__uint64;
+#elif defined(__EMX__)
+typedef short FLAC__int16;
+typedef long FLAC__int32;
+typedef long long FLAC__int64;
+typedef unsigned short FLAC__uint16;
+typedef unsigned long FLAC__uint32;
+typedef unsigned long long FLAC__uint64;
+#else
+typedef int16_t FLAC__int16;
+typedef int32_t FLAC__int32;
+typedef int64_t FLAC__int64;
+typedef uint16_t FLAC__uint16;
+typedef uint32_t FLAC__uint32;
+typedef uint64_t FLAC__uint64;
+#endif
+
+typedef int FLAC__bool;
+
+typedef FLAC__uint8 FLAC__byte;
+
+#ifdef true
+#undef true
+#endif
+#ifdef false
+#undef false
+#endif
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+#define true 1
+#define false 0
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/stream_decoder.h b/include/FLAC/stream_decoder.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/FLAC/stream_decoder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,1559 @@
+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_H
+#define FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_H
+
+#include <stdio.h> /* for FILE */
+#include "export.h"
+#include "format.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+/** \file include/FLAC/stream_decoder.h
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains the functions which implement the stream
+ *  decoder.
+ *
+ *  See the detailed documentation in the
+ *  \link flac_stream_decoder stream decoder \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_decoder FLAC/ \*_decoder.h: decoder interfaces
+ *  \ingroup flac
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module describes the decoder layers provided by libFLAC.
+ *
+ * The stream decoder can be used to decode complete streams either from
+ * the client via callbacks, or directly from a file, depending on how
+ * it is initialized.  When decoding via callbacks, the client provides
+ * callbacks for reading FLAC data and writing decoded samples, and
+ * handling metadata and errors.  If the client also supplies seek-related
+ * callback, the decoder function for sample-accurate seeking within the
+ * FLAC input is also available.  When decoding from a file, the client
+ * needs only supply a filename or open \c FILE* and write/metadata/error
+ * callbacks; the rest of the callbacks are supplied internally.  For more
+ * info see the \link flac_stream_decoder stream decoder \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_stream_decoder FLAC/stream_decoder.h: stream decoder interface
+ *  \ingroup flac_decoder
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains the functions which implement the stream
+ *  decoder.
+ *
+ * The stream decoder can decode native FLAC, and optionally Ogg FLAC
+ * (check FLAC_API_SUPPORTS_OGG_FLAC) streams and files.
+ *
+ * The basic usage of this decoder is as follows:
+ * - The program creates an instance of a decoder using
+ *   FLAC__stream_decoder_new().
+ * - The program overrides the default settings using
+ *   FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() functions.
+ * - The program initializes the instance to validate the settings and
+ *   prepare for decoding using
+ *   - FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream() or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE()
+ *     or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file() for native FLAC,
+ *   - FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_stream() or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_FILE()
+ *     or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_file() for Ogg FLAC
+ * - The program calls the FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions
+ *   to decode data, which subsequently calls the callbacks.
+ * - The program finishes the decoding with FLAC__stream_decoder_finish(),
+ *   which flushes the input and output and resets the decoder to the
+ *   uninitialized state.
+ * - The instance may be used again or deleted with
+ *   FLAC__stream_decoder_delete().
+ *
+ * In more detail, the program will create a new instance by calling
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_new(), then call FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*()
+ * functions to override the default decoder options, and call
+ * one of the FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() functions.
+ *
+ * There are three initialization functions for native FLAC, one for
+ * setting up the decoder to decode FLAC data from the client via
+ * callbacks, and two for decoding directly from a FLAC file.
+ *
+ * For decoding via callbacks, use FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream().
+ * You must also supply several callbacks for handling I/O.  Some (like
+ * seeking) are optional, depending on the capabilities of the input.
+ *
+ * For decoding directly from a file, use FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE()
+ * or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file().  Then you must only supply an open
+ * \c FILE* or filename and fewer callbacks; the decoder will handle
+ * the other callbacks internally.
+ *
+ * There are three similarly-named init functions for decoding from Ogg
+ * FLAC streams.  Check \c FLAC_API_SUPPORTS_OGG_FLAC to find out if the
+ * library has been built with Ogg support.
+ *
+ * Once the decoder is initialized, your program will call one of several
+ * functions to start the decoding process:
+ *
+ * - FLAC__stream_decoder_process_single() - Tells the decoder to process at
+ *   most one metadata block or audio frame and return, calling either the
+ *   metadata callback or write callback, respectively, once.  If the decoder
+ *   loses sync it will return with only the error callback being called.
+ * - FLAC__stream_decoder_process_until_end_of_metadata() - Tells the decoder
+ *   to process the stream from the current location and stop upon reaching
+ *   the first audio frame.  The client will get one metadata, write, or error
+ *   callback per metadata block, audio frame, or sync error, respectively.
+ * - FLAC__stream_decoder_process_until_end_of_stream() - Tells the decoder
+ *   to process the stream from the current location until the read callback
+ *   returns FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM or
+ *   FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT.  The client will get one metadata,
+ *   write, or error callback per metadata block, audio frame, or sync error,
+ *   respectively.
+ *
+ * When the decoder has finished decoding (normally or through an abort),
+ * the instance is finished by calling FLAC__stream_decoder_finish(), which
+ * ensures the decoder is in the correct state and frees memory.  Then the
+ * instance may be deleted with FLAC__stream_decoder_delete() or initialized
+ * again to decode another stream.
+ *
+ * Seeking is exposed through the FLAC__stream_decoder_seek_absolute() method.
+ * At any point after the stream decoder has been initialized, the client can
+ * call this function to seek to an exact sample within the stream.
+ * Subsequently, the first time the write callback is called it will be
+ * passed a (possibly partial) block starting at that sample.
+ *
+ * If the client cannot seek via the callback interface provided, but still
+ * has another way of seeking, it can flush the decoder using
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_flush() and start feeding data from the new position
+ * through the read callback.
+ *
+ * The stream decoder also provides MD5 signature checking.  If this is
+ * turned on before initialization, FLAC__stream_decoder_finish() will
+ * report when the decoded MD5 signature does not match the one stored
+ * in the STREAMINFO block.  MD5 checking is automatically turned off
+ * (until the next FLAC__stream_decoder_reset()) if there is no signature
+ * in the STREAMINFO block or when a seek is attempted.
+ *
+ * The FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_*() functions deserve special
+ * attention.  By default, the decoder only calls the metadata_callback for
+ * the STREAMINFO block.  These functions allow you to tell the decoder
+ * explicitly which blocks to parse and return via the metadata_callback
+ * and/or which to skip.  Use a FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_respond_all(),
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_ignore() ... or FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_ignore_all(),
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_respond() ... sequence to exactly specify
+ * which blocks to return.  Remember that metadata blocks can potentially
+ * be big (for example, cover art) so filtering out the ones you don't
+ * use can reduce the memory requirements of the decoder.  Also note the
+ * special forms FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_respond_application(id)
+ * and FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_ignore_application(id) for
+ * filtering APPLICATION blocks based on the application ID.
+ *
+ * STREAMINFO and SEEKTABLE blocks are always parsed and used internally, but
+ * they still can legally be filtered from the metadata_callback.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The "set" functions may only be called when the decoder is in the
+ * state FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_UNINITIALIZED, i.e. after
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_new() or FLAC__stream_decoder_finish(), but
+ * before FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().  If this is the case they will
+ * return \c true, otherwise \c false.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * FLAC__stream_decoder_finish() resets all settings to the constructor
+ * defaults, including the callbacks.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+
+/** State values for a FLAC__StreamDecoder
+ *
+ * The decoder's state can be obtained by calling FLAC__stream_decoder_get_state().
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA = 0,
+	/**< The decoder is ready to search for metadata. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_METADATA,
+	/**< The decoder is ready to or is in the process of reading metadata. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_FRAME_SYNC,
+	/**< The decoder is ready to or is in the process of searching for the
+	 * frame sync code.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_FRAME,
+	/**< The decoder is ready to or is in the process of reading a frame. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_END_OF_STREAM,
+	/**< The decoder has reached the end of the stream. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_OGG_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred in the underlying Ogg layer.  */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred while seeking.  The decoder must be flushed
+	 * with FLAC__stream_decoder_flush() or reset with
+	 * FLAC__stream_decoder_reset() before decoding can continue.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ABORTED,
+	/**< The decoder was aborted by the read callback. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred allocating memory.  The decoder is in an invalid
+	 * state and can no longer be used.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_UNINITIALIZED
+	/**< The decoder is in the uninitialized state; one of the
+	 * FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() functions must be called before samples
+	 * can be processed.
+	 */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderState;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderState to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderState as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderStateString[];
+
+
+/** Possible return values for the FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() functions.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK = 0,
+	/**< Initialization was successful. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINER,
+	/**< The library was not compiled with support for the given container
+	 * format.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_CALLBACKS,
+	/**< A required callback was not supplied. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred allocating memory. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_ERROR_OPENING_FILE,
+	/**< fopen() failed in FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file() or
+	 * FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_file(). */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_ALREADY_INITIALIZED
+	/**< FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() was called when the decoder was
+	 * already initialized, usually because
+	 * FLAC__stream_decoder_finish() was not called.
+	 */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamDecoder read callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_CONTINUE,
+	/**< The read was OK and decoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM,
+	/**< The read was attempted while at the end of the stream.  Note that
+	 * the client must only return this value when the read callback was
+	 * called when already at the end of the stream.  Otherwise, if the read
+	 * itself moves to the end of the stream, the client should still return
+	 * the data and \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_CONTINUE, and then on
+	 * the next read callback it should return
+	 * \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM with a byte count
+	 * of \c 0.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred.  The decoder will return from the process call. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamDecoder seek callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_OK,
+	/**< The seek was OK and decoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_ERROR,
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred.  The decoder will return from the process call. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+	/**< Client does not support seeking. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamDecoder tell callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_OK,
+	/**< The tell was OK and decoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_ERROR,
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred.  The decoder will return from the process call. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+	/**< Client does not support telling the position. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamDecoder length callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_OK,
+	/**< The length call was OK and decoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_ERROR,
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred.  The decoder will return from the process call. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+	/**< Client does not support reporting the length. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamDecoder write callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_WRITE_STATUS_CONTINUE,
+	/**< The write was OK and decoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_WRITE_STATUS_ABORT
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred.  The decoder will return from the process call. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Possible values passed back to the FLAC__StreamDecoder error callback.
