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High level overview of AAC audio with ADTS encapsulation

AAC audio compression has been standardized as a part of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 specifications. First version was released in 1997. For future transport AAC audio can be packaged with different methods: This article is a high level overview of AAC audio with ADTS encapsulation. Also in the article we will show the location of some … Continue reading High level overview of AAC audio with ADTS encapsulation

The structure of AC3 and EAC3 audio

AC-3 audio compression standard (also known as Dolby Digital and A/52) was released by Dolby Laboratories in 1991. Enhanced AC3 (EAC3) was published in 2005 as a non-backwards compatible extension to AC3 bitstream syntax with additional coding tools and features. This article is a high level overview of AC3 and EAC3 bitstream syntax. Also in … Continue reading The structure of AC3 and EAC3 audio

MPEG-2 Video high-level parameters location

MPEG-2 Video compression standard (also known as H.262 or MPEG-2 Part 2) was released in 1995. This standard is very similar to MPEG-1 but provides some extra features. MPEG-2 Video is backward compatible with MPEG-1 Video. So MPEG-2 Video decoder can decode every MPEG-1 Video bitstream. In the article we will show the location of … Continue reading MPEG-2 Video high-level parameters location

The structure of MPEG-2 Video

MPEG-2 Video compression standard (also known as H.262 or MPEG-2 Part 2) was released in 1995. This standard is very similar to MPEG-1 but provides some extra features. MPEG-2 Video is backward compatible with MPEG-1 Video. So MPEG-2 Video decoder can decode every MPEG-1 Video bitstream. This article is a high level overview of MPEG-2 … Continue reading The structure of MPEG-2 Video

AVC Video: location of high-level parameters in bitstream

The AVC video compression standard (also referred as H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10) emerged in 2003. Even after 21 years in 2024, it continues to stand as one of the most extensively used video compression standards. In the article we will show the location of some parameters of the original video (FPS, size, aspect ratio, … Continue reading AVC Video: location of high-level parameters in bitstream

The structure of AVC (H264) video

AVC video compression standard was published in 2003. After 17 years in 2020 it is still one of the most widely used video compression standards. This article is a high level overview of AVC (H264) bitstream syntax. In the article we will describe main syntax elements of AVC video. To analyze AVC video we will … Continue reading The structure of AVC (H264) video

Release 1.0.95

Virinext Bitstream Analyzer is a GUI tool for in-depth analysis of coded elementary bitstreams. This software validates and displays syntax elements of coded bitstreams.  Using Virinext Bitstream Analyzer you can easily check both high-level and in-depth parameters of encoded elementary streams. Virinext Bitstream Analyzer consists from following parts: In version 1.0.94 Virinext Bitstream Analyzer supports … Continue reading Release 1.0.95