[M4IF Technotes] Syntax amendment recommendation for the SSP

[Shanableh Tamer-BTS027]

	Hello
	A proposal was discussed at the MPEG Pattaya meeting (m7651 document) which recommends amendment of the syntax of the MPEG-4 Simple Scalable Profile (SSP) such that the enhancement layers can include OPTIONAL error resilience tools. These tools are simply re-used from the base layer including video_packet_headers, Data Partitioning and Reversible VLC.
	Note that in terms of software implementation no new code is needed, this is because the error resilience tools are already implemented in the base layer of the SSP. In fact the reference Microsoft decoder was found to correctly decode the proposed SSP syntax without any further modifications.
	If you are building an implementation of MPEG-4, I would like to hear any comments you have on this proposal.  
	Tamer Shanableh
	Research Engineer
	Tamer.Shanableh   Motorola.com