RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video
RFC 6184
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(May 2011; Errata)
Obsoletes RFC 3984
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| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
| Replaces | draft-wang-avt-rfc3984bis | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Y.-K. Wang
Request for Comments: 6184 R. Even
Obsoletes: 3984 Huawei Technologies
Category: Standards Track T. Kristensen
ISSN: 2070-1721 Tandberg
R. Jesup
WorldGate Communications
May 2011
RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video
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, excluding the
Scalable Video Coding (SVC) extension and the Multiview Video Coding
extension, for which the RTP payload formats are defined elsewhere.
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 bitrate
conversational usage, to Internet video streaming with interleaved
transmission, to high bitrate video-on-demand.
This memo obsoletes RFC 3984. Changes from RFC 3984 are summarized
in Section 14. Issues on backward compatibility to RFC 3984 are
discussed in Section 15.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6184.
Wang, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 6184 RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video May 2011
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. The H.264 Codec ............................................4
1.2. Parameter Set Concept ......................................5
1.3. Network Abstraction Layer Unit Types .......................6
2. Conventions .....................................................7
3. Scope ...........................................................7
4. Definitions and Abbreviations ...................................7
4.1. Definitions ................................................7
4.2. Abbreviations ..............................................9
5. RTP Payload Format .............................................10
5.1. RTP Header Usage ..........................................10
5.2. Payload Structures ........................................12
5.3. NAL Unit Header Usage .....................................13
5.4. Packetization Modes .......................................16
5.5. Decoding Order Number (DON) ...............................17
5.6. Single NAL Unit Packet ....................................19
5.7. Aggregation Packets .......................................20
5.7.1. Single-Time Aggregation Packet (STAP) ..............22
5.7.2. Multi-Time Aggregation Packets (MTAPs) .............25
5.8. Fragmentation Units (FUs) .................................29
6. Packetization Rules ............................................33
6.1. Common Packetization Rules ................................33
6.2. Single NAL Unit Mode ......................................34
6.3. Non-Interleaved Mode ......................................34
6.4. Interleaved Mode ..........................................34
7. De-Packetization Process .......................................35
7.1. Single NAL Unit and Non-Interleaved Mode ..................35
7.2. Interleaved Mode ..........................................35
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