ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/Amd 4:2009

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 13818-1
Third edition
2007-10-15
AMENDMENT 4
2009-12-15
Corrected version
2010-09-15
Information technology — Generic coding
of moving pictures and associated audio
information: Systems
AMENDMENT 4: Transport of multiview
video over
Rec. ITU-T H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1
Technologies de l'information — Codage générique des images
animées et du son associé: Systèmes
AMENDEMENT 4: Transport de vidéos multivues sur
Rec. UIT-T H.222.0 | ISO/CEI 13818-1

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Foreword
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Amendment 4 to ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1,
Information technology, Subcommittee SC 29, Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia
information, in collaboration with ITU-T. The identical text is published as Rec. ITU-T H.222.0 (2006)/Amd.4
(12/2009).
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ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/Amd.4:2009 (E)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
RECOMMENDATION ITU-T
Information technology – Generic coding of moving pictures
and associated audio information: Systems
Amendment 4
Transport of multiview video over Rec. ITU-T H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1
1) Subclause 1.2.2
In 1.2.2, Paired Recommendations | International Standards equivalent in technical content, replace:
– ITU-T Recommendation H.264 (2007), Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services.
ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008, Information technology – Coding of audio-visual objects – Part 10: Advanced
video coding.
with:
– ITU-T Recommendation H.264 (2009), Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services.
ISO/IEC 14496-10:2009, Information technology – Coding of audio-visual objects – Part 10: Advanced
Video Coding.
2) Subclause 2.1
a) In 2.1.78, replace:
AVC video sub-bitstream: The video sub-bitstream that contains the base layer as defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 and that shall additionally contain NAL units with nal_unit_type equal to 14 (prefix
NAL units). The AVC video sub-bitstream contains all VCL NAL units associated with dependency_id equal to 0.
with:
AVC video sub-bitstream of SVC: The video sub-bitstream that contains the base layer as defined in Annex G of
ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 and that shall additionally contain NAL units with nal_unit_type equal to 14
(prefix NAL units) as defined for SVC in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10. The AVC video
sub-bitstream of SVC contains all VCL NAL units associated with dependency_id equal to 0.
b) In 2.1.81, replace:
SVC slice (system): A byte_stream_nal_unit as defined in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 with nal_unit_type
equal to 20.
with:
SVC slice (system): A byte_stream_nal_unit as defined in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 with nal_unit_type
equal to 20 of an AVC video stream which conforms to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
NOTE – As specified in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the value of svc_extension_flag is set equal to 1 for coded video
sequences conforming to one or more profiles specified in Annex G. SVC slices should not include NAL units for which
nal_unit_type is equal to 20 with svc_extension_flag equal to 0.
c) After 2.1.81, add subclauses 2.1.82 – 2.1.88:
2.1.82 view order index: An index that indicates the decoding order of MVC view components in an AVC access
unit as defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10. The association of view order index values to the
NAL unit header syntax element view_id is indicated for an AVC video sequence in the sequence parameter set MVC
extension as defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
2.1.83 MVC view_id subset: A set of one or more view_id values, as defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 in the NAL unit header syntax element, associated with one set of consecutive view order index
values.
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2.1.84 MVC video sub-bitstream: The MVC video sub-bitstream is defined to be all VCL NAL units with
nal_unit_type equal to 20 associated with the same MVC view_id subset of an AVC video stream and associated non-
VCL NAL units which conform to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
NOTE – In contrast to a sub-bitstream as specified in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, an MVC video
sub-bitstream according to this Specification is not necessarily a decodable MVC video sub-bitstream. The one exception is when
an MVC video sub-bitstream is also an MVC base view sub-bitstream. Re-assembling MVC video sub-bitstreams in an
increasing order of view order index, starting from the lowest value of view order index up to any value of view order index,
results in a decodable AVC video stream.
2.1.85 MVC base view sub-bitstream: The MVC base view sub-bitstream is defined to contain the AVC video sub-
bitstream of MVC conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10
and one additional MVC video sub-bitstream associated with an MVC view_id subset including the view order index
that immediately follows the view order index associated with the base view.
NOTE – The MVC base view sub-bitstream is also an AVC video stream where no re-assembly is required before decoding.
2.1.86 MVC view-component subset: The VCL NAL units of an AVC access unit associated with the same MVC
view_id subset and associated non-VCL NAL units.
