ISO/IEC 14496-4:2004/Amd 38:2010

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 14496-4
Second edition
2004-12-15
AMENDMENT 38
2010-05-01
Information technology — Coding of
audio-visual objects —
Part 4:
Conformance testing
AMENDMENT 38: Conformance testing for
Multiview Video Coding
Technologies de l'information — Codage des objets audiovisuels —
Partie 4: Essai de conformité
AMENDEMENT 38: Essais de conformité pour cogage vidéo multivues

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ISO/IEC 14496-4:2004/Amd.38:2010(E)
Foreword
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Amendment 38 to ISO/IEC 14496-4:2004 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1,
Information technology, Subcommittee SC 29, Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia
information.
This Amendment establishes conformance test requirements for conformance to ITU-T Rec. H.264 |
ISO/IEC 14496-10.
In this Amendment, additional text to ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 is specified for testing the
conformance of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video decoders including in particular the MVC Profiles,
which consist of the Multiview High and Stereo High profiles.
This Amendment specifies the normative tests for verifying conformance of
ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video bitstreams and decoders. These normative tests make use of test
data (bitstream test suites) provided as an electronic attachment to this Amendment, and of the reference
software decoder specified in ITU-T Rec. H.264.2 | ISO/IEC 14496-5 with source code available in electronic
format.
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Information technology — Coding of audio-visual objects —
Part 4:
Conformance testing
AMENDMENT 38: Conformance testing for Multiview Video Coding
In 10.6.5.7, add the following text at the end of the subclause:
A decoder that conforms to the Multiview High profile at a specific level shall be capable of decoding all
bitstreams in which all active MVC sequence parameter sets have any of the following.
⎯ profile_idc equal to 118
⎯ profile_idc equal to 100 or 77 and constraint_set4_flag is equal to 1
⎯ profile_idc equal to 88 and constraint_set1_flag equal to 1 and constraint_set4_flag is equal to 1
⎯ profile_idc equal to 66 and constraint_set1_flag equal to 1
and in which level_idc or the combination of level_idc and constraint_set3_flag for all active MVC sequence
parameter sets represent a level less than or equal to the specific level. In addition to the bitstreams defined in
Table AMD38-1, a decoder that conforms to the Multiview High profile shall be capable of decoding the Main
profile bitstreams specified in Table AMD6-1, and the High profile bitstreams specified in Table AMD9-2.
A decoder that conforms to the Stereo High profile at a specific level shall be capable of decoding all
bitstreams in which all active MVC sequence parameter sets have any of the following.
⎯ profile_idc equal to 118 and constraint_set5_flag is equal to 1
⎯ profile_idc equal to 128
⎯ profile_idc equal to 100 or 77
⎯ profile_idc equal to 88 and constraint_set1_flag equal to 1
⎯ profile_idc equal to 66 and constraint_set1_flag equal to 1
and in which level_idc or the combination of level_idc and constraint_set3_flag for all active MVC sequence
parameter sets represent a level less than or equal to the specific level. In addition to the bitstreams defined in
Table AMD38-1, a decoder that conforms to the Stereo High profile shall be capable of decoding the Main
profile bitstreams specified in Table AMD6-1, and the High profile bitstreams specified in Table AMD9-2.
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After 10.6.6.32.3, add the following text:
10.6.6.33 Test bitstreams – Multiview High Profile
10.6.6.33.1 Test bitstream #MVCDS-1
Specification: All slices are coded as I slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit. Each view
component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 1. num_anchor_refs_lX and
num_non_anchor_refs_lX are equal to 0. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format specified
in Annex B in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of two views without inter-prediction or inter-view prediction.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode multiple view components.
10.6.6.33.2 Test bitstream #MVCDS-2
Specification: All slices are coded as I, P or B slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit.
Each view component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 1. num_anchor_refs_lX and
num_non_anchor_refs_lX are equal to 0. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format specified
in Annex B in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of two views with inter-prediction, but without inter-view prediction.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode multiple view components with inter-prediction.
10.6.6.33.3 Test bitstream #MVCDS-3
Specification: All slices are coded as I or P slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit with
all subsequent pictures coded as anchor access units. Each view component contains only one slice.
num_views_minus1 is equal to 1. num_anchor_refs_l0 is equal to 1, num_anchor_refs_l1 is equal to 0, and
num_non_anchor_refs_lX are equal to 0. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format specified
in Annex B in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of two views with inter-view prediction in anchor pictures, but without inter-
prediction within views.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode multiple view components with inter-view prediction in
anchor pictures.
10.6.6.33.4 Test bitstream #MVCDS-4
Specification: All slices are coded as I, P or B slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit.
Each view component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 1. num_anchor_refs_l0 is equal
to 1, and num_non_anchor_refs_l0 is equal to 0. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format
specified in Annex B in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of two views with inter-prediction, and inter-view prediction in anchor pictures.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode multiple view components with inter-prediction, as well
as inter-view prediction in anchor pictures.
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10.6.6.33.5 Test bitstream #MVCDS-5
Specification: All slices are coded as I, P or B slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit.
Each view component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 1. num_anchor_refs_l0 and
num_non_anchor_refs_l0 are equal to 1. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format specified
in Annex B in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of two views with inter-prediction, and inter-view prediction in both anchor
pictures and non-anchor pictures.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode multiple view components with inter-prediction, as well
as inter-view prediction in both anchor and non-anchor access units.
10.6.6.33.6 Test bitstream #MVCDS-6
Specification: All slices are coded as I, P or B slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit.
Each view component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 1. num_anchor_refs_l0 and
num_non_anchor_refs_l0 are equal to 1. inter_view_flag is equal to 0 for a subset of non-anchor view
components of the base view. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format specified in Annex B
in ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of two views with inter-prediction, and inter-view prediction in both anchor
pictures and non-anchor pictures.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode multiple view components with inter-prediction, as well
as inter-view prediction in both anchor and non-anchor access units, with different settings of inter_view_flag
in different view components.
10.6.6.33.7 Test bitstream #MVCNV-1
Specification: All slices are coded as I, P or B slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit.
Each view component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 2, and the views are denoted as
A, B, and C, where view A is the base view, and view B and C are non-base views. View B refers to view A,
and view C refers to view B. num_anchor_refs_l0 and num_non_anchor_refs_l0 for view B and C are equal to
1, respectively. All NAL units are encapsulated into the byte stream format specified in Annex B in ITU-T Rec.
H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10.
Functional stage: Decoding of three views with inter-prediction and inter-view prediction in anchor access
units and non-anchor pictures.
Purpose: Check that the decoder can properly decode three views with inter-prediction, as well as inter-view
prediction in anchor access units.
10.6.6.33.8 Test bitstream #MVCNV-2
Specification: All slices are coded as I, P or B slices. Only the first picture is coded as an IDR access unit.
Each view component contains only one slice. num_views_minus1 is equal to 7, and the views are denoted as
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, where view A is the base view, and other views are
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