ISO/IEC 13818-1:2023

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 13818-1
Ninth edition
2023-12
Information technology — Generic
coding of moving pictures and
associated audio information —
Part 1:
Systems
Technologies de l'information — Codage générique des images
animées et du son associé —
Partie 1: Systèmes
Reference number
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by ITU-T (as ITU-T H.222.0) and drafted in accordance with its editorial
rules, in collaboration with Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 29, Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information.
This ninth edition cancels and replaces the eighth edition (ISO/IEC 13818-1:2022), which has been
technically revised. It also incorporates the Amendment ISO/IEC 13818-1:2022/Amd 1:2023 and the
Technical Corrigendum ISO/IEC 13818-1:2022/Cor 1:2023.
The main changes are as follows:
— updates references to ISO/IEC 14496-1 where clause numbering and field naming has changed;
— clarifies a reference to ISO/IEC 23008-3, where the field 3dAudioSceneInfoID is named differently;
— removes semantic definitions for fields that do not exist in the respective syntax table (Table 2-123);
— improves the semantic definition for HDR_WCG_idc equal to '0';
— corrects a mismatch in field size between syntax table and semantic definition of
SubstreamOffset[k][j][i];
— corrects a misleading semantic definition of the media_description_flag for the Media_service_kind
descriptor.
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CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 – GENERAL . 1
1.1 Scope . 1
1.2 Normative references . 1
SECTION 2 – TECHNICAL ELEMENTS . 4
2.1 Definitions. 4
2.2 Symbols and abbreviations . 12
2.3 Method of describing bit stream syntax . 14
2.4 Transport stream bitstream requirements . 15
2.5 Program stream bitstream requirements . 63
2.6 Program and program element descriptors . 77
2.7 Restrictions on the multiplexed stream semantics . 166
2.8 Compatibility with ISO/IEC 11172 . 170
2.9 Registration of copyright identifiers . 170
2.10 Registration of private data format. 171
2.11 Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496 data . 171
2.12 Carriage of metadata . 183
2.13 Carriage of ISO 15938 data. 192
2.14 Carriage of Rec. ITU-T H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video . 192
2.15 Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496-17 text streams . 208
2.16 Carriage of auxiliary video streams . 210
2.17 Carriage of HEVC . 210
2.18 Carriage of green access units . 224
2.19 Carriage of ISO/IEC 23008-3 MPEG-H 3D audio data . 226
2.20 Carriage of Quality Access Units in MPEG-2 sections. 228
2.21 Carriage of sample variants . 229
2.22 Carriage of Media Orchestration Access Units . 230
2.23 Carriage of VVC . 230
2.24 Carriage of EVC . 235
2.25 Carriage of LCEVC . 238
Annex A CRC decoder model . 240
A.1 CRC decoder model . 240
Annex B Digital storage medium command and control (DSM-CC) . 241
B.1 Introduction . 241
B.2 General elements . 242
B.3 Technical elements . 244
Annex C Program-specific information. 250
C.1 Explanation of program-specific information in transport streams . 250
C.2 Introduction . 250
C.3 Functional mechanism . 250
C.4 The mapping of sections into transport stream packets . 251
C.5 Repetition rates and random access . 251
C.6 What is a program? . 252
C.7 Allocation of program_number . 252
C.8 Usage of PSI in a typical system . 252
C.9 The relationships of PSI structures . 253
C.10 Bandwidth utilization and signal acquisition time . 255
Annex D Systems timing model and application implications of this Recommendation | International Standard . 258
D.1 Introduction . 258
Annex E Data transmission applications . 267
E.1 General considerations . 267
E.2 Suggestion . 267
Annex F Graphics of syntax for this Recommendation | International Standard . 268
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F.1 Introduction . 268
Annex G General information . 272
G.1 General information . 272
Annex H Private data . 273
H.1 Private data . 273
Annex I Systems conformance and real-time interface . 274
I.1 Systems conformance and real-time interface. 274
Annex J Interfacing jitter-inducing networks to MPEG-2 decoders . 275
J.1 Introduction . 275
J.2 Network compliance models . 275
J.3 Network specification for jitter smoothing . 276
J.4 Example decoder implementations . 277
Annex K Splicing transport streams . 278
K.1 Introduction . 278
K.2 The different types of splicing point . 278
K.3 Decoder behaviour on splices . 279
Annex L Registration procedure (see 2.9) . 281
L.1 Procedure for the request of a Registered Identifier (RID) . 281
L.2 Responsibilities of the Registration Authority . 281
L.3 Responsibilities of parties requesting an RID . 281
L.4 Appeal procedure for denied applications . 281
Annex M Registration application form (see 2.9) . 283
M.1 Contact information of organization requesting a Registered Identifier (RID) . 283