NOTE – Re-assembling MVC view-component subsets ordered according to the view order index, starting from the minimum
view order index up to the highest view order index present in the access unit, while reordering the non-VCL NAL units
conforming to the order of NAL units within an access unit, as defined in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, results in an
AVC access unit.
2.1.87 MVC slice (system): A byte_stream_nal_unit with nal_unit_type syntax element equal to 20 of an AVC
video stream which conforms to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
NOTE – As specified in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the value of svc_extension_flag is set equal to 0 for coded video
sequences conforming to one or more profiles specified in Annex H. MVC slices should not include NAL units for which
nal_unit_type is equal to 20 with svc_extension_flag equal to 1.
2.1.88 AVC video sub-bitstream of MVC: The video sub-bitstream that contains the base view as defined in
Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, containing all VCL NAL units associated with the minimum value
of view order index present in each AVC video sequence of the AVC video stream. The AVC video sub-bitstream of
MVC may additionally contain the associated NAL units with nal_unit_type syntax element equal to 14 (prefix NAL
units), as defined for MVC in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
3) Subclause 2.4.2.8
In 2.4.2.8, T-STD extensions for carriage of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video, replace:
To define the decoding in the T-STD of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video streams carried in a Transport
Stream, the T-STD model needs to be extended. The T-STD extension and T-STD parameters for decoding of AVC
video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 are
defined in 2.14.3.1 and T-STD extension and T-STD parameters for decoding of AVC video streams conforming to one
or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 are defined in 2.14.3.5.
with:
To define the decoding in the T-STD of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video streams carried in a Transport
Stream, the T-STD model needs to be extended. The T-STD extension and T-STD parameters for decoding of AVC
video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 are
defined in 2.14.3.1, T-STD extension and T-STD parameters for decoding of AVC video streams conforming to one or
more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 are defined in 2.14.3.5, and T-STD
extension and T-STD parameters for decoding of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in
Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 are defined in 2.14.3.7.
4) Subclause 2.4.3.5
In 2.4.3.5, Semantic definition of fields in "adaptation field", make the following modifications:
a) In the section specifying the "discontinuity_indicator", replace:
For the purpose of this clause, an elementary stream access point is defined as follows:
• ISO/IEC 11172-2 video and ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2 video – The first byte of a video
sequence header.
• ISO/IEC 14496-2 visual – The first byte of the visual object sequence header.
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• AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 – The first byte of an AVC access unit. The SPS and PPS parameter sets referenced
in this and all subsequent AVC access units in the coded video stream shall be provided after this access
point in the byte stream and prior to their activation.
• Video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of
ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 – The first byte of an SVC dependency representation is an
elementary stream access point if the following conditions are met:
– The subset sequence parameter sets and picture parameter sets referenced in this and all subsequent
SVC dependency representation in the video sub-bitstream shall be provided after this access point
in the byte stream and prior to their activation.
– If this SVC video sub-bitstream access point requires the elementary stream access point of the
same AVC access unit, if any, contained in the corresponding elementary stream that needs to be
present in decoding order before decoding the elementary stream associated with this elementary
stream access point, then the corresponding elementary stream shall also include an elementary
stream access point.
NOTE 1 – If the hierarchy descriptor is present for this SVC video sub-bitstream then the video sub-
bitstream of which the hierarchy_layer_index equals the hierarchy_embedded_layer_index of this SVC sub-
bitstream should have an elementary stream access point in the same access unit.
• Audio – The first byte of an audio frame.
• ISO/IEC 14496-17 text stream – The first byte of a text access unit. In case in-band sample descriptions
are used, each in-band sample description shall be provided in the ISO/IEC 14496-17 stream after this
access point and prior to its use by an access unit.
with:
For the purpose of this clause, an elementary stream access point is defined as follows:
• ISO/IEC 11172-2 video and ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2 video – The first byte of a video
sequence header.
• ISO/IEC 14496-2 visual – The first byte of the visual object sequence header.
• AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 – The first byte of an AVC access unit. The SPS and PPS parameter sets referenced
in this and all subsequent AVC access units in the coded video stream shall be provided after this access
point in the byte stream and prior to their activation.
• Video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of
ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 – The first byte of an SVC dependency representation is an
elementary stream access point if the following conditions are met:
– The subset sequence parameter sets and picture parameter sets referenced in this and all subsequent
SVC dependency representation in the video sub-bitstream shall be provided after this access point
in the byte stream and prior to their activation.
