RFC 3984 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2005

RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video

Overview

RFC 3984, “RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2005 by S. Wenger, M.M. Hannuksela, T. Stockhammer, M. Westerlund, D. Singer. It has been obsoleted by RFC 6184 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo describes an RTP Payload format for the ITU-T Recommendation H.264 video codec and the technically identical ISO/IEC International Standard 14496-10 video codec. The RTP payload format allows for packetization of one or more Network Abstraction Layer Units (NALUs), produced by an H.264 video encoder, in each RTP payload. The payload format has wide applicability, as it supports applications from simple low bit-rate conversational usage, to Internet video streaming with interleaved transmission, to high bit-rate video-on-demand. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 6184
Other RFCs from 2005

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