private function getEBMLelement(&$element, $parent_end, $get_data=false) {
    if ($this->current_offset >= $parent_end) {
      return false;
    }

    if (!$this->getid3_matroska::EnsureBufferHasEnoughData()) {
      $this->current_offset = PHP_INT_MAX; // do not exit parser right now, allow to finish current loop to gather maximum information
      return false;
    }

    $element = array();

    // set offset
    $element['offset'] = $this->current_offset;

    // get ID
    $element['id'] = $this->getid3_matroska::readEBMLint();

    // get name
    $element['id_name'] = self::EBMLidName($element['id']);

    // get length
    $element['length'] = $this->getid3_matroska::readEBMLint();

    // get end offset
    $element['end'] = $this->current_offset + $element['length'];

    // get raw data
    $dont_parse = (in_array($element['id'], $this->unuseful_elements) || $element['id_name'] == dechex($element['id']));
    if (($get_data === true || (is_array($get_data) && !in_array($element['id'], $get_data))) && !$dont_parse) {
      $element['data'] = $this->getid3_matroska::readEBMLelementData($element['length'], $element);
    }

    return true;
  }