– If this SVC video sub-bitstream access point requires the elementary stream access point of the
same AVC access unit, if any, contained in the corresponding elementary stream that needs to be
present in decoding order before decoding the elementary stream associated with this elementary
stream access point, then the corresponding elementary stream shall also include an elementary
stream access point.
NOTE 1 – If the hierarchy descriptor is present for this SVC video sub-bitstream then the video sub-
bitstream of which the hierarchy_layer_index equals the hierarchy_embedded_layer_index of this SVC sub-
bitstream should have an elementary stream access point in the same access unit.
• MVC video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in
Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 – The first byte of an MVC view-component subset
is an elementary stream access point if the following two conditions are met:
– The subset sequence parameter sets and picture parameter sets referenced in this and all subsequent
MVC view-component subsets in the MVC video sub-bitstream shall be provided after this access
point in the byte stream and prior to their activation.
– If this MVC video sub-bitstream access point requires the elementary stream access point of the
same AVC access unit, if any, contained in the corresponding elementary stream that needs to be
present in decoding order before decoding the elementary stream associated with this elementary
stream access point, then the corresponding elementary stream shall also include an elementary
stream access point.
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NOTE 2 – If the hierarchy descriptor is present for this MVC video sub-bitstream, then the MVC video sub-bitstream of which
the hierarchy_layer_index equals the hierarchy_embedded_layer_index of this MVC sub-bitstream should have an elementary
stream access point in this same access unit.
• Audio – The first byte of an audio frame.
• ISO/IEC 14496-17 text stream – The first byte of a text access unit. In case in-band sample
descriptions are used, each in-band sample description shall be provided in the ISO/IEC 14496-17
stream after this access point and prior to its use by an access unit.
b) Replace:
elementary_stream_priority_indicator – The elementary_stream_priority_indicator is a 1-bit field. It indicates,
among packets with the same PID, the priority of the elementary stream data carried within the payload of this
Transport Stream packet. A '1' indicates that the payload has a higher priority than the payloads of other Transport
Stream packets.
In the case of ISO/IEC 11172-2 or ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2 or ISO/IEC 14496-2 video, this field may be
set to '1' only if the payload contains one or more bytes from an intra-coded slice.
In the case of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video, this field may be set to '1' only if the payload contains one
or more bytes from a slice with slice_type set to 2, 4, 7, or 9.
A value of '0' indicates that the payload has the same priority as all other packets which do not have this bit set to '1'.
with:
elementary_stream_priority_indicator – The elementary_stream_priority_indicator is a 1-bit field. It indicates,
among packets with the same PID, the priority of the elementary stream data carried within the payload of this
Transport Stream packet. A '1' indicates that the payload has a higher priority than the payloads of other Transport
Stream packets.
In the case of ISO/IEC 11172-2 or ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2 or ISO/IEC 14496-2 video, this field may be
set to '1' only if the payload contains one or more bytes from an intra-coded slice.
In the case of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video, this field may be set to '1' only if the payload contains one
or more bytes from a slice with slice_type set to 2, 4, 7, or 9.
A value of '0' indicates that the payload has the same priority as all other packets which do not have this bit set to '1'.
For MVC video sub-bitstreams or MVC base view sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more
profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, this field may be set to '1' only if the payload
contains one or more bytes from an anchor picture, indicated by the slice_type equal to 2, 4, 7, or 9 and the
anchor_pic_flag syntax element equal to 1 for all prefix NAL units and slice extension NAL units.
5) Subclause 2.4.3.7
In 2.4.3.7, Semantic definition of fields in PES packet, make the following modifications:
a) Replace:
stream_id – In Program Streams, the stream_id specifies the type and number of the elementary stream as defined by
the stream_id Table 2-22. In Transport Streams, the stream_id may be set to any valid value which correctly describes
the elementary stream type as defined in Table 2-22. In Transport Streams, the elementary stream type is specified in
the Program Specific Information as specified in 2.4.4.
For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, all video sub-bitstreams of the same AVC video stream shall have the same stream_id value.
with:
stream_id – In Program Streams, the stream_id specifies the type and number of the elementary stream as defined by
the stream_id Table 2-22. In Transport Streams, the stream_id may be set to any valid value which correctly describes
the elementary stream type as defined in Table 2-22. In Transport Streams, the elementary stream type is specified in
the Program Specific Information as specified in 2.4.4.
