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-rw-r--r--libavformat/matroskaenc.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index 469b604de6..03dcdab9a6 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int ebml_num_size(uint64_t num)
* Write a number in EBML variable length format.
*
* @param bytes The number of bytes that need to be used to write the number.
- * If zero, any number of bytes can be used.
+ * If zero, the minimal number of bytes will be used.
*/
static void put_ebml_num(AVIOContext *pb, uint64_t num, int bytes)
{
@@ -228,10 +228,9 @@ static void put_ebml_num(AVIOContext *pb, uint64_t num, int bytes)
av_assert0(num < (1ULL << 56) - 1);
if (bytes == 0)
- // don't care how many bytes are used, so use the min
bytes = needed_bytes;
- // the bytes needed to write the given size would exceed the bytes
- // that we need to use, so write unknown size. This shouldn't happen.
+ // The bytes needed to write the given size must not exceed
+ // the bytes that we ought to use.
av_assert0(bytes >= needed_bytes);
num |= 1ULL << bytes * 7;