[Matroska-devel] float vs. double issues

[Matthew Heaney]

I have some files that use an 8-byte duration (in the SegmentInfo) and an
8-byte sampling rate (for the AudioTrack).  I think these have type
duration, not type float.

The Matroska spec says these fields have type float, which is 4 bytes.  Yet
both AVI-Mux GUI and mkvinfo parse those fields correctly.  Does the spec
allow type double for fields marked as type float?  Are parsers expected to
also handle type double where type float is expected?

Thanks,
Matt