For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, all video sub-bitstreams of the same AVC video stream shall have the same stream_id value.
For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, all MVC video sub-bitstreams of the same AVC video stream shall have the same stream_id value.
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b) In the section specifying the PTS (presentation time stamp), replace:
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, if a PTS is present in the PES packet header, it shall refer to the first SVC dependency
representation that commences in this PES packet. An SVC dependency representation commences in a PES packet if
the first byte of the SVC dependency representation is present in the PES packet. To achieve consistency between the
STD model and the HRD model defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, for each re-assembled
and decoded AVC access unit, the PTS value in the STD shall, within the accuracy of their respective clocks, indicate
the same instant in time as the nominal DPB output time in the HRD, defined herein as t (n) = t (n) + t *
o,n,dpb r,n c
dpb_output_delay(n), where t (n), t , and dpb_output_delay(n) are defined as in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
r,n c
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
with:
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, if a PTS is present in the PES packet header, it shall refer to the first SVC dependency
representation that commences in this PES packet. An SVC dependency representation commences in a PES packet if
the first byte of the SVC dependency representation is present in the PES packet. To achieve consistency between the
STD model and the HRD model defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, for each re-assembled
and decoded AVC access unit, the PTS value in the STD shall, within the accuracy of their respective clocks, indicate
the same instant in time as the nominal DPB output time in the HRD, defined herein as t (n) = t (n) + t *

o,n,dpb r,n c
dpb_output_delay(n), where t (n), t , and dpb_output_delay(n) are defined as in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
r,n c
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
For MVC video sub-bitstreams, MVC base view sub-bitstream or AVC video sub-bitstream of MVC of AVC video
streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, if a PTS is
present in the PES packet header, it shall refer to the first MVC view-component subset that commences in this PES
packet. An MVC view-component subset commences in a PES packet if the first byte of the MVC view-component
subset is present in the PES packet. To achieve consistency between the STD model and the HRD model defined in
Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, for each re-assembled and decoded AVC access unit, the PTS
value in the STD shall, within the accuracy of their respective clocks, indicate the same instant in time as the nominal
DPB output time in the HRD, defined herein as t (n) = t (n) + t * dpb_output_delay(n), where t (n), t , and

o,n,dpb r,n c r,n c
dpb_output_delay(n) are defined as in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
c) In the section specifying the DTS (decoding time stamp), replace:
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, if a DTS is present in the PES packet header, it shall refer to the first SVC dependency
representation that commences in this PES packet. An SVC dependency representation commences in a PES packet if
the first byte of the SVC dependency representation is present in the PES packet. To achieve consistency between the
STD model and the HRD model defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, for each re-assembled
AVC access unit the DTS value in the STD shall, within the accuracy of their respective clocks, indicate the same
instant in time as the nominal CPB removal time t ( n ) in the HRD, as defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
r,n
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
with:
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, if a DTS is present in the PES packet header, it shall refer to the first SVC dependency
representation that commences in this PES packet. An SVC dependency representation commences in a PES packet if
the first byte of the SVC dependency representation is present in the PES packet. To achieve consistency between the
STD model and the HRD model defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, for each re-assembled
AVC access unit the DTS value in the STD shall, within the accuracy of their respective clocks, indicate the same
instant in time as the nominal CPB removal time t ( n ) in the HRD, as defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
r,n
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
For MVC video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, if a DTS is present in the PES packet header, it shall refer to the first MVC view-
component subset that commences in this PES packet. An MVC view-component subset commences in a PES packet if
the first byte of the MVC view-component subset is present in the PES packet. To achieve consistency between the
STD model and the HRD model defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, for each re-assembled
AVC access unit the DTS value in the STD shall, within the accuracy of their respective clocks, indicate the same
instant in time as the nominal CPB removal time t ( n ) in the HRD, as defined in Annex C of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
r,n
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
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d) In the section specifying the P-STD_buffer_size, replace:
For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, the size BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the CPB signalled by the
n
CpbSize[ cpb_cnt_minus1 ] specified by the NAL hrd_parameters() in the AVC video stream. If the NAL
hrd_parameters() are not present in the AVC video stream, then BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the NAL
n
CPB for the byte stream format defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 as 1200 × MaxCPB for
the applied level.
