DWORD GetXmaFrameLengthInBits(  
         const BYTE* pPacket,  
         DWORD nBitPosition  
)  

__inline DWORD GetXmaFrameLengthInBits
(
    __in_bcount(nBitPosition / 8 + 3)
    __in const BYTE* pPacket,  // Pointer to XMA packet[s] containing the frame
    DWORD nBitPosition         // Bit offset of the frame within this packet
)
{
    DWORD nRegion;
    DWORD nBytePosition = nBitPosition / 8;
    DWORD nBitOffset = nBitPosition % 8;

    if (nBitOffset < 2) // Only need to read 2 bytes (and might not be safe to read more)
    {
        nRegion = (DWORD)(pPacket[nBytePosition+0]) << 8 |
                  (DWORD)(pPacket[nBytePosition+1]);
        return (nRegion >> (1 - nBitOffset)) & 0x7FFF;  // Last 15 bits
    }
    else // Need to read 3 bytes
    {
        nRegion = (DWORD)(pPacket[nBytePosition+0]) << 16 |
                  (DWORD)(pPacket[nBytePosition+1]) << 8 |
                  (DWORD)(pPacket[nBytePosition+2]);
        return (nRegion >> (9 - nBitOffset)) & 0x7FFF;  // Last 15 bits
    }
}