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_LOST_SYNC is the generic catch-
+ *  all.  The rest could be caused by bad sync (false synchronization on
+ *  data that is not the start of a frame) or corrupted data.  The error
+ *  itself is the decoder's best guess at what happened assuming a correct
+ *  sync.  For example \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_BAD_HEADER
+ *  could be caused by a correct sync on the start of a frame, but some
+ *  data in the frame header was corrupted.  Or it could be the result of
+ *  syncing on a point the stream that looked like the starting of a frame
+ *  but was not.  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_UNPARSEABLE_STREAM
+ *  could be because the decoder encountered a valid frame made by a future
+ *  version of the encoder which it cannot parse, or because of a false
+ *  sync making it appear as though an encountered frame was generated by
+ *  a future encoder.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_LOST_SYNC,
+	/**< An error in the stream caused the decoder to lose synchronization. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_BAD_HEADER,
+	/**< The decoder encountered a corrupted frame header. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_FRAME_CRC_MISMATCH,
+	/**< The frame's data did not match the CRC in the footer. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_UNPARSEABLE_STREAM
+	/**< The decoder encountered reserved fields in use in the stream. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorStatusString[];
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * class FLAC__StreamDecoder
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+struct FLAC__StreamDecoderProtected;
+struct FLAC__StreamDecoderPrivate;
+/** The opaque structure definition for the stream decoder type.
+ *  See the \link flac_stream_decoder stream decoder module \endlink
+ *  for a detailed description.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	struct FLAC__StreamDecoderProtected *protected_; /* avoid the C++ keyword 'protected' */
+	struct FLAC__StreamDecoderPrivate *private_; /* avoid the C++ keyword 'private' */
+} FLAC__StreamDecoder;
+
+/** Signature for the read callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature must be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_stream(). The supplied function will be
+ *  called when the decoder needs more input data.  The address of the
+ *  buffer to be filled is supplied, along with the number of bytes the
+ *  buffer can hold.  The callback may choose to supply less data and
+ *  modify the byte count but must be careful not to overflow the buffer.
+ *  The callback then returns a status code chosen from
+ *  FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a read callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus read_cb(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__byte buffer[], size_t *bytes, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   if(*bytes > 0) {
+ *     *bytes = fread(buffer, sizeof(FLAC__byte), *bytes, file);
+ *     if(ferror(file))
+ *       return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT;
+ *     else if(*bytes == 0)
+ *       return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM;
+ *     else
+ *       return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_CONTINUE;
+ *   }
+ *   else
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT;
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  buffer   A pointer to a location for the callee to store
+ *                  data to be decoded.
+ * \param  bytes    A pointer to the size of the buffer.  On entry
+ *                  to the callback, it contains the maximum number
+ *                  of bytes that may be stored in \a buffer.  The
+ *                  callee must set it to the actual number of bytes
+ *                  stored (0 in case of error or end-of-stream) before
+ *                  returning.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.  Note that the callback should return
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM if and only if
+ *    zero bytes were read and there is no more data to be read.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamDecoderReadStatus (*FLAC__StreamDecoderReadCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__byte buffer[], size_t *bytes, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the seek callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be
+ *  called when the decoder needs to seek the input stream.  The decoder
+ *  will pass the absolute byte offset to seek to, 0 meaning the
+ *  beginning of the stream.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a seek callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatus seek_cb(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   if(file == stdin)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+ *   else if(fseeko(file, (off_t)absolute_byte_offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_ERROR;
+ *   else
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_OK;
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  absolute_byte_offset  The offset from the beginning of the stream
+ *                               to seek to.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekStatus (*FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the tell callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be
+ *  called when the decoder wants to know the current position of the
+ *  stream.  The callback should return the byte offset from the
+ *  beginning of the stream.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a tell callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatus tell_cb(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 *absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   off_t pos;
+ *   if(file == stdin)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+ *   else if((pos = ftello(file)) < 0)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_ERROR;
+ *   else {
+ *     *absolute_byte_offset = (FLAC__uint64)pos;
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_OK;
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  absolute_byte_offset  A pointer to storage for the current offset
+ *                               from the beginning of the stream.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamDecoderTellStatus (*FLAC__StreamDecoderTellCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 *absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the length callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be
+ *  called when the decoder wants to know the total length of the stream
+ *  in bytes.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a length callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatus length_cb(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 *stream_length, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   struct stat filestats;
+ *
+ *   if(file == stdin)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+ *   else if(fstat(fileno(file), &filestats) != 0)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_ERROR;
+ *   else {
+ *     *stream_length = (FLAC__uint64)filestats.st_size;
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_OK;
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  stream_length  A pointer to storage for the length of the stream
+ *                        in bytes.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthStatus (*FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 *stream_length, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the EOF callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be
+ *  called when the decoder needs to know if the end of the stream has
+ *  been reached.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a EOF callback for stdio streams:
+ * FLAC__bool eof_cb(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, void *client_data)
+ * \code
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   return feof(file)? true : false;
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if the currently at the end of the stream, else \c false.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__bool (*FLAC__StreamDecoderEofCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the write callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature must be passed to one of
+ *  the FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() functions.
+ *  The supplied function will be called when the decoder has decoded a
+ *  single audio frame.  The decoder will pass the frame metadata as well
+ *  as an array of pointers (one for each channel) pointing to the
+ *  decoded audio.
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  frame    The description of the decoded frame.  See
+ *                  FLAC__Frame.
+ * \param  buffer   An array of pointers to decoded channels of data.
+ *                  Each pointer will point to an array of signed
+ *                  samples of length \a frame->header.blocksize.
+ *                  Channels will be ordered according to the FLAC
+ *                  specification; see the documentation for the
+ *                  <A HREF="../format.html#frame_header">frame header</A>.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatus (*FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, const FLAC__Frame *frame, const FLAC__int32 * const buffer[], void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the metadata callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature must be passed to one of
+ *  the FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() functions.
+ *  The supplied function will be called when the decoder has decoded a
+ *  metadata block.  In a valid FLAC file there will always be one
+ *  \c STREAMINFO block, followed by zero or more other metadata blocks.
+ *  These will be supplied by the decoder in the same order as they
+ *  appear in the stream and always before the first audio frame (i.e.
+ *  write callback).  The metadata block that is passed in must not be
+ *  modified, and it doesn't live beyond the callback, so you should make
+ *  a copy of it with FLAC__metadata_object_clone() if you will need it
+ *  elsewhere.  Since metadata blocks can potentially be large, by
+ *  default the decoder only calls the metadata callback for the
+ *  \c STREAMINFO block; you can instruct the decoder to pass or filter
+ *  other blocks with FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_*() calls.
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  metadata The decoded metadata block.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ */
+typedef void (*FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, const FLAC__StreamMetadata *metadata, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the error callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature must be passed to one of
+ *  the FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*() functions.
+ *  The supplied function will be called whenever an error occurs during
+ *  decoding.
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamDecoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a decoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  The decoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  status   The error encountered by the decoder.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*().
+ */
+typedef void (*FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback)(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorStatus status, void *client_data);
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Class constructor/destructor
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+/** Create a new stream decoder instance.  The instance is created with
+ *  default settings; see the individual FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*()
+ *  functions for each setting's default.
+ *
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoder*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoder *FLAC__stream_decoder_new(void);
+
+/** Free a decoder instance.  Deletes the object pointed to by \a decoder.
+ *
+ * \param decoder  A pointer to an existing decoder.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__stream_decoder_delete(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Public class method prototypes
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+/** Set the serial number for the FLAC stream within the Ogg container.
+ *  The default behavior is to use the serial number of the first Ogg
+ *  page.  Setting a serial number here will explicitly specify which
+ *  stream is to be decoded.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * This does not need to be set for native FLAC decoding.
+ *
+ * \default \c use serial number of first page
+ * \param  decoder        A decoder instance to set.
+ * \param  serial_number  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_ogg_serial_number(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, long serial_number);
+
+/** Set the "MD5 signature checking" flag.  If \c true, the decoder will
+ *  compute the MD5 signature of the unencoded audio data while decoding
+ *  and compare it to the signature from the STREAMINFO block, if it
+ *  exists, during FLAC__stream_decoder_finish().
+ *
+ *  MD5 signature checking will be turned off (until the next
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_reset()) if there is no signature in the
+ *  STREAMINFO block or when a seek is attempted.
+ *
+ *  Clients that do not use the MD5 check should leave this off to speed
+ *  up decoding.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    Flag value (see above).
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_md5_checking(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Direct the decoder to pass on all metadata blocks of type \a type.
+ *
+ * \default By default, only the \c STREAMINFO block is returned via the
+ *          metadata callback.
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \param  type     See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a type is valid
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_respond(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__MetadataType type);
+
+/** Direct the decoder to pass on all APPLICATION metadata blocks of the
+ *  given \a id.
+ *
+ * \default By default, only the \c STREAMINFO block is returned via the
+ *          metadata callback.
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \param  id       See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code id != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_respond_application(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, const FLAC__byte id[4]);
+
+/** Direct the decoder to pass on all metadata blocks of any type.
+ *
+ * \default By default, only the \c STREAMINFO block is returned via the
+ *          metadata callback.
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_respond_all(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Direct the decoder to filter out all metadata blocks of type \a type.
+ *
+ * \default By default, only the \c STREAMINFO block is returned via the
+ *          metadata callback.
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \param  type     See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \a type is valid
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_ignore(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__MetadataType type);
+
+/** Direct the decoder to filter out all APPLICATION metadata blocks of
+ *  the given \a id.
+ *
+ * \default By default, only the \c STREAMINFO block is returned via the
+ *          metadata callback.
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \param  id       See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code id != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_ignore_application(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, const FLAC__byte id[4]);
+
+/** Direct the decoder to filter out all metadata blocks of any type.
+ *
+ * \default By default, only the \c STREAMINFO block is returned via the
+ *          metadata callback.
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to set.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the decoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_set_metadata_ignore_all(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current decoder state.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderState
+ *    The current decoder state.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderState FLAC__stream_decoder_get_state(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current decoder state as a C string.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval const char *
+ *    The decoder state as a C string.  Do not modify the contents.
+ */
+FLAC_API const char *FLAC__stream_decoder_get_resolved_state_string(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the "MD5 signature checking" flag.
+ *  This is the value of the setting, not whether or not the decoder is
+ *  currently checking the MD5 (remember, it can be turned off automatically
+ *  by a seek).  When the decoder is reset the flag will be restored to the
+ *  value returned by this function.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_get_md5_checking(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the total number of samples in the stream being decoded.
+ *  Will only be valid after decoding has started and will contain the
+ *  value from the \c STREAMINFO block.  A value of \c 0 means "unknown".
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__uint64 FLAC__stream_decoder_get_total_samples(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current number of channels in the stream being decoded.
+ *  Will only be valid after decoding has started and will contain the
+ *  value from the most recently decoded frame header.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_decoder_get_channels(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current channel assignment in the stream being decoded.
+ *  Will only be valid after decoding has started and will contain the
+ *  value from the most recently decoded frame header.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__ChannelAssignment
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__ChannelAssignment FLAC__stream_decoder_get_channel_assignment(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current sample resolution in the stream being decoded.
+ *  Will only be valid after decoding has started and will contain the
+ *  value from the most recently decoded frame header.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_decoder_get_bits_per_sample(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current sample rate in Hz of the stream being decoded.
+ *  Will only be valid after decoding has started and will contain the
+ *  value from the most recently decoded frame header.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_decoder_get_sample_rate(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Get the current blocksize of the stream being decoded.