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the size BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the CPB signalled by the
n
CpbSize[ cpb_cnt_minus1 ] specified by the NAL hrd_parameters() for the video sub-bitstream carried in elementary
stream ES as defined in 2.14.3.6. If the NAL hrd_parameters() are not present in the video sub-bitstream, the size BS
n
n
shall be larger than or equal to the size of the NAL CPB for the byte stream format defined in ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 as 1200 × MaxCPB for the applied level for the elementary stream ES .
n
with:
For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, the size BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the CPB signalled by the
n
CpbSize[ cpb_cnt_minus1 ] specified by the NAL hrd_parameters() in the AVC video stream. If the NAL
hrd_parameters() are not present in the AVC video stream, then BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the NAL
n
CPB for the byte stream format defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 as 1200 × MaxCPB for
the applied level.
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the size BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the CPB signalled by the
n
CpbSize[ cpb_cnt_minus1 ] specified by the NAL hrd_parameters() for the video sub-bitstream carried in elementary
stream ES as defined in 2.14.3.6. If the NAL hrd_parameters() are not present in the video sub-bitstream, the size BS
n
n
shall be larger than or equal to the size of the NAL CPB for the byte stream format defined in ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 as 1200 × MaxCPB for the applied level for the elementary stream ES .
n
For MVC video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the size BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the CPB signalled by the
n
CpbSize[ cpb_cnt_minus1 ] specified by the NAL hrd_parameters() for the MVC video sub-bitstreams carried in
elementary stream ES , as defined in 2.14.3.6. If the NAL hrd_parameters() are not present in the MVC video sub-
n
bitstreams, the size BS shall be larger than or equal to the size of the NAL CPB for the byte stream format defined in
n
ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 as 1200 × MaxCPB for the applied level for the elementary stream ES .
n
6) Subclause 2.4.4.9
In 2.4.4.9, Semantic definition of fields in Transport Stream program map section, replace Table 2-34 with:

Table 2-34 – Stream type assignments
Value Description
0x00 ITU-T | ISO/IEC Reserved
0x01 ISO/IEC 11172-2 Video
0x02 ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2 Video or ISO/IEC 11172-2 constrained parameter video stream
0x03 ISO/IEC 11172-3 Audio
0x04 ISO/IEC 13818-3 Audio
0x05 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 private_sections
0x06 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 PES packets containing private data
0x07 ISO/IEC 13522 MHEG
0x08 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 Annex A DSM-CC
0x09 ITU-T Rec. H.222.1
0x0A ISO/IEC 13818-6 type A
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Table 2-34 – Stream type assignments
Value Description
0x0B ISO/IEC 13818-6 type B
0x0C ISO/IEC 13818-6 type C
0x0D ISO/IEC 13818-6 type D
0x0E ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 auxiliary
0x0F ISO/IEC 13818-7 Audio with ADTS transport syntax
0x10 ISO/IEC 14496-2 Visual
0x11 ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio with the LATM transport syntax as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-3
0x12 ISO/IEC 14496-1 SL-packetized stream or FlexMux stream carried in PES packets
0x13 ISO/IEC 14496-1 SL-packetized stream or FlexMux stream carried in ISO/IEC 14496_sections
0x14 ISO/IEC 13818-6 Synchronized Download Protocol
0x15 Metadata carried in PES packets
0x16 Metadata carried in metadata_sections
0x17 Metadata carried in ISO/IEC 13818-6 Data Carousel
0x18 Metadata carried in ISO/IEC 13818-6 Object Carousel
0x19 Metadata carried in ISO/IEC 13818-6 Synchronized Download Protocol
0x1A IPMP stream (defined in ISO/IEC 13818-11, MPEG-2 IPMP)
0x1B AVC video stream conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 or AVC video sub-bitstream of SVC as defined in 2.1.78 or MVC base view
sub-bitstream, as defined in 2.1.85, or AVC video sub-bitstream of MVC, as defined in 2.1.88
0x1C ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio, without using any additional transport syntax, such as DST, ALS and SLS
0x1D ISO/IEC 14496-17 Text
0x1E Auxiliary video stream as defined in ISO/IEC 23002-3
0x1F SVC video sub-bitstream of an AVC video stream conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G
of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10
0x20 MVC video sub-bitstream of an AVC video stream conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H
of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10
0x21-0x7E ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 Reserved
0x7F IPMP stream
0x80-0xFF User Private
7) Subclause 2.5.2.7
In 2.5.2.7, P-STD extensions for carriage of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 Video, replace:
For decoding of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 carried in a Program Stream in the P-STD model, see 2.14.3.2 and for decoding of AVC video
streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 carried in a
Program Stream in the P-STD model, see 2.14.3.6
with:
For decoding of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10 carried in a Program Stream in the P-STD model, see 2.14.3.2, for decoding of AVC video streams
conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 carried in a Program
Stream in the P-STD model, see 2.14.3.6, and for decoding of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles
defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 carried in a Program Stream in the P-STD model, see
2.14.3.8.
