INDICATING BIT STREAM SUBSETS

摘要

A method of indicating bit stream subsets in a compressed video bit stream is provided. The method comprises receiving the bit stream, dividing the bit stream into packets, wherein each packet comprises either one of video data or supplemental information, marking each packet (310-312, 320-322) with a first subset identifier (s0, s1) which is associated with a corresponding bit stream subset, and providing a first sequence parameter set (SPS) (310), marked with the same first subset identifier as its associated bit stream subset. The first SPS further comprises a second subset identifier (b1) indicating a decoding dependency (304) of the bit stream subset associated with the first subset identifier on a bit stream subset associated with the second subset identifier. Further, a method of extracting video packets from a video bit stream is provided. The method comprises receiving packets from the bit stream, extracting a first SPS (310), which is marked with the first subset identifier (s0) and further comprising the second subset identifier (b1), using the first and the second subset identifier as relevant subset identifiers, and, for each received packet (310-312, 320- 322), inspecting the first subset identifier (s0, s1) of the packet, and extracting, under the condition that the extracted first subset identifier matches one of the relevant subset identifiers, the packet from the bit stream.