[M4IF Technotes] Syntax amendment recommendation for the SSP

[Rob Koenen]

Very good initiative, Tamer!
One clarification: the tools may be OPTIONAL for use in ENcoding, 
but understanding the syntaxt in the DEcoder is MANDATORY.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shanableh Tamer-BTS027 [mailto:tamer.shanableh   motorola.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2024 7:14
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> Subject: [M4IF Technotes] Syntax amendment recommendation for the SSP
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> 	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
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