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8) Subclause 2.5.5
In 2.5.5, Program Stream directory, replace:
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec.
H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, directory entries may be required to reference IDR picture or pictures to be re-assembled
from video sub-bitstreams and associated with a recovery point SEI message present in a video sub-bitstream. Each
such directory entry shall refer to the first byte of an SVC dependency representation.
with:
For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, directory entries may be required to reference IDR picture or pictures to be
re-assembled from video sub-bitstreams and associated with a recovery point SEI message present in a video
sub-bitstream. Each such directory entry shall refer to the first byte of an SVC dependency representation.
For MVC video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, directory entries may be required to reference IDR picture or pictures to be
re-assembled from MVC video sub-bitstreams and associated with a recovery point SEI message present in an MVC
video sub-bitstream. Each such directory entry shall refer to the first byte of an MVC view-component subset.
9) Subclause 2.6.1
In 2.6.1, Semantic definition of fields in program and program element descriptors, replace Table 2-45 with:
Table 2-45 – Program and program element descriptors
descriptor_tag TS PS Identification
0 n/a n/a Reserved
1 n/a X Forbidden
2 X X video_stream_descriptor
3 X X audio_stream_descriptor
4 X X hierarchy_descriptor
5 X X registration_descriptor
6 X X data_stream_alignment_descriptor
7 X X target_background_grid_descriptor
8 X X video_window_descriptor
9 X X CA_descriptor
10 X X ISO_639_language_descriptor
11 X X system_clock_descriptor
12 X X multiplex_buffer_utilization_descriptor
13 X X copyright_descriptor
14 X maximum_bitrate_descriptor
15 X X private_data_indicator_descriptor
16 X X smoothing_buffer_descriptor
17 X STD_descriptor
18 X X IBP_descriptor
19-26 X Defined in ISO/IEC 13818-6
27 X X MPEG-4_video_descriptor
28 X X MPEG-4_audio_descriptor
29 X X IOD_descriptor
30 X SL_descriptor
31 X X FMC_descriptor
32 X X external_ES_ID_descriptor
33 X X MuxCode_descriptor
34 X X FmxBufferSize_descriptor
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Table 2-45 – Program and program element descriptors
descriptor_tag TS PS Identification
35 X multiplexBuffer_descriptor
36 X X content_labeling_descriptor
37 X X metadata_pointer_descriptor
38 X X metadata_descriptor
39 X X metadata_STD_descriptor
40 X X AVC video descriptor
41 X X IPMP_descriptor (defined in ISO/IEC 13818-11, MPEG-2 IPMP)
42 X X AVC timing and HRD descriptor
43 X X MPEG-2_AAC_audio_descriptor
44 X X FlexMuxTiming_descriptor
45 X X MPEG-4_text_descriptor
46 X X MPEG-4_audio_extension_descriptor
47 X X auxiliary_video_stream_descriptor
48 X X SVC extension descriptor
49 X X MVC extension descriptor
50-63 n/a n/a ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 Reserved
64-255 n/a n/a User Private
10) Subclause 2.6.7
a) In 2.6.7, Semantic definition of fields in hierarchy descriptor, replace:
hierarchy_type – The hierarchical relation between the associated hierarchy layer and its hierarchy embedded layer is
defined in Table 2-50. If scalability applies in more than one dimension, this field shall be set to the value of '8'
("Combined Scalability"), and the flags temporal_scalability_flag, spatial_scalability_flag and quality_scalability_flag
shall be set accordingly.
hierarchy_layer_index – The hierarchy_layer_index is a 6-bit field that defines a unique index of the associated
program element in a table of coding layer hierarchies. Indices shall be unique within a single program definition. For
video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, this is the program element index, which is assigned in a way that the bitstream order
will be correct if associated SVC dependency representations of the video sub-bitstreams of the same access unit are re-
assembled in increasing order of hierarchy_layer_index.