+ *  Will only be valid after decoding has started and will contain the
+ *  value from the most recently decoded frame header.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See above.
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_decoder_get_blocksize(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Returns the decoder's current read position within the stream.
+ *  The position is the byte offset from the start of the stream.
+ *  Bytes before this position have been fully decoded.  Note that
+ *  there may still be undecoded bytes in the decoder's read FIFO.
+ *  The returned position is correct even after a seek.
+ *
+ *  \warning This function currently only works for native FLAC,
+ *           not Ogg FLAC streams.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder   A decoder instance to query.
+ * \param  position  Address at which to return the desired position.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code position != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, \c false if the stream is not native FLAC,
+ *    or there was an error from the 'tell' callback or it returned
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_get_decode_position(const FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 *position);
+
+/** Initialize the decoder instance to decode native FLAC streams.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the decoder to decode from a
+ *  native FLAC stream. I/O is performed via callbacks to the client.
+ *  For decoding from a plain file via filename or open FILE*,
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file() and FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE()
+ *  provide a simpler interface.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_decoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() but before any of the
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions.  Will set and return the
+ *  decoder state, which will be FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA
+ *  if initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder            An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \param  read_callback      See FLAC__StreamDecoderReadCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  seek_callback      See FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if seeking is not
+ *                            supported.  If \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback, \a length_callback, and \a eof_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy seek callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  tell_callback      See FLAC__StreamDecoderTellCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if not supported by the client.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy tell callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  length_callback    See FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if not supported by the client.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a length_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy length callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  eof_callback       See FLAC__StreamDecoderEofCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if not supported by the client.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a eof_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy length callback that just
+ *                            returns \c false
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  error_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream(
+	FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderReadCallback read_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekCallback seek_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderTellCallback tell_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthCallback length_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderEofCallback eof_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback write_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback error_callback,
+	void *client_data
+);
+
+/** Initialize the decoder instance to decode Ogg FLAC streams.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the decoder to decode from a
+ *  FLAC stream in an Ogg container. I/O is performed via callbacks to the
+ *  client.  For decoding from a plain file via filename or open FILE*,
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_file() and FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_FILE()
+ *  provide a simpler interface.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_decoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() but before any of the
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions.  Will set and return the
+ *  decoder state, which will be FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA
+ *  if initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ *  \note Support for Ogg FLAC in the library is optional.  If this
+ *  library has been built without support for Ogg FLAC, this function
+ *  will return \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINER.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder            An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \param  read_callback      See FLAC__StreamDecoderReadCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  seek_callback      See FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if seeking is not
+ *                            supported.  If \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback, \a length_callback, and \a eof_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy seek callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  tell_callback      See FLAC__StreamDecoderTellCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if not supported by the client.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy tell callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  length_callback    See FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if not supported by the client.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a length_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy length callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_LENGTH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  eof_callback       See FLAC__StreamDecoderEofCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if not supported by the client.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a eof_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy length callback that just
+ *                            returns \c false
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the decoder.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  error_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_stream(
+	FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderReadCallback read_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderSeekCallback seek_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderTellCallback tell_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderLengthCallback length_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderEofCallback eof_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback write_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback error_callback,
+	void *client_data
+);
+
+/** Initialize the decoder instance to decode native FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the decoder to decode from a
+ *  plain native FLAC file.  For non-stdio streams, you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream() and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_decoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() but before any of the
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions.  Will set and return the
+ *  decoder state, which will be FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA
+ *  if initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder            An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \param  file               An open FLAC file.  The file should have been
+ *                            opened with mode \c "rb" and rewound.  The file
+ *                            becomes owned by the decoder and should not be
+ *                            manipulated by the client while decoding.
+ *                            Unless \a file is \c stdin, it will be closed
+ *                            when FLAC__stream_decoder_finish() is called.
+ *                            Note however that seeking will not work when
+ *                            decoding from \c stdout since it is not seekable.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  error_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code file != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE(
+	FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder,
+	FILE *file,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback write_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback error_callback,
+	void *client_data
+);
+
+/** Initialize the decoder instance to decode Ogg FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the decoder to decode from a
+ *  plain Ogg FLAC file.  For non-stdio streams, you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_stream() and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_decoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() but before any of the
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions.  Will set and return the
+ *  decoder state, which will be FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA
+ *  if initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ *  \note Support for Ogg FLAC in the library is optional.  If this
+ *  library has been built without support for Ogg FLAC, this function
+ *  will return \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINER.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder            An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \param  file               An open FLAC file.  The file should have been
+ *                            opened with mode \c "rb" and rewound.  The file
+ *                            becomes owned by the decoder and should not be
+ *                            manipulated by the client while decoding.
+ *                            Unless \a file is \c stdin, it will be closed
+ *                            when FLAC__stream_decoder_finish() is called.
+ *                            Note however that seeking will not work when
+ *                            decoding from \c stdout since it is not seekable.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  error_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code file != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_FILE(
+	FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder,
+	FILE *file,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback write_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback error_callback,
+	void *client_data
+);
+
+/** Initialize the decoder instance to decode native FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the decoder to decode from a plain
+ *  native FLAC file.  If POSIX fopen() semantics are not sufficient, (for
+ *  example, with Unicode filenames on Windows), you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init_FILE(), or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_stream()
+ *  and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_decoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() but before any of the
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions.  Will set and return the
+ *  decoder state, which will be FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA
+ *  if initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder            An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \param  filename           The name of the file to decode from.  The file will
+ *                            be opened with fopen().  Use \c NULL to decode from
+ *                            \c stdin.  Note that \c stdin is not seekable.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  error_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_decoder_init_file(
+	FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder,
+	const char *filename,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback write_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback error_callback,
+	void *client_data
+);
+
+/** Initialize the decoder instance to decode Ogg FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the decoder to decode from a plain
+ *  Ogg FLAC file.  If POSIX fopen() semantics are not sufficient, (for
+ *  example, with Unicode filenames on Windows), you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_FILE(), or FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_stream()
+ *  and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_decoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_set_*() but before any of the
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_*() functions.  Will set and return the
+ *  decoder state, which will be FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA
+ *  if initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ *  \note Support for Ogg FLAC in the library is optional.  If this
+ *  library has been built without support for Ogg FLAC, this function
+ *  will return \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINER.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder            An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \param  filename           The name of the file to decode from.  The file will
+ *                            be opened with fopen().  Use \c NULL to decode from
+ *                            \c stdin.  Note that \c stdin is not seekable.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  error_callback     See FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_decoder_init_ogg_file(
+	FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder,
+	const char *filename,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteCallback write_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback,
+	FLAC__StreamDecoderErrorCallback error_callback,
+	void *client_data
+);
+
+/** Finish the decoding process.
+ *  Flushes the decoding buffer, releases resources, resets the decoder
+ *  settings to their defaults, and returns the decoder state to
+ *  FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_UNINITIALIZED.
+ *
+ *  In the event of a prematurely-terminated decode, it is not strictly
+ *  necessary to call this immediately before FLAC__stream_decoder_delete()
+ *  but it is good practice to match every FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*()
+ *  with a FLAC__stream_decoder_finish().
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  An uninitialized decoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if MD5 checking is on AND a STREAMINFO block was available
+ *    AND the MD5 signature in the STREAMINFO block was non-zero AND the
+ *    signature does not match the one computed by the decoder; else
+ *    \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_finish(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Flush the stream input.
+ *  The decoder's input buffer will be cleared and the state set to
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_FRAME_SYNC.  This will also turn
+ *  off MD5 checking.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false if a memory allocation
+ *    error occurs (in which case the state will be set to
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR).
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_flush(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Reset the decoding process.
+ *  The decoder's input buffer will be cleared and the state set to
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA.  This is similar to
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_finish() except that the settings are
+ *  preserved; there is no need to call FLAC__stream_decoder_init_*()
+ *  before decoding again.  MD5 checking will be restored to its original
+ *  setting.
+ *
+ *  If the decoder is seekable, or was initialized with
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_FILE() or FLAC__stream_decoder_init*_file(),
+ *  the decoder will also attempt to seek to the beginning of the file.
+ *  If this rewind fails, this function will return \c false.  It follows
+ *  that FLAC__stream_decoder_reset() cannot be used when decoding from
+ *  \c stdin.
+ *
+ *  If the decoder was initialized with FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_stream()
+ *  and is not seekable (i.e. no seek callback was provided or the seek
+ *  callback returns \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED), it
+ *  is the duty of the client to start feeding data from the beginning of
+ *  the stream on the next FLAC__stream_decoder_process() or
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_interleaved() call.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false if a memory allocation occurs
+ *    (in which case the state will be set to
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR) or a seek error
+ *    occurs (the state will be unchanged).
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_reset(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Decode one metadata block or audio frame.
+ *  This version instructs the decoder to decode a either a single metadata
+ *  block or a single frame and stop, unless the callbacks return a fatal
+ *  error or the read callback returns
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM.
+ *
+ *  As the decoder needs more input it will call the read callback.
+ *  Depending on what was decoded, the metadata or write callback will be
+ *  called with the decoded metadata block or audio frame.
+ *
+ *  Unless there is a fatal read error or end of stream, this function
+ *  will return once one whole frame is decoded.  In other words, if the
+ *  stream is not synchronized or points to a corrupt frame header, the
+ *  decoder will continue to try and resync until it gets to a valid
+ *  frame, then decode one frame, then return.  If the decoder points to
+ *  a frame whose frame CRC in the frame footer does not match the
+ *  computed frame CRC, this function will issue a
+ *  FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_FRAME_CRC_MISMATCH error to the
+ *  error callback, and return, having decoded one complete, although
+ *  corrupt, frame.  (Such corrupted frames are sent as silence of the
+ *  correct length to the write callback.)
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  An initialized decoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if any fatal read, write, or memory allocation error
+ *    occurred (meaning decoding must stop), else \c true; for more
+ *    information about the decoder, check the decoder state with
+ *    FLAC__stream_decoder_get_state().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_process_single(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Decode until the end of the metadata.
+ *  This version instructs the decoder to decode from the current position
+ *  and continue until all the metadata has been read, or until the
+ *  callbacks return a fatal error or the read callback returns
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM.
+ *
+ *  As the decoder needs more input it will call the read callback.
+ *  As each metadata block is decoded, the metadata callback will be called
+ *  with the decoded metadata.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  An initialized decoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if any fatal read, write, or memory allocation error
+ *    occurred (meaning decoding must stop), else \c true; for more
+ *    information about the decoder, check the decoder state with
+ *    FLAC__stream_decoder_get_state().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_process_until_end_of_metadata(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Decode until the end of the stream.
+ *  This version instructs the decoder to decode from the current position
+ *  and continue until the end of stream (the read callback returns
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM), or until the
+ *  callbacks return a fatal error.
+ *
+ *  As the decoder needs more input it will call the read callback.
