byte alignment

[Marco]

Hi
I have to read a binary image.
Info tell me that it is a binary image without encoding but with RLE.
Also i know it is 4 bytes align.

What it means ?? How can i read it ??
I red it is for portability whit different microprocessor. is it right ??

How can i perform my 4 bytes in rle decode function when i have to check
first byte (length byte) to understand what i have to do with other bytes
???

tks
Marco

 

[Sashi]

Marco, your msg is a little cryptic. Could you clarify a little? If
possible, zip and mail me your image file: (e-mail address removed) and tell
me EXACTLY what it is you want to do with this file.
Sashi

 

[Attila Feher]

Hi
I have to read a binary image.
Info tell me that it is a binary image without encoding but with RLE.
Also i know it is 4 bytes align.

What it means ?? How can i read it ??
I red it is for portability whit different microprocessor. is it
right ??

How can i perform my 4 bytes in rle decode function when i have to
check first byte (length byte) to understand what i have to do with
other bytes ???

Hi,

Could you please reword? I have a hard time finding your C++ language
related question.

 

[Marco]

ok i tried to be more clear ( sorry english is not my language... )

I have a text file with image inside.
I have to read image.
I can read image data in a unsigned char buffer.

I know data image is not encoded, but it is compressed with Run-length
encode.
an information in file tell me that data image it is 4 byte alignment.
but i don't know what it means.

With oter image with same rle algorithm but with 1 byte alignment i have not
problem.
With this kind of data i do this...

value=*str++; // header byte
if (value<128)
{
n=value +1;
for (i=0;i<n;i++)
*dest++=*src++;
}
else
{
if (value>128)
{
n=257-value;
for (i=0;i<n;i++)
*dest=value;
*src++
}
else
// end of data
return;
}

cycle it does until i find 128 in header byte

Can anyone help me ????

Thank at all.
Marco

 

[EventHelix.com]

4 byte aligned would mean that a new record always
starts at a 4 byte boundary. Thus you should adjust your
algorithm to do the same.

The file would contain pads whenever a structure size does
not end at the four byte boundary.

Just look at the binary dump of a 4 byte aligned file to
identify the padding.

The following article might help:
http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/ByteAlignmentAndOrdering.htm

Deepa