[Live-devel] H264VideoStreamDiscreteFramer and PPS , SPS

[Ross Finlayson]

>  >> What i see inside "H264VideoStreamDicreteFramer" is that it 
>expects an 8-byte NAL header in order to do its 'aftergetting'.
>
>>No it doesn't.  I'm not sure why you would think this.
>>...
>>Ross Finlayson
>
>    I thought this out of ignorance of the H.264 encoding process. 
>From lines 69-71 of H264VideoStreamDiscreteFramer.cpp it appeared 
>from the comment "NAL units that..." that somehow the 'encoded 
>frame' had been packet-ized with an 8 bit header.  From your 
>response, i gather that the encoder itself places this 8-bit header 
>at the start of the encoded frame.

In your first message, you said "8 byte".  Now you say "8 bit", which 
is correct.  Yes, the first byte of each encoded H.264 NAL unit 
contains a "nal unit type" code (in its last 5 bits) - as described 
by the H.264 specification.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
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