JVET-AE0154 MC-IF VVC technical guidelines [L. Litwic (Ericsson), S. McCarthy (Dolby), S. Wenger (Tencent), J. Ridge (Nokia), B. Bross (Fraunhofer HHI), D. Rusanovskyy (Qualcomm), Alan Stein (InterDigital)]

This input contribution provides an update on the Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) and ongoing work on VVC technical guidelines. Since the launch of the VVC standard (standardized by ITU-T as Recommendation H.266 and in ISO and IEC as International Standard 23090-3 (MPEG-I Part 3)), several application-oriented standards developing organizations and industry fora worldwide have been examining inclusion of VVC-based profiles and corresponding receiver capabilities. The technical guidelines, currently developed in MC-IF as an informative resource to implementors, developers and service providers, aim to:

• cover best practices of VVC configuration in terms of functionality and compression performance for industry relevant VVC-based profiles and interoperability points,
• provide guidance and up to date information on VVC operating bitrate ranges for selected applications,
• provide information on the usage of VVC with accompanying technologies e.g., such as Versatile Supplemental Enhancement Information messages,
• advocate interoperability and seek commonality of VVC usage across transport and application layer standards and relevant industry guidelines.

The initial scope of the technical guidelines document is limited to VVC usage in video broadcast and streaming applications.

AHG2: Text development and errata reporting (1)

Contributions in this area were discussed at 1635–1650 on Sunday 16 July 2023 (chaired by JRO).