SMPTNG-259: Improve block chunk generation by re-using block sizes freely #829
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What does this PR do?
When generating the block chunks that will be filled with a payload, instead of attempting to maintain even weightings of the block sizes, freely re-use them as needed to provide more capacity in the block chunks.
This also provides useful warnings when the payload cannot be fulfilled as written, eg:
Motivation
User asked for a certain amount of data, lets try harder to fulfill their request.
Related issues
Additional Notes
Note currently based on #828