M.2 Statement of an intention to apply the assigned RID . 283
M.3 Date of intended implementation of the RID . 283
M.4 Authorized representative . 283
M.5 For official use only of the Registration Authority . 283
Annex N Registration Authority Diagram of administration structure (see 2.9) . 284
Annex O Registration procedure (see 2.10) . 285
O.1 Procedure for the request of an RID. 285
O.2 Responsibilities of the Registration Authority . 285
O.3 Contact information for the Registration Authority . 285
O.4 Responsibilities of parties requesting an RID . 285
O.5 Appeal procedure for denied applications . 285
Annex P Registration application form . 287
P.1 Contact information of organization requesting an RID . 287
P.2 Request for a specific RID . 287
P.3 Short description of RID that is in use and date system that was implemented . 287
P.4 Statement of an intention to apply the assigned RID . 287
P.5 Date of intended implementation of the RID . 287
P.6 Authorized representative . 287
P.7 For official use of the Registration Authority . 287
Annex Q T-STD and P-STD buffer models for ISO/IEC 13818-7 ADTS . 288
Q.1 Introduction . 288
Q.2 Leak rate from transport buffer . 288
Q.3 Buffer size . 288
Q.4 Conclusion . 289
Annex R Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496 scenes in Rec. ITU-T H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 . 291
R.1 Content access procedure for ISO/IEC 14496 program components within a program stream . 291
R.2 Content access procedure for ISO/IEC 14496 program components within a transport stream . 292
Annex S Carriage of JPEG 2000 part 1 video over MPEG-2 transport streams . 296
S.1 Introduction . 296
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S.2 J2K video access unit, J2K video elementary stream, J2K video sequence and J2K still picture . 296
S.3 Optional J2K block mode for high resolution support . 296
S.4 Optional J2K stripe mode for Ultra-Low Latency . 297
S.5 Elementary stream header (elsm) and mapping to PES packets . 297
S.6 J2K transport constraints . 300
S.7 Interpretation of flags in adaptation and PES headers for J2K video elementary streams . 301
S.8 T-STD extension for J2K video elementary streams . 301
Annex T MIME type for MPEG-2 transport streams . 304
T.1 Introduction . 304
T.2 MIME type and subtype . 304
T.3 Security considerations . 305
T.4 Parameters . 305
Annex U Carriage of timeline and external media information over MPEG-2 transport streams . 307
U.1 Introduction . 307
U.2 TEMI access unit and TEMI elementary stream . 308
U.3 AF descriptors . 309
Annex V Transport of HEVC tiles . 318
V.1 Introduction . 318
V.2 HEVC tile substream identification example . 319
V.3 Subregion layout example . 319
Annex W Carriage of JPEG XS part 1 video over MPEG-2 Transport Streams . 321
W.1 Introduction . 321
W.2 JPEG XS video access unit, JPEG XS video elementary stream, JPEG XS video sequence and JPEG XS
still picture . 321
W.3 Elementary stream header (jxes) and mapping to PES packets . 321
W.4 JPEG XS transport constraints . 322
W.5 Interpretation of flags in adaptation field and PES packet for JPEG XS video elementary streams . 323
W.6 T-STD extension for JPEG XS video elementary streams . 323
Bibliography . 326
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List of Tables
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Table 2-1 – Transport stream . 26
Table 2-2 – Transport packet of this Recommendation | International Standard . 26
Table 2-3 – PID table . 27
Table 2-4 – Scrambling control values . 27
Table 2-5 – Adaptation field control values . 28
Table 2-6 – Transport stream adaptation field . 28
Table 2-7 – Splice parameters Table 1 Simple Profile Main Level, Main Profile Main Level, SNR Profile Main Level
(both layers), Spatial Profile High-1440 Level (base layer), High Profile Main Level (middle + base layers), Multi-view
Profile Main Level (base layer) Video . 35
Table 2-8 – Splice parameters Table 2 Main Profile Low Level, SNR Profile Low Level (both layers), High Profile
Main Level (base layer), Multi-view Profile Low Level (base layer) Video . 35
Table 2-9 – Splice parameters Table 3 Main Profile High-1440 Level, Spatial Profile High-1440 Level (all layers), High
Profile High-1440 Level (middle + base layers), Multi-view Profile High-1440 Level (base layer) Video . 36
Table 2-10 – Splice parameters Table 4 Main Profile High Level, High Profile High-1440 Level (all layers), High
Profile High Level (middle + base layers), Multi-view Profile High Level (base layer) Video . 36
Table 2-11 – Splice parameters Table 5 SNR Profile Low Level (base layer) Video . 36
Table 2-12 – Splice parameters Table 6 SNR Profile Main Level (base layer) Video . 36
Table 2-13 – Splice parameters Table 7 Spatial Profile High-1440 Level (middle + base layers) Video . 37
Table 2-14 – Splice parameters Table 8 High Profile Main Level (all layers), High Profile High-1440 Level (base layer)
Video . 37
