ISO/IEC 13818-1:2022

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 13818-1
Eighth edition
2022-09
Information technology — Generic
coding of moving pictures and
associated audio information —
Part 1:
Systems
Technologies de l'information — Codage générique des images
animées et du son associé —
Partie 1: Systèmes
Reference number
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This eighth edition cancels and replaces the seventh edition (ISO/IEC 3818-1:2019), which has been
technically revised. It also incorporates the Amendment ISO/IEC 13818-1:2019/Amd 1:2020 and the
Technical Corrigendum ISO/IEC 13818-1:2019/Cor 1:2020.
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CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1 – GENERAL . 1
1.1 Scope. 1
1.2 Normative references . 1
SECTION 2 – TECHNICAL ELEMENTS . 4
2.1 Definitions . 4
2.2 Symbols and abbreviations . 12
2.3 Method of describing bit stream syntax. 14
2.4 Transport stream bitstream requirements . 15
2.5 Program stream bitstream requirements . 63
2.6 Program and program element descriptors . 76
2.7 Restrictions on the multiplexed stream semantics . 157
2.8 Compatibility with ISO/IEC 11172 . 161
2.9 Registration of copyright identifiers . 161
2.10 Registration of private data format . 162
2.11 Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496 data . 162
2.12 Carriage of metadata . 174
2.13 Carriage of ISO 15938 data . 182
2.14 Carriage of Rec. ITU-T H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 video . 183
2.15 Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496-17 text streams . 199
2.16 Carriage of auxiliary video streams . 200
2.17 Carriage of HEVC . 201
2.18 Carriage of green access units . 215
2.19 Carriage of ISO/IEC 23008-3 MPEG-H 3D audio data . 217
2.20 Carriage of Quality Access Units in MPEG-2 sections . 219
2.21 Carriage of sample variants. 220
2.22 Carriage of Media Orchestration Access Units . 221
2.23 Carriage of VVC . 221
2.24 Carriage of EVC . 226
Annex A CRC decoder model . 230
A.1 CRC decoder model. 230
Annex B Digital storage medium command and control (DSM-CC) . 231
B.1 Introduction . 231
B.2 General elements . 232
B.3 Technical elements . 234
Annex C Program-specific information . 240
C.1 Explanation of program-specific information in transport streams. 240
C.2 Introduction . 240
C.3 Functional mechanism . 240
C.4 The mapping of sections into transport stream packets . 241
C.5 Repetition rates and random access . 241
C.6 What is a program? . 242
C.7 Allocation of program_number . 242
C.8 Usage of PSI in a typical system . 242
C.9 The relationships of PSI structures . 243
C.10 Bandwidth utilization and signal acquisition time . 245
Annex D Systems timing model and application implications of this Recommendation | International Standard . 248
D.1 Introduction . 248
Annex E Data transmission applications . 257
E.1 General considerations. 257
E.2 Suggestion . 257
Annex F Graphics of syntax for this Recommendation | International Standard . 258
F.1 Introduction . 258
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Annex G General information . 262

G.1 General information . 262

Annex H Private data. 263
H.1 Private data . 263

Annex I Systems conformance and real-time interface . 264

I.1 Systems conformance and real-time interface . 264

Annex J Interfacing jitter-inducing networks to MPEG-2 decoders . 265
J.1 Introduction . 265

J.2 Network compliance models . 265

J.3 Network specification for jitter smoothing . 266

J.4 Example decoder implementations. 267

Annex K Splicing transport streams . 268
K.1 Introduction . 268
K.2 The different types of splicing point . 268
K.3 Decoder behaviour on splices . 269
Annex L Registration procedure (see 2.9) . 271
L.1 Procedure for the request of a Registered Identifier (RID) . 271
L.2 Responsibilities of the Registration Authority . 271
L.3 Responsibilities of parties requesting an RID .
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