[Mp4-tech] H.264 Intra Prediction Across Slices

[Gary Sullivan]

Peshala et al,
For most purposes, availability is defined in 6.4.5, which says that
"macroblock is marked as not available" when "the macroblock ... belongs
to a different slice".
Best Regards,
Gary Sullivan
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+> Peshala V. Pahalawatta
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+> Subject: [Mp4-tech] H.264 Intra Prediction Across Slices
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+> Hi!
+>    I have a question about whether H.264 allows Intra 
+> prediction from 
+> macroblocks across slice boundaries. I'm not clear about how the mb 
+> availibility status is defined in 6.4.7.3.  Are macroblocks from a 
+> different slice considered unavailable?
+> 
+> Peshala
+> 
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