Table 2-15 – Splice parameters Table 9 High Profile High Level (base layer), Multi-view Profile Main Level (both
layers) Video . 37
Table 2-16 – Splice parameters Table 10 High Profile High Level (all layers), Multi-view Profile High-1440 Level (both
layers) Video . 38
Table 2-17 – Splice parameters Table 11 4:2:2 Profile Main Level Video . 38
Table 2-18 – Splice parameters Table 12 Multi-view Profile Low Level (both layers) Video. 38
Table 2-19 – Splice parameters Table 13 Multi-view Profile High Level (both layers) Video . 38
Table 2-20 – Splice parameters Table 14 4:2:2 Profile High Level Video . 39
Table 2-21 – PES packet . 39
Table 2-22 – Stream_id assignments . 42
Table 2-23 – PES scrambling control values . 43
Table 2-24 – Trick mode control values . 48
Table 2-25 – Field_id field control values . 49
Table 2-26 – Coefficient selection values . 49
Table 2-27 – Stream_id_extension assignments . 51
Table 2-28 – Program-specific information . 52
Table 2-29 – Program-specific information pointer . 54
Table 2-30 – Program association section . 54
Table 2-31 – table_id assignment values . 55
Table 2-32 – Conditional access section . 56
Table 2-33 – Transport stream program map section . 57
Table 2-34 – Stream type assignments . 58
Table 2-35 – Private section . 61
Table 2-36 – The transport stream description table . 62
Table 2-37 – Program stream . 68
Table 2-38 – Program stream pack . 68
Table 2-39 – Program stream pack header . 69
Table 2-40 – Program stream system header . 70
Table 2-41 – Program stream map . 73
Table 2-42 – Program stream directory packet . 75
Table 2-43 – Intra_coded indicator . 76
Table 2-44 – Coding_parameters indicator . 77
Table 2-45 – Program and program element descriptors . 77
Table 2-46 – Video stream descriptor . 79
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Table 2-47 – Frame rate code . 79
Table 2-48 – Audio stream descriptor . 80
Table 2-49 – Hierarchy descriptor . 80
Table 2-50 – Hierarchy_type field values . 82
Table 2-51 – Registration descriptor . 82
Table 2-52 – Data stream alignment descriptor . 83
Table 2-53 – Video stream alignment values . 83
Table 2-54 – AVC video stream alignment values . 84
Table 2-55 – HEVC video stream alignment values . 84
Table 2-56 – Audio stream alignment values . 84
Table 2-57 – VVC video stream alignment values . 85
Table 2-58 – EVC video stream alignment values . 85
Table 2-59 – Target background grid descriptor . 86
Table 2-60 – Video window descriptor . 86
Table 2-61 – Conditional access descriptor . 87
Table 2-62 – ISO 639 language descriptor . 87
Table 2-63 – Audio type values . 88
Table 2-64 – System clock descriptor . 89
Table 2-65 – Multiplex buffer utilization descriptor . 89
Table 2-66 – Copyright descriptor . 90
Table 2-67 – Maximum bitrate descriptor . 90
Table 2-68 – Private data indicator descriptor . 91
Table 2-69 – Smoothing buffer descriptor . 91
Table 2-70 – STD descriptor . 92
Table 2-71 – IBP descriptor . 92
Table 2-72 – MPEG-4 video descriptor . 93
Table 2-73 – MPEG-4 audio descriptor . 93
Table 2-75 – IOD descriptor . 96
Table 2-76 – SL descriptor . 96
Table 2-77 – FMC descriptor . 97
Table 2-78 – External_ES_ID descriptor. 97
Table 2-79 – Muxcode descriptor . 98
Table 2-80 – M4MuxBufferSize descriptor . 98
Table 2-81 – MultiplexBuffer descriptor . 99
Table 2-82 – M4MuxTiming descriptor . 99
Table 2-83 – Content labelling descriptor . 100
Table 2-84 – Metadata_application_format . 100
Table 2-85 – Content_time_base_indicator values . 101
Table 2-86 – Metadata pointer descriptor . 102
Table 2-87 – Metadata format values . 102
Table 2-88 – MPEG_carriage_flags . 103
Table 2-89 – Metadata descriptor . 104
Table 2-90 – decoder_config_flags . 105
Table 2-91 – Metadata STD descriptor. 106
Table 2-92 – AVC video descriptor . 106
Table 2-93 – AVC timing and HRD descriptor . 108
Table 2-94 – MPEG-2 AAC_audio_descriptor . 109
Table 2-95 – MPEG-2_AAC_additional_information field values . 110
Table 2-96 – MPEG-4 text descriptor . 110
Table 2-97 – MPEG-4 audio extension descriptor . 110
Table 2-98 – Auxiliary video stream descriptor . 111
Table 2-99 – SVC extension descriptor . 112
Table 2-100 – MVC extension descriptor. 113
Table 2-101 – J2K video descriptor . 114
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Table 2-102 – Example frame rates based on DEN_frame_rate and NUM_frame_rate values . 116
Table 2-103 – MVC operation point descriptor . 118
Table 2-104 – MPEG2_stereoscopic_video_format_descriptor syntax . 119
Table 2-105 – Stereoscopic_program_info_descriptor syntax . 119
Table 2-106 – Stereoscopic_service_type values . 120
Table 2-107 – Stereoscopic_video_info_descriptor syntax . 120
Table 2-108 – Upsampling factor values . 121
Table 2-109 – Extension descriptor . 121
Table 2-110 – Extension descriptor tag values . 124
Table 2-111 – Transport_profile_descriptor syntax . 125
Table 2-112 – Transport_profile values . 125
Table 2-113 – HEVC video descriptor .
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