H.264 codec explained

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gosho_ot_pochivka picture gosho_ot_pochivka · Oct 17, 2011 · Viewed 18k times · Source

I am making a app which supports video calls and I am looking for a tutorial/doc explaining the structure of the h.264 codec. I want to be able to package the stream, wrap it in datagrams, send and unpack on the receiving side.

Any suggestions/reading materials?

Answer

Ralf picture Ralf · Oct 17, 2011

What do you mean by structure? If you are talking about the bitstream syntax, you can download the H.264 standard for free. There are also many books/papers about H.264 such as the one by Iain Richardson.

If you are more interested in the network transport of H.264 over IP, why don't you use the RTP standard and associated payload format?

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