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codec_specific_data clarification if anyone disagrees or has suggestions to improve it then shout
author michael
date Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:51:33 +0000
parents 6fb59c06ac10
children 364075c5bc6c
files DOCS/tech/nut.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/tech/nut.txt	Fri Nov 24 12:33:34 2006 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/tech/nut.txt	Fri Nov 24 12:51:33 2006 +0000
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@
     the exact format is specified in the codec spec
     for H.264 the NAL units MUST be formatted as in a bytestream 
     (with 00 00 01 prefixes)
+    codec_specific_data SHOULD contain exactly the essential global packets
+    needed to decode a stream, more specifically it SHOULD NOT contain packets
+    which contain only non essential metadata like author, title, ...
+    it also MUST NOT contain normal packets which cause the reference decoder
+    to generate any specific decoded samples
+    the encoder name and version, shall be considered essential as it is very
+    usefull to workaround possible encoder bugs
 
 frame_code
     frame_code is an 8-bit field which exists before every frame, it can