[Mp4-tech] FGS Specification Document

[Herbert Thoma]

Erik van Zijst schrieb:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'd like to know where I can find the specification of the MPEG-4 FGS
> technology (Fine Grained Scalability). I’ve got the MPEG-4 ISO document
> of 2001, but it is not listed there. Is it in the 2004 version?

Yes it's in the 2004 Version. If you are a MPEG Member that's
document number n5546.

> I've browsed the ISO website and it looks like FGS could be found in
> ISO/IEC 14496-2:2004, but before continue to purchase this rather
> expensive document, I'd like to be sure that is indeed in there. Anyone
> out there who can confirm or deny this?

BTW: Why bother with MPEG-4 part 2 FGS at all? FGS will be removed
from the next edition again, because nobody provided conformance bitstreams.

MPEG-4 part 10/AVC/H.264 SVC extension is way cooler anyway

Kind regards,
 Herbert.

> cheers,
> Erik van Zijst

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