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...etc. the codecs can't just say "Give me more data"... because there may not be any data ready yet, or the data may be being withheld for various reasons. It would also make it much easier to integrate with something like libfishsound. ie something like __initialise_flac_decoder(ALL_THE_HEADERS inHeaders); __set_decoded_callback(CALL_ME_HERE_WITH_THE_DECODED_AUDIO inCB); __feed_flac_data(SOME_FLAC_DATA inData, BOOL inSendMeAudioYet); Then if a full frame ins't passed in... it just waits on the data to complete it, instead of calling a read callback... if more than one frame is pass...