MPEG-2 TS Byte Stream Format

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. MIME-type info
• 3. General Transport Stream Requirements
• 4. Initialization Segments
• 5. Media Segments
• 6. Random Access Points
• 7. Timestamp Rollover & Discontinuities
• 8. Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

This specification defines segment formats for implementations that choose to support MPEG-2 Transport Streams (MPEG-2 TS) specified in ISO/IEC 13818-1.

2. MIME-type info

The MIME-type/subtype pair of "video/MP2T", as specified in RFC 3551, must be used for byte streams that conform to this specification.

This following parameters can be used in the MIME-type passed to isTypeSupported() or addSourceBuffer().

codecs

A comma separated list of codec IDs used to specify what codecs will be used in the byte stream. Implementations should accept IDs in the form specified by RFC 6381.

Note

Implementations may only implement a subset of the codecs and profiles mentioned in the RFC.

3. General Transport Stream Requirements

MPEG-2 TS media and initialization segments must conform to the MPEG-2 TS Adaptive Profile (ISO/IEC 13818-1:2012 Amd. 2).

The user agent must run the end of stream algorithm with the error parameter set to "decode" if any of the following conditions are met:

1. Segments do not contain complete MPEG-2 TS packets.
2. Segments do not contain complete PES packets and sections.
3. Segments contain more than one program.
4. At least one MPEG-2 TS packet has a non-zero transport_error_indicator.

4. Initialization Segments

An MPEG-2 TS initialization segment consists of a single PAT and a single PMT.

The user agent must run the end of stream algorithm with the error parameter set to "decode" if any of the following conditions are met:

1. A PAT is not present in the initialization segment
2. A PMT is not present in the initialization segment

5. Media Segments

The user agent must run the end of stream algorithm with the error parameter set to "decode" if any of the following conditions are met:

1. A media segment relies on initialization information in another media segment.
2. At least one PES packet does not have a PTS timestamp.
3. PCR is not present in the Segment prior to the first byte of a TS packet payload containing media data.

6. Random Access Points

A random access point as defined in this specification corresponds to Elementary Stream Random Access Point as defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1.

7. Timestamp Rollover & Discontinuities

Timestamp rollovers and discontinuities must be handled by the UA. The UA's MPEG-2 TS implementation must maintain an internal offset variable, MPEG2TS_timestampOffset, to keep track of the offset that needs to be applied to timestamps that have rolled over or are part of a discontinuity. MPEG2TS_timestampOffset is initially set to 0 when the SourceBuffer is created. This offset must be applied to the timestamps as part of the conversion process from MPEG-2 TS packets into coded frames for the coded frame processing algorithm. This results in the coded frame timestamps for a packet being computed by the following equations:

        Coded Frame Presentation Timestamp = (MPEG-2 TS presentation timestamp) + MPEG2TS_timestampOffset
        Coded Frame Decode Timestamp = (MPEG-2 TS decode timestamp) + MPEG2TS_timestampOffset

MPEG2TS_timestampOffset is updated in the following ways:

• Each time a timestamp rollover is detected, 2^33 must be added to MPEG2TS_timestampOffset.
• When a discontinuity is detected, MPEG2TS_timestampOffset must be adjusted to make the timestamps after the discontinuity appear to come immediately after the timestamps before the discontinuity.
• When abort() is called, MPEG2TS_timestampOffset must be set to 0.
• When timestampOffset is successfully set, MPEG2TS_timestampOffset must be set to 0.

8. Acknowledgments