+ *  As each metadata block and frame is decoded, the metadata or write
+ *  callback will be called with the decoded metadata or frame.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  An initialized decoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if any fatal read, write, or memory allocation error
+ *    occurred (meaning decoding must stop), else \c true; for more
+ *    information about the decoder, check the decoder state with
+ *    FLAC__stream_decoder_get_state().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_process_until_end_of_stream(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Skip one audio frame.
+ *  This version instructs the decoder to 'skip' a single frame and stop,
+ *  unless the callbacks return a fatal error or the read callback returns
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM.
+ *
+ *  The decoding flow is the same as what occurs when
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_process_single() is called to process an audio
+ *  frame, except that this function does not decode the parsed data into
+ *  PCM or call the write callback.  The integrity of the frame is still
+ *  checked the same way as in the other process functions.
+ *
+ *  This function will return once one whole frame is skipped, in the
+ *  same way that FLAC__stream_decoder_process_single() will return once
+ *  one whole frame is decoded.
+ *
+ *  This function can be used in more quickly determining FLAC frame
+ *  boundaries when decoding of the actual data is not needed, for
+ *  example when an application is separating a FLAC stream into frames
+ *  for editing or storing in a container.  To do this, the application
+ *  can use FLAC__stream_decoder_skip_single_frame() to quickly advance
+ *  to the next frame, then use
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_get_decode_position() to find the new frame
+ *  boundary.
+ *
+ *  This function should only be called when the stream has advanced
+ *  past all the metadata, otherwise it will return \c false.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  An initialized decoder instance not in a metadata
+ *                  state.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if any fatal read, write, or memory allocation error
+ *    occurred (meaning decoding must stop), or if the decoder
+ *    is in the FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEARCH_FOR_METADATA or
+ *    FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_READ_METADATA state, else \c true; for more
+ *    information about the decoder, check the decoder state with
+ *    FLAC__stream_decoder_get_state().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_skip_single_frame(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder);
+
+/** Flush the input and seek to an absolute sample.
+ *  Decoding will resume at the given sample.  Note that because of
+ *  this, the next write callback may contain a partial block.  The
+ *  client must support seeking the input or this function will fail
+ *  and return \c false.  Furthermore, if the decoder state is
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_SEEK_ERROR, then the decoder must be flushed
+ *  with FLAC__stream_decoder_flush() or reset with
+ *  FLAC__stream_decoder_reset() before decoding can continue.
+ *
+ * \param  decoder  A decoder instance.
+ * \param  sample   The target sample number to seek to.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code decoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_decoder_seek_absolute(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__uint64 sample);
+
+/* \} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/FLAC/stream_encoder.h b/include/FLAC/stream_encoder.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/FLAC/stream_encoder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,1768 @@
+/* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
+ * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_H
+#define FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_H
+
+#include <stdio.h> /* for FILE */
+#include "export.h"
+#include "format.h"
+#include "stream_decoder.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+/** \file include/FLAC/stream_encoder.h
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains the functions which implement the stream
+ *  encoder.
+ *
+ *  See the detailed documentation in the
+ *  \link flac_stream_encoder stream encoder \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_encoder FLAC/ \*_encoder.h: encoder interfaces
+ *  \ingroup flac
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module describes the encoder layers provided by libFLAC.
+ *
+ * The stream encoder can be used to encode complete streams either to the
+ * client via callbacks, or directly to a file, depending on how it is
+ * initialized.  When encoding via callbacks, the client provides a write
+ * callback which will be called whenever FLAC data is ready to be written.
+ * If the client also supplies a seek callback, the encoder will also
+ * automatically handle the writing back of metadata discovered while
+ * encoding, like stream info, seek points offsets, etc.  When encoding to
+ * a file, the client needs only supply a filename or open \c FILE* and an
+ * optional progress callback for periodic notification of progress; the
+ * write and seek callbacks are supplied internally.  For more info see the
+ * \link flac_stream_encoder stream encoder \endlink module.
+ */
+
+/** \defgroup flac_stream_encoder FLAC/stream_encoder.h: stream encoder interface
+ *  \ingroup flac_encoder
+ *
+ *  \brief
+ *  This module contains the functions which implement the stream
+ *  encoder.
+ *
+ * The stream encoder can encode to native FLAC, and optionally Ogg FLAC
+ * (check FLAC_API_SUPPORTS_OGG_FLAC) streams and files.
+ *
+ * The basic usage of this encoder is as follows:
+ * - The program creates an instance of an encoder using
+ *   FLAC__stream_encoder_new().
+ * - The program overrides the default settings using
+ *   FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() functions.  At a minimum, the following
+ *   functions should be called:
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_channels()
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample()
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_sample_rate()
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_ogg_serial_number() (if encoding to Ogg FLAC)
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_total_samples_estimate() (if known)
+ * - If the application wants to control the compression level or set its own
+ *   metadata, then the following should also be called:
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_compression_level()
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_verify()
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_metadata()
+ * - The rest of the set functions should only be called if the client needs
+ *   exact control over how the audio is compressed; thorough understanding
+ *   of the FLAC format is necessary to achieve good results.
+ * - The program initializes the instance to validate the settings and
+ *   prepare for encoding using
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream() or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_FILE()
+ *     or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_file() for native FLAC
+ *   - FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream() or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_FILE()
+ *     or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_file() for Ogg FLAC
+ * - The program calls FLAC__stream_encoder_process() or
+ *   FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved() to encode data, which
+ *   subsequently calls the callbacks when there is encoder data ready
+ *   to be written.
+ * - The program finishes the encoding with FLAC__stream_encoder_finish(),
+ *   which causes the encoder to encode any data still in its input pipe,
+ *   update the metadata with the final encoding statistics if output
+ *   seeking is possible, and finally reset the encoder to the
+ *   uninitialized state.
+ * - The instance may be used again or deleted with
+ *   FLAC__stream_encoder_delete().
+ *
+ * In more detail, the stream encoder functions similarly to the
+ * \link flac_stream_decoder stream decoder \endlink, but has fewer
+ * callbacks and more options.  Typically the client will create a new
+ * instance by calling FLAC__stream_encoder_new(), then set the necessary
+ * parameters with FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*(), and initialize it by
+ * calling one of the FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() functions.
+ *
+ * Unlike the decoders, the stream encoder has many options that can
+ * affect the speed and compression ratio.  When setting these parameters
+ * you should have some basic knowledge of the format (see the
+ * <A HREF="../documentation.html#format">user-level documentation</A>
+ * or the <A HREF="../format.html">formal description</A>).  The
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() functions themselves do not validate the
+ * values as many are interdependent.  The FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*()
+ * functions will do this, so make sure to pay attention to the state
+ * returned by FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() to make sure that it is
+ * FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK.  Any parameters that are not set
+ * before FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() will take on the defaults from
+ * the constructor.
+ *
+ * There are three initialization functions for native FLAC, one for
+ * setting up the encoder to encode FLAC data to the client via
+ * callbacks, and two for encoding directly to a file.
+ *
+ * For encoding via callbacks, use FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream().
+ * You must also supply a write callback which will be called anytime
+ * there is raw encoded data to write.  If the client can seek the output
+ * it is best to also supply seek and tell callbacks, as this allows the
+ * encoder to go back after encoding is finished to write back
+ * information that was collected while encoding, like seek point offsets,
+ * frame sizes, etc.
+ *
+ * For encoding directly to a file, use FLAC__stream_encoder_init_FILE()
+ * or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_file().  Then you must only supply a
+ * filename or open \c FILE*; the encoder will handle all the callbacks
+ * internally.  You may also supply a progress callback for periodic
+ * notification of the encoding progress.
+ *
+ * There are three similarly-named init functions for encoding to Ogg
+ * FLAC streams.  Check \c FLAC_API_SUPPORTS_OGG_FLAC to find out if the
+ * library has been built with Ogg support.
+ *
+ * The call to FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() currently will also immediately
+ * call the write callback several times, once with the \c fLaC signature,
+ * and once for each encoded metadata block.  Note that for Ogg FLAC
+ * encoding you will usually get at least twice the number of callbacks than
+ * with native FLAC, one for the Ogg page header and one for the page body.
+ *
+ * After initializing the instance, the client may feed audio data to the
+ * encoder in one of two ways:
+ *
+ * - Channel separate, through FLAC__stream_encoder_process() - The client
+ *   will pass an array of pointers to buffers, one for each channel, to
+ *   the encoder, each of the same length.  The samples need not be
+ *   block-aligned, but each channel should have the same number of samples.
+ * - Channel interleaved, through
+ *   FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved() - The client will pass a single
+ *   pointer to data that is channel-interleaved (i.e. channel0_sample0,
+ *   channel1_sample0, ... , channelN_sample0, channel0_sample1, ...).
+ *   Again, the samples need not be block-aligned but they must be
+ *   sample-aligned, i.e. the first value should be channel0_sample0 and
+ *   the last value channelN_sampleM.
+ *
+ * Note that for either process call, each sample in the buffers should be a
+ * signed integer, right-justified to the resolution set by
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample().  For example, if the resolution
+ * is 16 bits per sample, the samples should all be in the range [-32768,32767].
+ *
+ * When the client is finished encoding data, it calls
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_finish(), which causes the encoder to encode any
+ * data still in its input pipe, and call the metadata callback with the
+ * final encoding statistics.  Then the instance may be deleted with
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_delete() or initialized again to encode another
+ * stream.
+ *
+ * For programs that write their own metadata, but that do not know the
+ * actual metadata until after encoding, it is advantageous to instruct
+ * the encoder to write a PADDING block of the correct size, so that
+ * instead of rewriting the whole stream after encoding, the program can
+ * just overwrite the PADDING block.  If only the maximum size of the
+ * metadata is known, the program can write a slightly larger padding
+ * block, then split it after encoding.
+ *
+ * Make sure you understand how lengths are calculated.  All FLAC metadata
+ * blocks have a 4 byte header which contains the type and length.  This
+ * length does not include the 4 bytes of the header.  See the format page
+ * for the specification of metadata blocks and their lengths.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * If you are writing the FLAC data to a file via callbacks, make sure it
+ * is open for update (e.g. mode "w+" for stdio streams).  This is because
+ * after the first encoding pass, the encoder will try to seek back to the
+ * beginning of the stream, to the STREAMINFO block, to write some data
+ * there.  (If using FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_file() or
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_FILE(), the file is managed internally.)
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The "set" functions may only be called when the encoder is in the
+ * state FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_UNINITIALIZED, i.e. after
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_new() or FLAC__stream_encoder_finish(), but
+ * before FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*().  If this is the case they will
+ * return \c true, otherwise \c false.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_finish() resets all settings to the constructor
+ * defaults.
+ *
+ * \{
+ */
+
+
+/** State values for a FLAC__StreamEncoder.
+ *
+ * The encoder's state can be obtained by calling FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state().
+ *
+ * If the encoder gets into any other state besides \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_OK
+ * or \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_UNINITIALIZED, it becomes invalid for encoding and
+ * must be deleted with FLAC__stream_encoder_delete().
