Executive Summary
This document specifies the creation of a VVC coded video elementary stream for SDR and HDR formats (specifically HDR10) and is intended for cable video services applications such as broadcast, time-shifting (e.g., PVR/DVR service), Video-on-Demand services, and splicing (e.g., Ad-insertion) that could employ the specifications in this document. However, constraints specific to those applications are outside of the scope of this document.
A single type of HDR transfer function is mandated for delivery in a cable network. Dynamic metadata applications backwards compatible to the specified HDR format can be used to adapt HDR imagery to a multiplicity of displays that have different characteristics than the underlying content. The means to carry SCTE dynamic metadata Application #1 (DM App #1) and Application #4 (DM App #4) in an VVC bitstream is described in section 7 and in Appendix B and C. SCTE DM Apps describe parametric data sets to be used to adapt the imagery for viewers’ displays and environment.
Scope
This document defines the coding constraints on ITU-T Rec. H.266 | ISO/IEC 23090-3 [MPEG-VVC] video compression (hereafter called "VVC") for Cable Television. In particular, this document describes the coding of a single VVC coded video elementary stream in an SDR or HDR format carried in MPEG-2 transport (ISO/IEC 13818-1) [MPEG-2 TS] for linear delivery systems supporting ad insertion services [SCTE 35] or for adaptive bitrate streaming delivery technologies [SCTE 214-1]. Beyond linear delivery with DPI, signaling is provided for segmentation of content for xDVR applications.
Intended Audience
This document specifies the creation of a VVC coded video elementary stream and is intended for cable video services applications such as broadcast, time-shifting (e.g., PVR/DVR service), Video-on-Demand services, and splicing (e.g., Ad-insertion) that could employ the specifications in this document. However, constraints specific to those applications are outside of the scope of this document at this time.