ISO/IEC 1-13818 IS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11
CODING OF MOVING PICTURES AND ASSOCIATED AUDIO
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 N0801
13 November 1994
Systems
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -
GENERIC CODING OF MOVING PICTURES AND
ASSOCIATED AUDIO: SYSTEMS
Recommendation H.222.0
ISO/IEC 13818-1
International Standard
Draft of: 1540 Sun 13 Nov 1994
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Contents
Page
Foreword...................................................................................................................................... ix
Introduction - PART 1 Systems.................................................................................................... x
0.1 Transport Stream..................................................................................................... xii
0.2 Program Stream...................................................................................................... xiv
0.3 Conversion between Transport Stream and Program Stream.................................xv
0.4 Packetized Elementary Stream...............................................................................xvi
0.5 Timing model........................................................................................................... xvi
0.6 Conditional access.................................................................................................. xvi
0.7 Multiplex-wide operations.......................................................................................xvii
0.8 Individual stream operations...................................................................................xvii
0.8 1 De-multiplexing.......................................................................................xvii
0.8 2 Synchronization.......................................................................................xvii
0.8 3 Relation to compression layer................................................................xviii
0.9 System reference decoder..................................................................................... xviii
0.10 Applications.......................................................................................................... xviii
Section 1: General........................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Scope......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 References................................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Identical Recommendations |International Standards................................................2
1.4 Additional references.................................................................................................2
Section 2 Technical elements....................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Definitions..................................................................................................................3
2.2 Symbols and abbreviations........................................................................................ 6
2.2.1Arithmetic operators....................................................................................6
2.2.2 Logical operators........................................................................................7
2.2.3 Relational operators...................................................................................7
2.2.4 Bitwise operators........................................................................................8
2.2.5 Assignment................................................................................................8
2.2.6 Mnemonics................................................................................................. 8
2.2.7 Constants...................................................................................................9
2.3 Method of describing bit stream syntax.....................................................................9
2.4 Transport Stream bitstream requirements...............................................................10
2.4.1 Transport Stream coding structure and parameters.................................10
2.4.2 Transport Stream system target decoder.................................................11
2.4.3 Specification of the Transport Stream syntax and semantics..................21
2.4.3.1 Transport Stream.....................................................................21
2.4.3.2 Transport Stream packet layer.................................................22
2.4.3.3 Semantic definitions of fields in Transport Stream
packet layer.......................................................................................... 22
2.4.3.4 Adaptation field........................................................................24
2.4.3.5 Semantic definitions of fields in adaptation field.......................25
2.4.3.6 PES packet..............................................................................33
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2.4.3.7 Semantic definitions of fields in PES packet............................36
2.4.3.8 Carriage of Program Streams and ISO/IEC 11172-1
Systems streams in the Transport Stream...........................................44
2.4.4 Program specific information....................................................................44
2.5 Program Stream bitstream requirements.................................................................53
2.5.1 Program Stream coding structure and parameters..................................53
2.5.2 Program Stream system target decoder..................................................53
2.5.3 Specification of the Program Stream syntax and semantics....................57
2.5.3.1 Program Stream.......................................................................57
2.5.3.2 Semantic definition of fields in Program Stream......................58
2.5.3.3 Pack layer of Program Stream.................................................58
2.5.3.4 Semantic definition of fields in program stream pack...............59
2.5.3.5 System header.........................................................................59
2.5.3.6 Semantic definition of fields in system header.........................60
2.5.4 Program Stream map...............................................................................62
2.5.5 Program Stream directory........................................................................64
2.6 Program and program element descriptors..............................................................67
2.6.1 Semantic definition of fields in program and program element
descriptors......................................................................................................... 67
2.6.2 Video stream descriptor...........................................................................68
2.6.3 Semantic definition of fields in video stream descriptor............................69
2.6.4 Audio stream descriptor...........................................................................70
2.6.5 Semantic definition of fields in audio stream descriptor...........................70
2.6.6 Hierarchy descriptor.................................................................................70
2.6.7 Semantic definition of fields in hierarchy descriptor.................................71
2.6.8 Registration descriptor.............................................................................71
2.6.9 Semantic definition of fields in registration descriptor..............................72
2.6.10 Data stream alignment descriptor..........................................................72
2.6.11 Semantic definition of fields in data stream alignment descriptor...........72
2.6.12 Target background grid descriptor.........................................................73
2.6.13 Semantic definition of fields in target background grid descriptor..........73
2.6.14 Video window descriptor........................................................................74
2.6.15 Semantic definition of fields in video window descriptor.........................74
