int16_tdirac_to_spar_md_bands[DIRAC_MAX_NBANDS];// VE2DB: could only hDirAC->dirac_to_spar_md_bands be used all the time, or it is defined as a pointer here?
int16_tenc_param_start_band;
int32_tcore_nominal_brate;/* Nominal bitrate for core coding */