RTP Payload Format for VP8 Video
RFC 7741
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Westin
Request for Comments: 7741 H. Lundin
Category: Standards Track Google
ISSN: 2070-1721 M. Glover
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J. Uberti
F. Galligan
Google
March 2016
RTP Payload Format for VP8 Video
Abstract
This memo describes an RTP payload format for the VP8 video codec.
The payload format has wide applicability, as it supports
applications from low-bitrate peer-to-peer usage to high-bitrate
video conferences.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Conventions, Definitions, and Abbreviations .....................3
3. Media Format Description ........................................4
4. Payload Format ..................................................5
4.1. RTP Header Usage ...........................................6
4.2. VP8 Payload Descriptor .....................................7
4.3. VP8 Payload Header ........................................11
4.4. Aggregated and Fragmented Payloads ........................12
4.5. Example Algorithms ........................................13
4.5.1. Frame Reconstruction Algorithm .....................13
4.5.2. Partition Reconstruction Algorithm .................13
4.6. Examples of VP8 RTP Stream ................................14
4.6.1. Key Frame in a Single RTP Packet ...................14
4.6.2. Non-discardable VP8 Interframe in a Single
RTP Packet; No PictureID ...........................14
4.6.3. VP8 Partitions in Separate RTP Packets .............15
4.6.4. VP8 Frame Fragmented across RTP Packets ............16
4.6.5. VP8 Frame with Long PictureID ......................18
5. Using VP8 with RPSI and SLI Feedback ...........................18
5.1. RPSI ......................................................18
5.2. SLI .......................................................19
5.3. Example ...................................................19
6. Payload Format Parameters ......................................21
6.1. Media Type Definition .....................................21
6.2. SDP Parameters ............................................23
6.2.1. Mapping of Media Subtype Parameters to SDP .........23
6.2.2. Offer/Answer Considerations ........................23
7. Security Considerations ........................................24
8. Congestion Control .............................................24
9. IANA Considerations ............................................24
10. References ....................................................25
10.1. Normative References .....................................25
10.2. Informative References ...................................26
Authors' Addresses ................................................28
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