[osg-users] Error with InputStream reading osgb files

[Robert Osfield]

Good to hear you've tracked down the problem.  We might be able to
version to use of long uints for future rev's of the OSG.

On 9 June 2017 at 17:22, Riccardo Corsi <riccardo.corsi at kairos3d.it> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I think I've found what's going on.
> Basically the BinaryStreamOperator used to read the osgb format saves the
> block size currently read with an int - see here - which is not large enough
> to express very large blocks.
>
> I've patched the code with unsigned int (both when writing and reading block
> size, always on 4 bytes) and I can now write and read correctly the files
> that showed the problem.
> Of course unsigned int is not large enough for arbitrarily huge blocks, but
> at least it doubles the current max size.
> I'll post a pull request with the patch.
>
> Using a type bigger than 4 bytes would make the current files unreadable, so
> I don't think it's something that can be changed.
> Riccardo
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Riccardo Corsi <riccardo.corsi at kairos3d.it>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm getting an error when reading some (pretty big) osgb files and having
>> hard time in finding what's causing the issue.
>>
>> I'm creating the files myself with osgDB::writeNodeFile, without any error
>> message when writing them.
>> The files' contents are only Groups and Geometries with basic data
>> (vertices, normals, stateset).
>> The files are created and read with the same osg libraries, version 3.5.3.
>> The error message I receive on the console (even at DEBUG level) is only:
>>
>> Error reading file sample.osgb: read error (InputStream: Failed to read
>> from stream. At osg::Group )
>>
>> with no additional details, as it normally happens when file is not well
>> formatted.
>>
>> Additional info:
>> - I've spotted the issue for big file (2GB or more), but not always from a
>> given size up. I have some 4GB files working and some 3GB causing the error.
>> - in some cases, if I create foo.osgb and bar.osgb they are both loaded
>> correctly, but if I create foo+bar.osgb (writing works ok) I get the error
>> when reading it.
>>
>> Unfortunately I cannot share example files.
>> I'm looking for some pointers on how to investigate further to find the
>> culprit.
>>
>> My configuration is:
>> - osg 3.5.3
>> - windows 10
>> - visual studio 2013
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Riccardo
>>
>>
>
>
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