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_OK = 0,
+	/**< The encoder is in the normal OK state and samples can be processed. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_UNINITIALIZED,
+	/**< The encoder is in the uninitialized state; one of the
+	 * FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() functions must be called before samples
+	 * can be processed.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_OGG_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred in the underlying Ogg layer.  */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_VERIFY_DECODER_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred in the underlying verify stream decoder;
+	 * check FLAC__stream_encoder_get_verify_decoder_state().
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_VERIFY_MISMATCH_IN_AUDIO_DATA,
+	/**< The verify decoder detected a mismatch between the original
+	 * audio signal and the decoded audio signal.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_CLIENT_ERROR,
+	/**< One of the callbacks returned a fatal error. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_IO_ERROR,
+	/**< An I/O error occurred while opening/reading/writing a file.
+	 * Check \c errno.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_FRAMING_ERROR,
+	/**< An error occurred while writing the stream; usually, the
+	 * write_callback returned an error.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR
+	/**< Memory allocation failed. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamEncoderState;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamEncoderState to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamEncoderState as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamEncoderStateString[];
+
+
+/** Possible return values for the FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() functions.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK = 0,
+	/**< Initialization was successful. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_ENCODER_ERROR,
+	/**< General failure to set up encoder; call FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state() for cause. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_CONTAINER,
+	/**< The library was not compiled with support for the given container
+	 * format.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_CALLBACKS,
+	/**< A required callback was not supplied. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_NUMBER_OF_CHANNELS,
+	/**< The encoder has an invalid setting for number of channels. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_BITS_PER_SAMPLE,
+	/**< The encoder has an invalid setting for bits-per-sample.
+	 * FLAC supports 4-32 bps but the reference encoder currently supports
+	 * only up to 24 bps.
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_SAMPLE_RATE,
+	/**< The encoder has an invalid setting for the input sample rate. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_BLOCK_SIZE,
+	/**< The encoder has an invalid setting for the block size. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_MAX_LPC_ORDER,
+	/**< The encoder has an invalid setting for the maximum LPC order. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION,
+	/**< The encoder has an invalid setting for the precision of the quantized linear predictor coefficients. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_BLOCK_SIZE_TOO_SMALL_FOR_LPC_ORDER,
+	/**< The specified block size is less than the maximum LPC order. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_NOT_STREAMABLE,
+	/**< The encoder is bound to the <A HREF="../format.html#subset">Subset</A> but other settings violate it. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_INVALID_METADATA,
+	/**< The metadata input to the encoder is invalid, in one of the following ways:
+	 * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_metadata() was called with a null pointer but a block count > 0
+	 * - One of the metadata blocks contains an undefined type
+	 * - It contains an illegal CUESHEET as checked by FLAC__format_cuesheet_is_legal()
+	 * - It contains an illegal SEEKTABLE as checked by FLAC__format_seektable_is_legal()
+	 * - It contains more than one SEEKTABLE block or more than one VORBIS_COMMENT block
+	 */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_ALREADY_INITIALIZED
+	/**< FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() was called when the encoder was
+	 * already initialized, usually because
+	 * FLAC__stream_encoder_finish() was not called.
+	 */
+
+} FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamEncoder read callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_CONTINUE,
+	/**< The read was OK and decoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM,
+	/**< The read was attempted at the end of the stream. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT,
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+	/**< Client does not support reading back from the output. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamEncoder write callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK = 0,
+	/**< The write was OK and encoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred.  The encoder will return from the process call. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamEncoder seek callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_OK,
+	/**< The seek was OK and encoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_ERROR,
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+	/**< Client does not support seeking. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatusString[];
+
+
+/** Return values for the FLAC__StreamEncoder tell callback.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_OK,
+	/**< The tell was OK and encoding can continue. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_ERROR,
+	/**< An unrecoverable error occurred. */
+
+	FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+	/**< Client does not support seeking. */
+
+} FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatus;
+
+/** Maps a FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatus to a C string.
+ *
+ *  Using a FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatus as the index to this array
+ *  will give the string equivalent.  The contents should not be modified.
+ */
+extern FLAC_API const char * const FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatusString[];
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * class FLAC__StreamEncoder
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+struct FLAC__StreamEncoderProtected;
+struct FLAC__StreamEncoderPrivate;
+/** The opaque structure definition for the stream encoder type.
+ *  See the \link flac_stream_encoder stream encoder module \endlink
+ *  for a detailed description.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	struct FLAC__StreamEncoderProtected *protected_; /* avoid the C++ keyword 'protected' */
+	struct FLAC__StreamEncoderPrivate *private_; /* avoid the C++ keyword 'private' */
+} FLAC__StreamEncoder;
+
+/** Signature for the read callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature must be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream() if seeking is supported.
+ *  The supplied function will be called when the encoder needs to read back
+ *  encoded data.  This happens during the metadata callback, when the encoder
+ *  has to read, modify, and rewrite the metadata (e.g. seekpoints) gathered
+ *  while encoding.  The address of the buffer to be filled is supplied, along
+ *  with the number of bytes the buffer can hold.  The callback may choose to
+ *  supply less data and modify the byte count but must be careful not to
+ *  overflow the buffer.  The callback then returns a status code chosen from
+ *  FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a read callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus read_cb(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__byte buffer[], size_t *bytes, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   if(*bytes > 0) {
+ *     *bytes = fread(buffer, sizeof(FLAC__byte), *bytes, file);
+ *     if(ferror(file))
+ *       return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT;
+ *     else if(*bytes == 0)
+ *       return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_END_OF_STREAM;
+ *     else
+ *       return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_CONTINUE;
+ *   }
+ *   else
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_READ_STATUS_ABORT;
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamEncoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a encoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  The encoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  buffer   A pointer to a location for the callee to store
+ *                  data to be encoded.
+ * \param  bytes    A pointer to the size of the buffer.  On entry
+ *                  to the callback, it contains the maximum number
+ *                  of bytes that may be stored in \a buffer.  The
+ *                  callee must set it to the actual number of bytes
+ *                  stored (0 in case of error or end-of-stream) before
+ *                  returning.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_encoder_set_client_data().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamEncoderReadStatus (*FLAC__StreamEncoderReadCallback)(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__byte buffer[], size_t *bytes, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the write callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature must be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be called
+ *  by the encoder anytime there is raw encoded data ready to write.  It may
+ *  include metadata mixed with encoded audio frames and the data is not
+ *  guaranteed to be aligned on frame or metadata block boundaries.
+ *
+ *  The only duty of the callback is to write out the \a bytes worth of data
+ *  in \a buffer to the current position in the output stream.  The arguments
+ *  \a samples and \a current_frame are purely informational.  If \a samples
+ *  is greater than \c 0, then \a current_frame will hold the current frame
+ *  number that is being written; otherwise it indicates that the write
+ *  callback is being called to write metadata.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * Unlike when writing to native FLAC, when writing to Ogg FLAC the
+ * write callback will be called twice when writing each audio
+ * frame; once for the page header, and once for the page body.
+ * When writing the page header, the \a samples argument to the
+ * write callback will be \c 0.
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamEncoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a encoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  The encoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  buffer   An array of encoded data of length \a bytes.
+ * \param  bytes    The byte length of \a buffer.
+ * \param  samples  The number of samples encoded by \a buffer.
+ *                  \c 0 has a special meaning; see above.
+ * \param  current_frame  The number of the current frame being encoded.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatus (*FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteCallback)(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const FLAC__byte buffer[], size_t bytes, unsigned samples, unsigned current_frame, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the seek callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be called
+ *  when the encoder needs to seek the output stream.  The encoder will pass
+ *  the absolute byte offset to seek to, 0 meaning the beginning of the stream.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a seek callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatus seek_cb(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   if(file == stdin)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+ *   else if(fseeko(file, (off_t)absolute_byte_offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_ERROR;
+ *   else
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_OK;
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamEncoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a encoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  The encoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  absolute_byte_offset  The offset from the beginning of the stream
+ *                               to seek to.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekStatus (*FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekCallback)(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the tell callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be called
+ *  when the encoder needs to know the current position of the output stream.
+ *
+ * \warning
+ * The callback must return the true current byte offset of the output to
+ * which the encoder is writing.  If you are buffering the output, make
+ * sure and take this into account.  If you are writing directly to a
+ * FILE* from your write callback, ftell() is sufficient.  If you are
+ * writing directly to a file descriptor from your write callback, you
+ * can use lseek(fd, SEEK_CUR, 0).  The encoder may later seek back to
+ * these points to rewrite metadata after encoding.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of a tell callback for stdio streams:
+ * \code
+ * FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatus tell_cb(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 *absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data)
+ * {
+ *   FILE *file = ((MyClientData*)client_data)->file;
+ *   off_t pos;
+ *   if(file == stdin)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+ *   else if((pos = ftello(file)) < 0)
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_ERROR;
+ *   else {
+ *     *absolute_byte_offset = (FLAC__uint64)pos;
+ *     return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_OK;
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamEncoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a encoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  The encoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  absolute_byte_offset  The address at which to store the current
+ *                               position of the output.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*().
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatus
+ *    The callee's return status.
+ */
+typedef FLAC__StreamEncoderTellStatus (*FLAC__StreamEncoderTellCallback)(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 *absolute_byte_offset, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the metadata callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_stream().  The supplied function will be called
+ *  once at the end of encoding with the populated STREAMINFO structure.  This
+ *  is so the client can seek back to the beginning of the file and write the
+ *  STREAMINFO block with the correct statistics after encoding (like
+ *  minimum/maximum frame size and total samples).
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamEncoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a encoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder      The encoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  metadata     The final populated STREAMINFO block.
+ * \param  client_data  The callee's client data set through
+ *                      FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*().
+ */
+typedef void (*FLAC__StreamEncoderMetadataCallback)(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const FLAC__StreamMetadata *metadata, void *client_data);
+
+/** Signature for the progress callback.
+ *
+ *  A function pointer matching this signature may be passed to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_file() or FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_FILE().
+ *  The supplied function will be called when the encoder has finished
+ *  writing a frame.  The \c total_frames_estimate argument to the
+ *  callback will be based on the value from
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_total_samples_estimate().
+ *
+ * \note In general, FLAC__StreamEncoder functions which change the
+ * state should not be called on the \a encoder while in the callback.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder          The encoder instance calling the callback.
+ * \param  bytes_written    Bytes written so far.
+ * \param  samples_written  Samples written so far.
+ * \param  frames_written   Frames written so far.
+ * \param  total_frames_estimate  The estimate of the total number of
+ *                                frames to be written.
+ * \param  client_data      The callee's client data set through
+ *                          FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*().
+ */
+typedef void (*FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback)(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 bytes_written, FLAC__uint64 samples_written, unsigned frames_written, unsigned total_frames_estimate, void *client_data);
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Class constructor/destructor
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+/** Create a new stream encoder instance.  The instance is created with
+ *  default settings; see the individual FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*()
+ *  functions for each setting's default.
