RFC 7798 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016

RTP Payload Format for High Efficiency Video Coding

Overview

RFC 7798, “RTP Payload Format for High Efficiency Video Coding”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2016 by Y.-K. Wang, Y. Sanchez, T. Schierl, S. Wenger, M. M. Hannuksela. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo describes an RTP payload format for the video coding standard ITU-T Recommendation H.265 and ISO/IEC International Standard 23008-2, both also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and developed by the Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC). The RTP payload format allows for packetization of one or more Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) units in each RTP packet payload as well as fragmentation of a NAL unit into multiple RTP packets. Furthermore, it supports transmission of an HEVC bitstream over a single stream as well as multiple RTP streams. When multiple RTP streams are used, a single transport or multiple transports may be utilized. The payload format has wide applicability in videoconferencing, Internet video streaming, and high-bitrate entertainment-quality video, among others.

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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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