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DVB-T/T2 – ETSI EN ITU-T J83.A/B/C DVB-S/S2 – ETSI EN
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Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Package/Segment Format MP4 fragments + MPEG-2 TS MPEG-2 TS MP4 fragments MP4 fragments

Application #2 Extended Application #3 File Storage on Server Contiguous or individual files per segment Individual files per segment (pre iOS 5.0) Contiguous Contiguous
(SMPTE ST 2067-21 2014) (SMPTE ST 2067-30 2013)

Picture Essence JPEG 2000 MPEG-4 Simple Studio Profile (SStP) Audio/Video/Text Packaging Multiplexed or separate segments Multiplexed in 1 segment Multiplexed in Multiplexed in
for audio, video (pre iOS 5.0) 1 segment 1 segment
Picture Maximum 3840 x 2160 up to 30 fps 4096 x 2160 Segmentation and Delivery Multiple vendors, standard HTTP Multiple vendors, standard HTTP MS IIS (+ few other vendors Adobe interaction server (or Adobe tools
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(max bitrate 1800 MB/s)
- up to 60 fps with SStP Level 6 Playback 3GPP-Rel 9 or MPEG clients (+ Helix) Apple iOS, QT X (+ Helix) Silverlight (+ Helix) Flash, Air
(max bitrate 3600 MB/s)
Sampling 4:2:2 Y’C’BC’R 4:2:2 Y’C’BC’R , Protection Flexible (e.g. OMA or UV) AES-128 encryption PlayReady Flash Access
4:4:4 R’G’B’,
or 4:4:4 X’Y’Z’ Typical Segment Duration Flexible 10 seconds 2 - 4 seconds 2 - 4 seconds

Colorimetry ITU-R BT.709 (8 or 10 bit) or ITU-R BT.709 (10 or 12 bits) or

Adaption Control Client Client Client Client
ITU-R BT.2020 (10 bit) SMPTE DC28 DCDM (12 bits)

H.265 Video Frame Formats: Tiers and Levels with Maximum Property Values High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Versions Feature Support in Some of the Video Profiles H.264 MacroBlocks Versus H.265 Coding Tree Units and Coding Units
Level Max Luma Max Luma Max Bit Rate for Example Picture Resolution Highest Frame Rate Versions of the HEVC/H.265 Standard Using the ITU-T Approval Dates Feature Version 1 Version 2
Sample Rate Picture Size Main and Main 10 Maximum Decoded Picture Buffer (DPB) Size
Version 1 The first approved version of the HEVC/H.265 standard Main Main 10 Main 12 Main 4:2:2 10 Main 4:2:2 12 Main 4:4:4 Main 4:4:4 10 Main 4:4:4 12 Main 4:4:4 16
(samples/s) (samples) Profiles (kbit/s)
April 13, 2014 containing Main, Main 10, and Main Still Picture profiles.
Bit Depth 8 8 to 10 8 to 12 8 to 10 8 to 12 8 8 to 10 8 to 12 8 to 16
Main Tier High Tier
Version 2 The second approved version of the HEVC/H.265 standard Chroma Sampling Formats 4:2:0 4:2:0 4:2:0 4:2:0/4:2:2 4:2:0/4:2:2 4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4 4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4 4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4 4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4
1 552,960 36,864 128 - [email protected] (6), [email protected] (6) October 29, 2014 which adds 21 range extensions profiles, two scalable
extensions profiles, and one multi-view extensions profile. 4:0:0 (Monochrome) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2 3,686,400 122,880 1,500 - [email protected] (16), [email protected] (6)
Version 3 The third approved version of the HEVC/H.265 standard
High Precision Weighted No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2.1 7,372,800 245,760 3,000 - [email protected] (12), [email protected] (6) April 29, 2015 which adds the 3D Main profile.
Prediction
3 16,588,800 552,960 6,000 - [email protected] (12), [email protected] (8), [email protected] (6)
Chroma QP Offset List No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
3.1 33,177,600 983,040 10,000 - [email protected] (12), [email protected] (8), [email protected] (6)
HEVC Intra Prediction Modes Cross-Component Prediction No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
4 66,846,720 2,228,224 12,000 30,000 [email protected] (12), [email protected] (6), [email protected] (6)
Intra Smoothing Disabling No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
4.1 133,693,440 2,228,224 20,000 50,000 [email protected] (12), [email protected] (6), [email protected] (6)
Persistant Rice Adaption No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
5 267,386,880 8,912,896 25,000 100,000 [email protected] (16), [email protected] (6), [email protected] (6)
RDPCM Implicit/Explicit No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
5.1 534,773,760 8,912,896 40,000 160,000 [email protected] (16), [email protected] (6), [email protected] (6)
Transform Skip Block No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
5.2 1,069,547,520 8,912,896 60,000 240,000 [email protected] (16), [email protected] (6), [email protected] (6) Sizes Larger than 4x4

6 1,069,547,520 35,651,584 60,000 240,000 [email protected] (16) Transform Skip No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Context/Rotation
6.1 2,139,095,040 35,651,584 120,000 480,000 [email protected] (16)
Extended Precision No No No No No No No No Yes
6.2 4,278,190,080 35,651,584 240,000 800,000 [email protected] (16) Processing

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