+ *
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoder*
+ *    \c NULL if there was an error allocating memory, else the new instance.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoder *FLAC__stream_encoder_new(void);
+
+/** Free an encoder instance.  Deletes the object pointed to by \a encoder.
+ *
+ * \param encoder  A pointer to an existing encoder.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__stream_encoder_delete(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Public class method prototypes
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+/** Set the serial number for the FLAC stream to use in the Ogg container.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * This does not need to be set for native FLAC encoding.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * It is recommended to set a serial number explicitly as the default of '0'
+ * may collide with other streams.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder        An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  serial_number  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_ogg_serial_number(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, long serial_number);
+
+/** Set the "verify" flag.  If \c true, the encoder will verify it's own
+ *  encoded output by feeding it through an internal decoder and comparing
+ *  the original signal against the decoded signal.  If a mismatch occurs,
+ *  the process call will return \c false.  Note that this will slow the
+ *  encoding process by the extra time required for decoding and comparison.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    Flag value (see above).
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_verify(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Set the <A HREF="../format.html#subset">Subset</A> flag.  If \c true,
+ *  the encoder will comply with the Subset and will check the
+ *  settings during FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*() to see if all settings
+ *  comply.  If \c false, the settings may take advantage of the full
+ *  range that the format allows.
+ *
+ *  Make sure you know what it entails before setting this to \c false.
+ *
+ * \default \c true
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    Flag value (see above).
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_streamable_subset(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Set the number of channels to be encoded.
+ *
+ * \default \c 2
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_channels(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set the sample resolution of the input to be encoded.
+ *
+ * \warning
+ * Do not feed the encoder data that is wider than the value you
+ * set here or you will generate an invalid stream.
+ *
+ * \default \c 16
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set the sample rate (in Hz) of the input to be encoded.
+ *
+ * \default \c 44100
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_sample_rate(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set the compression level
+ *
+ * The compression level is roughly proportional to the amount of effort
+ * the encoder expends to compress the file.  A higher level usually
+ * means more computation but higher compression.  The default level is
+ * suitable for most applications.
+ *
+ * Currently the levels range from \c 0 (fastest, least compression) to
+ * \c 8 (slowest, most compression).  A value larger than \c 8 will be
+ * treated as \c 8.
+ *
+ * This function automatically calls the following other \c _set_
+ * functions with appropriate values, so the client does not need to
+ * unless it specifically wants to override them:
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_mid_side_stereo()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_loose_mid_side_stereo()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_apodization()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_lpc_order()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_qlp_coeff_precision()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_qlp_coeff_prec_search()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_escape_coding()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_exhaustive_model_search()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_min_residual_partition_order()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_residual_partition_order()
+ * - FLAC__stream_encoder_set_rice_parameter_search_dist()
+ *
+ * The actual values set for each level are:
+ * <table>
+ * <tr>
+ *  <td><b>level</b><td>
+ *  <td>do mid-side stereo<td>
+ *  <td>loose mid-side stereo<td>
+ *  <td>apodization<td>
+ *  <td>max lpc order<td>
+ *  <td>qlp coeff precision<td>
+ *  <td>qlp coeff prec search<td>
+ *  <td>escape coding<td>
+ *  <td>exhaustive model search<td>
+ *  <td>min residual partition order<td>
+ *  <td>max residual partition order<td>
+ *  <td>rice parameter search dist<td>
+ * </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>0</b><td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>0<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>3<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>1</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>true<td>   <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>0<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>3<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>2</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>0<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>3<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>3</b><td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>6<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>4<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>4</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>true<td>   <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>8<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>4<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>5</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>8<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>5<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>6</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>8<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>6<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>7</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>8<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>true<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>6<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * <tr>  <td><b>8</b><td>  <td>true<td>   <td>false<td>  <td>tukey(0.5)<td>  <td>12<td>  <td>0<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>false<td>  <td>true<td>   <td>0<td>  <td>6<td>  <td>0<td>  </tr>
+ * </table>
+ *
+ * \default \c 5
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_compression_level(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set the blocksize to use while encoding.
+ *
+ * The number of samples to use per frame.  Use \c 0 to let the encoder
+ * estimate a blocksize; this is usually best.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_blocksize(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set to \c true to enable mid-side encoding on stereo input.  The
+ *  number of channels must be 2 for this to have any effect.  Set to
+ *  \c false to use only independent channel coding.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    Flag value (see above).
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_mid_side_stereo(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Set to \c true to enable adaptive switching between mid-side and
+ *  left-right encoding on stereo input.  Set to \c false to use
+ *  exhaustive searching.  Setting this to \c true requires
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_mid_side_stereo() to also be set to
+ *  \c true in order to have any effect.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    Flag value (see above).
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_loose_mid_side_stereo(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Sets the apodization function(s) the encoder will use when windowing
+ *  audio data for LPC analysis.
+ *
+ * The \a specification is a plain ASCII string which specifies exactly
+ * which functions to use.  There may be more than one (up to 32),
+ * separated by \c ';' characters.  Some functions take one or more
+ * comma-separated arguments in parentheses.
+ *
+ * The available functions are \c bartlett, \c bartlett_hann,
+ * \c blackman, \c blackman_harris_4term_92db, \c connes, \c flattop,
+ * \c gauss(STDDEV), \c hamming, \c hann, \c kaiser_bessel, \c nuttall,
+ * \c rectangle, \c triangle, \c tukey(P), \c welch.
+ *
+ * For \c gauss(STDDEV), STDDEV specifies the standard deviation
+ * (0<STDDEV<=0.5).
+ *
+ * For \c tukey(P), P specifies the fraction of the window that is
+ * tapered (0<=P<=1).  P=0 corresponds to \c rectangle and P=1
+ * corresponds to \c hann.
+ *
+ * Example specifications are \c "blackman" or
+ * \c "hann;triangle;tukey(0.5);tukey(0.25);tukey(0.125)"
+ *
+ * Any function that is specified erroneously is silently dropped.  Up
+ * to 32 functions are kept, the rest are dropped.  If the specification
+ * is empty the encoder defaults to \c "tukey(0.5)".
+ *
+ * When more than one function is specified, then for every subframe the
+ * encoder will try each of them separately and choose the window that
+ * results in the smallest compressed subframe.
+ *
+ * Note that each function specified causes the encoder to occupy a
+ * floating point array in which to store the window.
+ *
+ * \default \c "tukey(0.5)"
+ * \param  encoder        An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  specification  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code specification != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_apodization(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const char *specification);
+
+/** Set the maximum LPC order, or \c 0 to use only the fixed predictors.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_lpc_order(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set the precision, in bits, of the quantized linear predictor
+ *  coefficients, or \c 0 to let the encoder select it based on the
+ *  blocksize.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * In the current implementation, qlp_coeff_precision + bits_per_sample must
+ * be less than 32.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_qlp_coeff_precision(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set to \c false to use only the specified quantized linear predictor
+ *  coefficient precision, or \c true to search neighboring precision
+ *  values and use the best one.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_qlp_coeff_prec_search(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Deprecated.  Setting this value has no effect.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_escape_coding(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Set to \c false to let the encoder estimate the best model order
+ *  based on the residual signal energy, or \c true to force the
+ *  encoder to evaluate all order models and select the best.
+ *
+ * \default \c false
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_exhaustive_model_search(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__bool value);
+
+/** Set the minimum partition order to search when coding the residual.
+ *  This is used in tandem with
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_residual_partition_order().
+ *
+ *  The partition order determines the context size in the residual.
+ *  The context size will be approximately <tt>blocksize / (2 ^ order)</tt>.
+ *
+ *  Set both min and max values to \c 0 to force a single context,
+ *  whose Rice parameter is based on the residual signal variance.
+ *  Otherwise, set a min and max order, and the encoder will search
+ *  all orders, using the mean of each context for its Rice parameter,
+ *  and use the best.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_min_residual_partition_order(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set the maximum partition order to search when coding the residual.
+ *  This is used in tandem with
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_min_residual_partition_order().
+ *
+ *  The partition order determines the context size in the residual.
+ *  The context size will be approximately <tt>blocksize / (2 ^ order)</tt>.
+ *
+ *  Set both min and max values to \c 0 to force a single context,
+ *  whose Rice parameter is based on the residual signal variance.
+ *  Otherwise, set a min and max order, and the encoder will search
+ *  all orders, using the mean of each context for its Rice parameter,
+ *  and use the best.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_residual_partition_order(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Deprecated.  Setting this value has no effect.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_rice_parameter_search_dist(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, unsigned value);
+
+/** Set an estimate of the total samples that will be encoded.
+ *  This is merely an estimate and may be set to \c 0 if unknown.
+ *  This value will be written to the STREAMINFO block before encoding,
+ *  and can remove the need for the caller to rewrite the value later
+ *  if the value is known before encoding.
+ *
+ * \default \c 0
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  value    See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_total_samples_estimate(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 value);
+
+/** Set the metadata blocks to be emitted to the stream before encoding.
+ *  A value of \c NULL, \c 0 implies no metadata; otherwise, supply an
+ *  array of pointers to metadata blocks.  The array is non-const since
+ *  the encoder may need to change the \a is_last flag inside them, and
+ *  in some cases update seek point offsets.  Otherwise, the encoder will
+ *  not modify or free the blocks.  It is up to the caller to free the
+ *  metadata blocks after encoding finishes.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The encoder stores only copies of the pointers in the \a metadata array;
+ * the metadata blocks themselves must survive at least until after
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_finish() returns.  Do not free the blocks until then.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The STREAMINFO block is always written and no STREAMINFO block may
+ * occur in the supplied array.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * By default the encoder does not create a SEEKTABLE.  If one is supplied
+ * in the \a metadata array, but the client has specified that it does not
+ * support seeking, then the SEEKTABLE will be written verbatim.  However
+ * by itself this is not very useful as the client will not know the stream
+ * offsets for the seekpoints ahead of time.  In order to get a proper
+ * seektable the client must support seeking.  See next note.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * SEEKTABLE blocks are handled specially.  Since you will not know
+ * the values for the seek point stream offsets, you should pass in
+ * a SEEKTABLE 'template', that is, a SEEKTABLE object with the
+ * required sample numbers (or placeholder points), with \c 0 for the
+ * \a frame_samples and \a stream_offset fields for each point.  If the
+ * client has specified that it supports seeking by providing a seek
+ * callback to FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream() or both seek AND read
+ * callback to FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream() (or by using
+ * FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_file() or FLAC__stream_encoder_init*_FILE()),
+ * then while it is encoding the encoder will fill the stream offsets in
+ * for you and when encoding is finished, it will seek back and write the
+ * real values into the SEEKTABLE block in the stream.  There are helper
+ * routines for manipulating seektable template blocks; see metadata.h:
+ * FLAC__metadata_object_seektable_template_*().  If the client does
+ * not support seeking, the SEEKTABLE will have inaccurate offsets which
+ * will slow down or remove the ability to seek in the FLAC stream.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * The encoder instance \b will modify the first \c SEEKTABLE block
+ * as it transforms the template to a valid seektable while encoding,
+ * but it is still up to the caller to free all metadata blocks after
+ * encoding.