2.6.16 Conditional access descriptor.................................................................74
2.6.17 Semantic definition of fields in conditional access descriptor.................75
2.6.18 ISO 639 language descriptor..................................................................75
2.6.19 Semantic definition of fields in ISO 639 language descriptor.................75
2.6.20 System clock descriptor.........................................................................76
2.6.21 Semantic definition of fields in system clock descriptor..........................76
2.6.22 Multiplex buffer utilization descriptor......................................................76
2.6.23 Semantic definition of fields in multiplex buffer utilization
descriptor.......................................................................................................... 77
2.6.24 Copyright descriptor...............................................................................77
2.6.25 Semantic definition of fields in copyright descriptor................................77
2.6.26 Maximum bitrate descriptor....................................................................78
2.6.27 Semantic definition of fields in maximum bitrate descriptor....................78
2.6.28 Private data indicator descriptor.............................................................78
2.6.29 Semantic definition of fields in Private data indicator descriptor............78
2.6.30 Smoothing buffer.................................................................................... 78
2.6.31 Semantic definition of fields in smoothing buffer descriptor...................79
2.6.32 STD descriptor.......................................................................................79
2.6.33 Semantic definition of fields in STD descriptor.......................................80
2.6.34 IBP_descriptor........................................................................................ 80
2.6.35 Semantic definition of fields in IBP_descriptor.......................................80
2.7 Restrictions on the multiplexed stream semantics...................................................80
2.7.1 Frequency of coding the system clock reference.....................................80
2.7.2 Frequency of coding the program clock reference...................................81
2.7.3 Frequency of coding the elementary stream system clock
reference........................................................................................................... 81
2.7.4 Frequency of presentation_time_stamp coding........................................81
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2.7.5 Conditional coding of time stamps...........................................................81
2.7.6 Timing constraints for scalable coding.....................................................82
2.7.7 Frequency of coding P-STD_buffer_size in PES packet headers............83
2.7.8 Coding of system header in the Program Stream....................................83
2.7.9 Constrained system parameter Program Stream.....................................83
2.7.10 Transport Stream...................................................................................84
2.8 Compatibility with ISO/IEC 11172............................................................................85
Annexes
A Digital Storage Medium Command and Control [DSM CC].....................................................86
B CRC Decoder Model............................................................................................................... 98
C Program Specific Information................................................................................................100
D ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 |ISO/IEC 13818-1 Systems Timing Model and Application
Implications............................................................................................................................... 109
E Data Transmission Applications............................................................................................ 120
F Graphics of Syntax for ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1............................................121
G General Information.............................................................................................................. 127
H Private Data.......................................................................................................................... 128
I List of companies having provided patent statements for ITU-T Rec H.222.0 | ISO/IEC
13818 130
J Systems conformance and real-time interface.......................................................................132
K Interfacing Jitter-Inducing Networks to MPEG-2 Decoders...................................................133
L Splicing Transport Streams................................................................................................... 137
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List of Figures
0-1 -- Simplified overview of ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 scope................................xi
0-2 -- Prototypical transport demultiplexing and decoding example...........................................xiii
0-3 -- Prototypical transport multiplexing example......................................................................xiii
0-4 -- Prototypical Transport Stream to Program Stream conversion........................................xiv
0-5 -- Prototypical decoder for program streams........................................................................xv
2-6 -- Transport Stream system target decoder notation............................................................12
2-7 -- Program Stream system target decoder notation.............................................................54
2-8 -- Target background grid descriptor display area................................................................73
A-1 -- Configuration of DSM CC application...............................................................................88
A-2 -- DSM CC bitstream decoded as a standalone bitstream...................................................89
A-3 -- DSM CC bitstream decoded as part of the system bitstream...........................................89
B-1 -- 32 bit CRC decoder model............................................................................................... 98
C-1 -- Program and network mapping relationships.................................................................104
D-1 -- Constant delay model..................................................................................................... 109
D-2 -- STC recovery using PLL................................................................................................113
F-1 -- Transport Stream syntax diagram..................................................................................121
F-2 -- PES packet syntax diagram............................................................................................122
F-3 -- Program association section diagram.............................................................................122
F-4 -- Conditional access section diagram...............................................................................123
F-5 -- TS program map section diagram..................................................................................123
F-6 -- Private section diagram.................................................................................................. 124
F-7 -- Program Stream diagram...............................................................................................125
F-8 -- Program Stream map diagram.......................................................................................125
K-1 -- Sending system streams over a jitter-inducing network.................................................134
K-2 -- Jitter smoothing using network-layer timestamps...........................................................135
K-3 -- Integrated dejittering and MPEG-2 decoding..................................................................136
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