AVC (H.264) codec registration
Description
The Advanced Video Coding (H.264) video codec, specified in Rec. ITU-T H.264 / ISO/IEC 14496-10.
An AVC bitstream can have either of two formats:
- Canonical (length-prefixed), as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-15 Section 5.3.2. Here, video parameter sets (SPS/PPS) are provided out-of-band.
- Annex B, as defined in Rec. ITU-T H.264 Annex B. Here, video parameter sets (SPS/PPS) must be provided in-band in the respective NALUs.
All packets within the bitstream must have the same format.
Codec ID
'avc'EncodedPacket data
The packet's data must be an access unit as defined in Rec. ITU-T H.264 Section 7.4.1.2, in either canonical or Annex B format.
EncodedPacket type
If the packet's type is 'key', then the packet is expected to contain a primary coded picture from which decoding can begin. Additionally, if the bitstream's format is Annex B, then this packet is also expected to contain the necessary video parameter sets to initialize the decoder.
VideoDecoderConfig codec string
The full codec string begins with the prefix 'avc1.' or 'avc3.', with a suffix of 6 characters as described respectively in Section 3.4 of RFC 6381 and Section 5.4.1 of ISO/IEC 14496-15.
VideoDecoderConfig description
If the bitstream is in the canonical (length-prefixed) format, description must be an AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-15 Section 5.3.3.1.
If the bitstream is in the Annex B format, description must be undefined.