+ *
+ * \note
+ * A VORBIS_COMMENT block may be supplied.  The vendor string in it
+ * will be ignored.  libFLAC will use it's own vendor string. libFLAC
+ * will not modify the passed-in VORBIS_COMMENT's vendor string, it
+ * will simply write it's own into the stream.  If no VORBIS_COMMENT
+ * block is present in the \a metadata array, libFLAC will write an
+ * empty one, containing only the vendor string.
+ *
+ * \note The Ogg FLAC mapping requires that the VORBIS_COMMENT block be
+ * the second metadata block of the stream.  The encoder already supplies
+ * the STREAMINFO block automatically.  If \a metadata does not contain a
+ * VORBIS_COMMENT block, the encoder will supply that too.  Otherwise, if
+ * \a metadata does contain a VORBIS_COMMENT block and it is not the
+ * first, the init function will reorder \a metadata by moving the
+ * VORBIS_COMMENT block to the front; the relative ordering of the other
+ * blocks will remain as they were.
+ *
+ * \note The Ogg FLAC mapping limits the number of metadata blocks per
+ * stream to \c 65535.  If \a num_blocks exceeds this the function will
+ * return \c false.
+ *
+ * \default \c NULL, 0
+ * \param  encoder     An encoder instance to set.
+ * \param  metadata    See above.
+ * \param  num_blocks  See above.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, else \c true.
+ *    \c false if the encoder is already initialized, or if
+ *    \a num_blocks > 65535 if encoding to Ogg FLAC, else \c true.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_set_metadata(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__StreamMetadata **metadata, unsigned num_blocks);
+
+/** Get the current encoder state.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderState
+ *    The current encoder state.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderState FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the state of the verify stream decoder.
+ *  Useful when the stream encoder state is
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_VERIFY_DECODER_ERROR.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamDecoderState
+ *    The verify stream decoder state.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamDecoderState FLAC__stream_encoder_get_verify_decoder_state(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the current encoder state as a C string.
+ *  This version automatically resolves
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_VERIFY_DECODER_ERROR by getting the
+ *  verify decoder's state.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  A encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval const char *
+ *    The encoder state as a C string.  Do not modify the contents.
+ */
+FLAC_API const char *FLAC__stream_encoder_get_resolved_state_string(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get relevant values about the nature of a verify decoder error.
+ *  Useful when the stream encoder state is
+ *  \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_VERIFY_DECODER_ERROR.  The arguments should
+ *  be addresses in which the stats will be returned, or NULL if value
+ *  is not desired.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \param  absolute_sample  The absolute sample number of the mismatch.
+ * \param  frame_number  The number of the frame in which the mismatch occurred.
+ * \param  channel       The channel in which the mismatch occurred.
+ * \param  sample        The number of the sample (relative to the frame) in
+ *                       which the mismatch occurred.
+ * \param  expected      The expected value for the sample in question.
+ * \param  got           The actual value returned by the decoder.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ */
+FLAC_API void FLAC__stream_encoder_get_verify_decoder_error_stats(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__uint64 *absolute_sample, unsigned *frame_number, unsigned *channel, unsigned *sample, FLAC__int32 *expected, FLAC__int32 *got);
+
+/** Get the "verify" flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_verify().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_verify(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the <A HREF="../format.html#subset>Subset</A> flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_streamable_subset().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_streamable_subset(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the number of input channels being processed.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_channels().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_channels(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the input sample resolution setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_bits_per_sample(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the input sample rate setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_sample_rate().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_sample_rate(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the blocksize setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_blocksize().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_blocksize(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the "mid/side stereo coding" flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_get_do_mid_side_stereo().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_do_mid_side_stereo(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the "adaptive mid/side switching" flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_loose_mid_side_stereo().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_loose_mid_side_stereo(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the maximum LPC order setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_lpc_order().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_max_lpc_order(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the quantized linear predictor coefficient precision setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_qlp_coeff_precision().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_qlp_coeff_precision(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the qlp coefficient precision search flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_qlp_coeff_prec_search().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_do_qlp_coeff_prec_search(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the "escape coding" flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_escape_coding().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_do_escape_coding(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the exhaustive model search flag.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_do_exhaustive_model_search().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_get_do_exhaustive_model_search(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the minimum residual partition order setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_min_residual_partition_order().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_min_residual_partition_order(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get maximum residual partition order setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_max_residual_partition_order().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_max_residual_partition_order(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the Rice parameter search distance setting.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to query.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval unsigned
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_set_rice_parameter_search_dist().
+ */
+FLAC_API unsigned FLAC__stream_encoder_get_rice_parameter_search_dist(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Get the previously set estimate of the total samples to be encoded.
+ *  The encoder merely mimics back the value given to
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_total_samples_estimate() since it has no
+ *  other way of knowing how many samples the client will encode.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An encoder instance to set.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__uint64
+ *    See FLAC__stream_encoder_get_total_samples_estimate().
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__uint64 FLAC__stream_encoder_get_total_samples_estimate(const FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Initialize the encoder instance to encode native FLAC streams.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the encoder to encode to a
+ *  native FLAC stream. I/O is performed via callbacks to the client.
+ *  For encoding to a plain file via filename or open \c FILE*,
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_file() and FLAC__stream_encoder_init_FILE()
+ *  provide a simpler interface.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_encoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() but before FLAC__stream_encoder_process()
+ *  or FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved().
+ *  initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ *  The call to FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream() currently will also
+ *  immediately call the write callback several times, once with the \c fLaC
+ *  signature, and once for each encoded metadata block.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder            An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  seek_callback      See FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if seeking is not
+ *                            supported.  The encoder uses seeking to go back
+ *                            and write some some stream statistics to the
+ *                            STREAMINFO block; this is recommended but not
+ *                            necessary to create a valid FLAC stream.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy seek callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the encoder.
+ * \param  tell_callback      See FLAC__StreamEncoderTellCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if seeking is not
+ *                            supported.  If \a seek_callback is \c NULL then
+ *                            this argument will be ignored.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy tell callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the encoder.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamEncoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.  If the client provides a seek callback,
+ *                            this function is not necessary as the encoder
+ *                            will automatically seek back and update the
+ *                            STREAMINFO block.  It may also be \c NULL if the
+ *                            client does not support seeking, since it will
+ *                            have no way of going back to update the
+ *                            STREAMINFO.  However the client can still supply
+ *                            a callback if it would like to know the details
+ *                            from the STREAMINFO.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteCallback write_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekCallback seek_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderTellCallback tell_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback, void *client_data);
+
+/** Initialize the encoder instance to encode Ogg FLAC streams.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the encoder to encode to a FLAC
+ *  stream in an Ogg container.  I/O is performed via callbacks to the
+ *  client.  For encoding to a plain file via filename or open \c FILE*,
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_file() and FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_FILE()
+ *  provide a simpler interface.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_encoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() but before FLAC__stream_encoder_process()
+ *  or FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved().
+ *  initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ *  The call to FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream() currently will also
+ *  immediately call the write callback several times to write the metadata
+ *  packets.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder            An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \param  read_callback      See FLAC__StreamEncoderReadCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL if \a seek_callback
+ *                            is non-NULL since they are both needed to be
+ *                            able to write data back to the Ogg FLAC stream
+ *                            in the post-encode phase.
+ * \param  write_callback     See FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param  seek_callback      See FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if seeking is not
+ *                            supported.  The encoder uses seeking to go back
+ *                            and write some some stream statistics to the
+ *                            STREAMINFO block; this is recommended but not
+ *                            necessary to create a valid FLAC stream.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy seek callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_SEEK_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the encoder.
+ * \param  tell_callback      See FLAC__StreamEncoderTellCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if seeking is not
+ *                            supported.  If \a seek_callback is \c NULL then
+ *                            this argument will be ignored.  If
+ *                            \a seek_callback is not \c NULL then a
+ *                            \a tell_callback must also be supplied.
+ *                            Alternatively, a dummy tell callback that just
+ *                            returns \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
+ *                            may also be supplied, all though this is slightly
+ *                            less efficient for the encoder.
+ * \param  metadata_callback  See FLAC__StreamEncoderMetadataCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.  If the client provides a seek callback,
+ *                            this function is not necessary as the encoder
+ *                            will automatically seek back and update the
+ *                            STREAMINFO block.  It may also be \c NULL if the
+ *                            client does not support seeking, since it will
+ *                            have no way of going back to update the
+ *                            STREAMINFO.  However the client can still supply
+ *                            a callback if it would like to know the details
+ *                            from the STREAMINFO.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FLAC__StreamEncoderReadCallback read_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteCallback write_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderSeekCallback seek_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderTellCallback tell_callback, FLAC__StreamEncoderMetadataCallback metadata_callback, void *client_data);
+
+/** Initialize the encoder instance to encode native FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the encoder to encode to a
+ *  plain native FLAC file.  For non-stdio streams, you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream() and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_encoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() but before FLAC__stream_encoder_process()
+ *  or FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved().
+ *  initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder            An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \param  file               An open file.  The file should have been opened
+ *                            with mode \c "w+b" and rewound.  The file
+ *                            becomes owned by the encoder and should not be
+ *                            manipulated by the client while encoding.
+ *                            Unless \a file is \c stdout, it will be closed
+ *                            when FLAC__stream_encoder_finish() is called.
+ *                            Note however that a proper SEEKTABLE cannot be
+ *                            created when encoding to \c stdout since it is
+ *                            not seekable.
+ * \param  progress_callback  See FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code file != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_encoder_init_FILE(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FILE *file, FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback progress_callback, void *client_data);
+
+/** Initialize the encoder instance to encode Ogg FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the encoder to encode to a
+ *  plain Ogg FLAC file.  For non-stdio streams, you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream() and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_encoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() but before FLAC__stream_encoder_process()
+ *  or FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved().
+ *  initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder            An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \param  file               An open file.  The file should have been opened
+ *                            with mode \c "w+b" and rewound.  The file
+ *                            becomes owned by the encoder and should not be
+ *                            manipulated by the client while encoding.
+ *                            Unless \a file is \c stdout, it will be closed
+ *                            when FLAC__stream_encoder_finish() is called.
+ *                            Note however that a proper SEEKTABLE cannot be
+ *                            created when encoding to \c stdout since it is
+ *                            not seekable.
+ * \param  progress_callback  See FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code file != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_FILE(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, FILE *file, FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback progress_callback, void *client_data);
+
+/** Initialize the encoder instance to encode native FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the encoder to encode to a plain
+ *  FLAC file.  If POSIX fopen() semantics are not sufficient (for example,
+ *  with Unicode filenames on Windows), you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_FILE(), or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_stream()
+ *  and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_encoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() but before FLAC__stream_encoder_process()
+ *  or FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved().
