Content Support in MPEG‐2 Systems

This chapter provides an overview of the system issues related to carriage of content in MPEG‐2 system streams. For some content formats supported by MPEG‐2 systems, but considered insufficiently relevant for usage by MPEG‐2 system applications, a brief description is provided. The support of MPEG‐1 video in MPEG‐2 systems is very similar to the support of MPEG‐2 video. The chapter provides parameters values signalling an ITU‐T H.222.1 defined stream. It discusses the content support for Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group (MHEG) and MPEG‐4 systems. In a broadcast environment, SVC (which is an AVC extension), can be used to extend an existing service in a bandwidth efficient manner. The chapter also discusses the content support needed for 3D videos and JPEG 2000 video. It also provides an overview of the stream‐type values assigned for the signalling of content carried in a MPEG‐2 system stream.