with:
hierarchy_type – The hierarchical relation between the associated hierarchy layer and its hierarchy embedded layer is
defined in Table 2-50. If scalability applies in more than one dimension, this field shall be set to the value of '8'
("Combined Scalability"), and the flags temporal_scalability_flag, spatial_scalability_flag and quality_scalability_flag
shall be set accordingly. For MVC video sub-bitstreams, this field shall be set to the value of '9' ("MVC video
sub-bitstream") and the flags temporal_scalability_flag, spatial_scalability_flag and quality_scalability_flag shall be set
to '1'. For MVC base view sub-bitstreams, this field shall be set to the value of '15' and the flags
temporal_scalability_flag, spatial_scalability_flag and quality_scalability_flag shall be set to '1'.
hierarchy_layer_index – The hierarchy_layer_index is a 6-bit field that defines a unique index of the associated
program element in a table of coding layer hierarchies. Indices shall be unique within a single program definition. For
video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T
Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, this is the program element index, which is assigned in a way that the bitstream order
will be correct if associated SVC dependency representations of the video sub-bitstreams of the same access unit are re-
assembled in increasing order of hierarchy_layer_index. For MVC video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams
conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, this is the program
element index, which is assigned in a way that the bitstream order will be correct if associated MVC view-component
subsets of the MVC video sub-bitstreams of the same access unit are re-assembled in increasing order of
hierarchy_layer_index.
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b) Replace Table 2-50 with:
Table 2-50 – Hierarchy_type field values
Value Description
0 Reserved
1 Spatial Scalability
2 SNR Scalability
3 Temporal Scalability
4 Data partitioning
5 Extension bit-stream
6 Private Stream
7 ISO/IEC 13818-2 Multi-view Profile
8 Combined Scalability
9 MVC video sub-bitstream
10-14 Reserved
15 Base layer or MVC base view sub-bitstream or AVC video sub-bitstream of MVC
11) Subclause 2.6.11
In 2.6.11, Semantic definition of fields in data stream alignment descriptor, make the following modifications:
a) Replace:
Table 2-54 describes the alignment type for ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video when the
data_alignment_indicator in the PES packet header has a value of '1'.
In this case:
• For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, the first PES_packet_data_byte following the PES header shall be the first byte of
an AVC access unit or the first byte of an AVC slice, as signalled by the alignment_type value.
• For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G
of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the first PES_packet_data_byte following the PES header
shall be the first byte of an SVC dependency representation or the first byte of an SVC slice, as signalled
by the alignment_type value.
with:
Table 2-54 describes the alignment type for ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video when the
data_alignment_indicator in the PES packet header has a value of '1'.
In this case:
• For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex A of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, the first PES_packet_data_byte following the PES header shall be the first byte of an
AVC access unit or the first byte of an AVC slice, as signalled by the alignment_type value.
• For video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G
of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the first PES_packet_data_byte following the PES header
shall be the first byte of an SVC dependency representation or the first byte of an SVC slice, as signalled
by the alignment_type value.
• For MVC video sub-bitstreams of AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in
Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10, the first PES_packet_data_byte following the PES
header shall be the first byte of an MVC view-component subset or the first byte of an MVC slice, as
signalled by the alignment_type value.
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b) Replace Table 2-54 with:
Table 2-54 – AVC video stream alignment values
Alignment type Description
00 Reserved
01 AVC slice or AVC access unit
02 AVC access unit
03 SVC slice or SVC dependency representation
04 SVC dependency representation
05 MVC slice or MVC view-component subset
06 MVC view-component subset
07-FF Reserved
12) Subclause 2.6.64
In 2.6.64, AVC video descriptor, replace:
For AVC video streams, the AVC video descriptor provides basic information for identifying coding parameters of the
associated AVC video stream, such as on profile and level parameters included in the SPS of an AVC video stream or
in the subset SPS of an SVC video sub-bitstream.
For AVC video streams conforming to one or more profiles defined in Annex G of ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10, there may be one AVC video descriptor associated to each of the video sub-bitstreams identifying
coding parameters of the associated re-assembled AVC video streams.
The AVC video descriptor also signals the presence of AVC still pictures and the presence of AVC 24-hour pictures in
the AVC video stream. If this descriptor is not included in the PMT for an AVC video stream or a video sub-bitstream
in a transport stream or in the PSM, if present, for an AVC video stream or a video sub-bitstream in a program stream,
then such AVC video stream shall not contain AVC still pictures and
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