+ *  initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder            An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \param  filename           The name of the file to encode to.  The file will
+ *                            be opened with fopen().  Use \c NULL to encode to
+ *                            \c stdout.  Note however that a proper SEEKTABLE
+ *                            cannot be created when encoding to \c stdout since
+ *                            it is not seekable.
+ * \param  progress_callback  See FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_encoder_init_file(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const char *filename, FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback progress_callback, void *client_data);
+
+/** Initialize the encoder instance to encode Ogg FLAC files.
+ *
+ *  This flavor of initialization sets up the encoder to encode to a plain
+ *  Ogg FLAC file.  If POSIX fopen() semantics are not sufficient (for example,
+ *  with Unicode filenames on Windows), you must use
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_FILE(), or FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_stream()
+ *  and provide callbacks for the I/O.
+ *
+ *  This function should be called after FLAC__stream_encoder_new() and
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_*() but before FLAC__stream_encoder_process()
+ *  or FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved().
+ *  initialization succeeded.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder            An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \param  filename           The name of the file to encode to.  The file will
+ *                            be opened with fopen().  Use \c NULL to encode to
+ *                            \c stdout.  Note however that a proper SEEKTABLE
+ *                            cannot be created when encoding to \c stdout since
+ *                            it is not seekable.
+ * \param  progress_callback  See FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback.  This
+ *                            pointer may be \c NULL if the callback is not
+ *                            desired.
+ * \param  client_data        This value will be supplied to callbacks in their
+ *                            \a client_data argument.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus
+ *    \c FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_INIT_STATUS_OK if initialization was successful;
+ *    see FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus for the meanings of other return values.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__StreamEncoderInitStatus FLAC__stream_encoder_init_ogg_file(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const char *filename, FLAC__StreamEncoderProgressCallback progress_callback, void *client_data);
+
+/** Finish the encoding process.
+ *  Flushes the encoding buffer, releases resources, resets the encoder
+ *  settings to their defaults, and returns the encoder state to
+ *  FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_UNINITIALIZED.  Note that this can generate
+ *  one or more write callbacks before returning, and will generate
+ *  a metadata callback.
+ *
+ *  Note that in the course of processing the last frame, errors can
+ *  occur, so the caller should be sure to check the return value to
+ *  ensure the file was encoded properly.
+ *
+ *  In the event of a prematurely-terminated encode, it is not strictly
+ *  necessary to call this immediately before FLAC__stream_encoder_delete()
+ *  but it is good practice to match every FLAC__stream_encoder_init_*()
+ *  with a FLAC__stream_encoder_finish().
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An uninitialized encoder instance.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c false if an error occurred processing the last frame; or if verify
+ *    mode is set (see FLAC__stream_encoder_set_verify()), there was a
+ *    verify mismatch; else \c true.  If \c false, caller should check the
+ *    state with FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state() for more information
+ *    about the error.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_finish(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder);
+
+/** Submit data for encoding.
+ *  This version allows you to supply the input data via an array of
+ *  pointers, each pointer pointing to an array of \a samples samples
+ *  representing one channel.  The samples need not be block-aligned,
+ *  but each channel should have the same number of samples.  Each sample
+ *  should be a signed integer, right-justified to the resolution set by
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample().  For example, if the
+ *  resolution is 16 bits per sample, the samples should all be in the
+ *  range [-32768,32767].
+ *
+ *  For applications where channel order is important, channels must
+ *  follow the order as described in the
+ *  <A HREF="../format.html#frame_header">frame header</A>.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An initialized encoder instance in the OK state.
+ * \param  buffer   An array of pointers to each channel's signal.
+ * \param  samples  The number of samples in one channel.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state(encoder) == FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_OK \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false; in this case, check the
+ *    encoder state with FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state() to see what
+ *    went wrong.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_process(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const FLAC__int32 * const buffer[], unsigned samples);
+
+/** Submit data for encoding.
+ *  This version allows you to supply the input data where the channels
+ *  are interleaved into a single array (i.e. channel0_sample0,
+ *  channel1_sample0, ... , channelN_sample0, channel0_sample1, ...).
+ *  The samples need not be block-aligned but they must be
+ *  sample-aligned, i.e. the first value should be channel0_sample0
+ *  and the last value channelN_sampleM.  Each sample should be a signed
+ *  integer, right-justified to the resolution set by
+ *  FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample().  For example, if the
+ *  resolution is 16 bits per sample, the samples should all be in the
+ *  range [-32768,32767].
+ *
+ *  For applications where channel order is important, channels must
+ *  follow the order as described in the
+ *  <A HREF="../format.html#frame_header">frame header</A>.
+ *
+ * \param  encoder  An initialized encoder instance in the OK state.
+ * \param  buffer   An array of channel-interleaved data (see above).
+ * \param  samples  The number of samples in one channel, the same as for
+ *                  FLAC__stream_encoder_process().  For example, if
+ *                  encoding two channels, \c 1000 \a samples corresponds
+ *                  to a \a buffer of 2000 values.
+ * \assert
+ *    \code encoder != NULL \endcode
+ *    \code FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state(encoder) == FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_OK \endcode
+ * \retval FLAC__bool
+ *    \c true if successful, else \c false; in this case, check the
+ *    encoder state with FLAC__stream_encoder_get_state() to see what
+ *    went wrong.
+ */
+FLAC_API FLAC__bool FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder, const FLAC__int32 buffer[], unsigned samples);
+
+/* \} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/share/alloc.h b/include/share/alloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..812aa69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/share/alloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/* alloc - Convenience routines for safely allocating memory
+ * Copyright (C) 2007  Josh Coalson
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLAC__SHARE__ALLOC_H
+#define FLAC__SHARE__ALLOC_H
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+/* WATCHOUT: for c++ you may have to #define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS 1 real early
+ * before #including this file,  otherwise SIZE_MAX might not be defined
+ */
+
+#include <limits.h> /* for SIZE_MAX */
+#if !defined _MSC_VER && !defined __MINGW32__ && !defined __EMX__
+#include <stdint.h> /* for SIZE_MAX in case limits.h didn't get it */
+#endif
+#include <stdlib.h> /* for size_t, malloc(), etc */
+
+#ifndef SIZE_MAX
+# ifndef SIZE_T_MAX
+#  ifdef _MSC_VER
+#   define SIZE_T_MAX UINT_MAX
+#  else
+#   error
+#  endif
+# endif
+# define SIZE_MAX SIZE_T_MAX
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FLaC__INLINE
+#define FLaC__INLINE
+#endif
+
+/* avoid malloc()ing 0 bytes, see:
+ * https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/MEM04-A.+Do+not+make+assumptions+about+the+result+of+allocating+0+bytes?focusedCommentId=5407003
+*/
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_(size_t size)
+{
+	/* malloc(0) is undefined; FLAC src convention is to always allocate */
+	if(!size)
+		size++;
+	return malloc(size);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_calloc_(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+	if(!nmemb || !size)
+		return malloc(1); /* malloc(0) is undefined; FLAC src convention is to always allocate */
+	return calloc(nmemb, size);
+}
+
+/*@@@@ there's probably a better way to prevent overflows when allocating untrusted sums but this works for now */
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_add_2op_(size_t size1, size_t size2)
+{
+	size2 += size1;
+	if(size2 < size1)
+		return 0;
+	return safe_malloc_(size2);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_add_3op_(size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3)
+{
+	size2 += size1;
+	if(size2 < size1)
+		return 0;
+	size3 += size2;
+	if(size3 < size2)
+		return 0;
+	return safe_malloc_(size3);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_add_4op_(size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3, size_t size4)
+{
+	size2 += size1;
+	if(size2 < size1)
+		return 0;
+	size3 += size2;
+	if(size3 < size2)
+		return 0;
+	size4 += size3;
+	if(size4 < size3)
+		return 0;
+	return safe_malloc_(size4);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_mul_2op_(size_t size1, size_t size2)
+#if 0
+needs support for cases where sizeof(size_t) != 4
+{
+	/* could be faster #ifdef'ing off SIZEOF_SIZE_T */
+	if(sizeof(size_t) == 4) {
+		if ((double)size1 * (double)size2 < 4294967296.0)
+			return malloc(size1*size2);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+/* better? */
+{
+	if(!size1 || !size2)
+		return malloc(1); /* malloc(0) is undefined; FLAC src convention is to always allocate */
+	if(size1 > SIZE_MAX / size2)
+		return 0;
+	return malloc(size1*size2);
+}
+#endif
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_mul_3op_(size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3)
+{
+	if(!size1 || !size2 || !size3)
+		return malloc(1); /* malloc(0) is undefined; FLAC src convention is to always allocate */
+	if(size1 > SIZE_MAX / size2)
+		return 0;
+	size1 *= size2;
+	if(size1 > SIZE_MAX / size3)
+		return 0;
+	return malloc(size1*size3);
+}
+
+/* size1*size2 + size3 */
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_mul2add_(size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3)
+{
+	if(!size1 || !size2)
+		return safe_malloc_(size3);
+	if(size1 > SIZE_MAX / size2)
+		return 0;
+	return safe_malloc_add_2op_(size1*size2, size3);
+}
+
+/* size1 * (size2 + size3) */
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_malloc_muladd2_(size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3)
+{
+	if(!size1 || (!size2 && !size3))
+		return malloc(1); /* malloc(0) is undefined; FLAC src convention is to always allocate */
+	size2 += size3;
+	if(size2 < size3)
+		return 0;
+	return safe_malloc_mul_2op_(size1, size2);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_realloc_add_2op_(void *ptr, size_t size1, size_t size2)
+{
+	size2 += size1;
+	if(size2 < size1)
+		return 0;
+	return realloc(ptr, size2);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_realloc_add_3op_(void *ptr, size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3)
+{
+	size2 += size1;
+	if(size2 < size1)
+		return 0;
+	size3 += size2;
+	if(size3 < size2)
+		return 0;
+	return realloc(ptr, size3);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_realloc_add_4op_(void *ptr, size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3, size_t size4)
+{
+	size2 += size1;
+	if(size2 < size1)
+		return 0;
+	size3 += size2;
+	if(size3 < size2)
+		return 0;
+	size4 += size3;
+	if(size4 < size3)
+		return 0;
+	return realloc(ptr, size4);
+}
+
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_realloc_mul_2op_(void *ptr, size_t size1, size_t size2)
+{
+	if(!size1 || !size2)
+		return realloc(ptr, 0); /* preserve POSIX realloc(ptr, 0) semantics */
+	if(size1 > SIZE_MAX / size2)
+		return 0;
+	return realloc(ptr, size1*size2);
+}
+
+/* size1 * (size2 + size3) */
+static FLaC__INLINE void *safe_realloc_muladd2_(void *ptr, size_t size1, size_t size2, size_t size3)
+{
+	if(!size1 || (!size2 && !size3))
+		return realloc(ptr, 0); /* preserve POSIX realloc(ptr, 0) semantics */
+	size2 += size3;
+	if(size2 < size3)
+		return 0;
+	return safe_realloc_mul_2op_(ptr, size1, size2);
+}
+
+#endif