summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox')
-rw-r--r--docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox b/docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox
index 5b20b9e73..4bc310531 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox
+++ b/docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Metadata files have headers that carry information about a segment of
data within the file. The header structure is described in detail in
the next section. A metadata file always starts with a header that
describes the basic structure of the data. It contains information
-about the data type, if it's complex, the sample rate of the segment,
-the time stamp of the first sample of the segment, and information
-regarding the header size and segment size.
+about the item size, data type, if it's complex, the sample rate of
+the segment, the time stamp of the first sample of the segment, and
+information regarding the header size and segment size.
Headers have two main tags associated with them:
@@ -190,10 +190,11 @@ must be the same length and structure. As of now, we only have version
- version: (char) version number (usually set to METADATA_VERSION)
- rx_rate: (double) Stream's sample rate
- rx_time: (pmt_t pair - (uint64_t, double)) Time stamp (format from UHD)
+- size: (int) item size in bytes - reflects vector length if any.
- type: (int) data type (enum below)
- cplx: (bool) true if data is complex
- strt: (uint64_t) start of data relative to current header
-- size: (uint64_t) size of following data segment
+- bytes: (uint64_t) size of following data segment in bytes
The data types are indicated by an integer value from the following
enumeration type: