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43rd Meeting: Geneva, July 2026
Technologies under consideration for future extensions of VSEI (version 13)
Abstract
This document contains draft text for changes under consideration for future extensions to the versatile supplemental enhancement information messages for coded video bitstreams (VSEI) standard (Rec. ITU-T H.274 ISO/IEC 23002-7) to modify existing SEI messages, specify additional SEI messages, or specify other functionalities. This document also contains draft text for changes under consideration for future extensions to the VVC, HEVC, and AVC standards for specifying the use of SEI messages specified in VSEI in VVC, HEVC, and AVC bitstreams, respectively.
JVET-AQ2032 Technologies under consideration for future extensions of VSEI (version 13) [S. Deshpande, J. Boyce, J. Chen, M. M. Hannuksela, Y. He, K. Sühring, G. J. Sullivan, H. Tan, A. Tourapis, J. Xu, X. Xu] (2026-08-28)

Primary editor: S. Deshpande

It is noted that the availability date above is for the final version, and it is expected to have an initial version available by 2026-08-07. Alignment with software development of the GSI SEI is of high priority, as the the software is needed to conduct the related JEEs

New elements or improvements (list had been reviewed and approved in JVET plenary on Wednesday 15 July at 1130):

VSEI errata items

  • (The aspect that affects syntax of SEI extensions included in the TuC) AVC JVET-AQ0089 AHG2/AHG9: Errata on general SEI signalling mechanism for VVC, VSEI, HEVC, and AVC

Editorial:

Multiple SEI messages

  • JVET-AQ0163 AHG9: on SeiExtenionEnableFlag Interface for SII, PRI, EOI
  • JVET-AQ0105 AHG9: On miscellaneous aspects of SEI messages in TuC

NNPF

Constituent rectangles (CR)

  • JVET-AQ0096 AHG9: On the CR SEI message
  • Items 1 and 2 of JVET-AQ0105 AHG9: On miscellaneous aspects of SEI messages in TuC

Enhanced colour format information (ECFI)

  • Item 2 of JVET-AQ0075 AHG9: On video full range indication
  • JVET-AQ0105 AHG9: On miscellaneous aspects of SEI messages in TuC

Versatile SEI RBSP

  • JVET-AQ0090 AHG9: On SEI position, payload type, and payload size signalling in the general SEI signalling mechanism in VSEI TuC
  • JVET-AQ0091 AHG9: On SEI payload size semantics and its impacts in the general SEI signalling mechanism in VSEI TuC

Quality metric (QM)

Picture segmentation information (PSI)

  • JVET-AQ0161 AHG9: on PSI SEI
  • JVET-AQ0229 AHG9: On the picture segmentation information SEI message — comments and proposed corrections

Auxiliary sample alignment info (ASAI)

Sample interleaving (SI)

  • JVET-AQ0141 AHG9: Fixes to sample interleaving SEI message

Gain Map (GM)

Generalized alpha plane information (GAPI)

  • JVET-AQ0098 AHG9: On the generalized alpha plane information SEI messages
  • JVET-AQ0112 AHG9: On the generalized alpha plane information SEI message

Generalized depth information (GDI)

  • JVET-AQ0111 AHG9: On the generalized depth information SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0165 AHG9: on NADPI BitDepthY Variable

Gaussian splat info (GSI)

  • Editorial: JVET-AQ0079 AHG9: Editorial changes for the GSI SEI message in VSEI TuC
  • JVET-AQ0080 AHG9: On coding of some syntax elements in the GSI SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0081 AHG9: On persistence etc. and error resilience of the GSI SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0082 AHG9: On value ranges and decoder handling of reserved values for syntax elements in the GSI SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0088 AHG9: On the GSI SEI message syntax and semantics
  • JVET-AQ0102 AHG9: Syntax and semantics clean-up of the GSI SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0131 AHG9: On the GSI SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0132 AHG9: On signaling of various parameters in the GSI SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0174 AHG9: On the Gaussian splatting information SEI message
  • JVET-AQ0168 AHG9: High-level syntax modifications and bitstream specification for an integer-based GSC V-SEI decoder pipeline

Gaussian splat implicit info (GSII), also referred to as Triplane video-based implicit GS SEI

  • JVET-AQ0070 AHG9: [GSC] Improved SEI message for triplane video-based implicit Gaussian splatting representation

Hybrid Gaussian splat info (HGSI), also referred to as Implicit GSI SEI

  • JVET-AQ0184 AHG9: [GSC][JEE6.7][JEE6.9] On the Implicit GSI SEI message

New: IR camera adaptation parameters

It is noted that the list above may not be complete; if some adoption is missing that is recorded somewhere else in the meeting notes it shall also be considered included.

Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AP2033 Report of verification tests on VVC multi-layer coding [O. Chubach, S. Iwamura, P. de Lagrange, M. Wien] [AG 5 N 201)]
Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AI2034 Call for new HDR materials for future video coding development [E. François, W. Husak, S. Iwamura, D. Rusanovskyy, A. Segall, M. Wien] [WG 5 N 312)]
Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AJ2035 Test conditions and evaluation procedures for generative face video coding [S. McCarthy, B. Chen]
Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AG2036 Call for training materials for neural network-based video coding tool development [E. Alshina, F. Galpin, S. Liu, M. Wien] [WG 5 N 266)]
Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AJ2037 Report on subjective quality testing of the FGC SEI message (AG 5 N 140) [P. de Lagrange, W. Husak, M. Wien] [AG 5 N 140)]
Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AM2038 White paper on VSEI [J. Boyce, S. McCarthy, S. Deshpande, G. J. Sullivan, Y. Sanchez, Y.-K. Wang] [AG 3 N209]

An update of the white paper on VVC (from 2021) should be done in a future meeting, removing the section on VSEI and referencing to JVET-AM2038.

Remains valid – not updated: JVET-AN2039 Common test conditions for technology targeting ultra low latency and packet loss resilience [S. Ikonin, S. Deshpande, V. Zakharchenko] (2025-10-31)

JVET-AQ2032 Technologies under consideration for future extensions of VSEI (version 13) [S. Deshpande, J. Boyce, J. Chen, M. M. Hannuksela, Y. He, K. Sühring, G. J. Sullivan, H. Tan, A. Tourapis, J. Xu, X. Xu] (2026-08-28)

Primary editor: S. Deshpande

It is noted that the availability date above is for the final version, and it is expected to have an initial version available by 2026-08-07. Alignment with software development of the GSI SEI is of high priority, as the the software is needed to conduct the related JEEs

New elements or improvements (list had been reviewed and approved in JVET plenary on Wednesday 15 July at 1130):

VSEI errata items

(The aspect that affects syntax of SEI extensions included in the TuC) AVC JVET-AQ0089 AHG2/AHG9: Errata on general SEI signalling mechanism for VVC, VSEI, HEVC, and AVC

Editorial:

JVET-AQ0072 AHG9: Editorial improvements for TuC

Multiple SEI messages

JVET-AQ0163 AHG9: on SeiExtenionEnableFlag Interface for SII, PRI, EOI

JVET-AQ0105 AHG9: On miscellaneous aspects of SEI messages in TuC

NNPF

JVET-AQ0053 AHG9: On multilayer NNPF

JVET-AQ0058 AHG9: On NNPF Multiple Inferences Information Signaling

JVET-AQ0059 AHG9: Bug Fixes for Neural-network Post-filter in TuC

JVET-AQ0155 AHG9: On NNPFC updates

Modality Information

JVET-AQ0106 AHG9: On multi-layer spectral representations in modality information SEI message

JVET-AQ0109 AHG9: On the modality information SEI message extension

Encoder optimization info (EOI)

JVET-AQ0104 AHG9: On spatial quality optimization in EOI SEI message

Constituent rectangles (CR)

JVET-AQ0096 AHG9: On the CR SEI message

Items 1 and 2 of JVET-AQ0105 AHG9: On miscellaneous aspects of SEI messages in TuC

Enhanced colour format information (ECFI)

Item 2 of JVET-AQ0075 AHG9: On video full range indication

JVET-AQ0105 AHG9: On miscellaneous aspects of SEI messages in TuC

Versatile SEI RBSP

JVET-AQ0090 AHG9: On SEI position, payload type, and payload size signalling in the general SEI signalling mechanism in VSEI TuC

JVET-AQ0091 AHG9: On SEI payload size semantics and its impacts in the general SEI signalling mechanism in VSEI TuC

Quality metric (QM)

JVET-AQ0073 AHG9: On Quality Metric SEI message

JVET-AQ0108 AHG9: On quality metrics SEI message

JVET-AQ0123 AHG9: On reference and source in QM SEI

JVET-AQ0124 AHG9: On delayed transmission of QM

JVET-AQ0130 AHG9: On the QM SEI message

Picture segmentation information (PSI)

JVET-AQ0161 AHG9: on PSI SEI

JVET-AQ0229 AHG9: On the picture segmentation information SEI message — comments and proposed corrections

Auxiliary sample alignment info (ASAI)

JVET-AQ0087 AHG9: On the ASAI SEI message

Sample interleaving (SI)

JVET-AQ0141 AHG9: Fixes to sample interleaving SEI message

Gain Map (GM)

JVET-AQ0078 AHG9: On Gain map SEI

JVET-AQ0110 AHG9: On the gain map information SEI message

Generalized alpha plane information (GAPI)

JVET-AQ0098 AHG9: On the generalized alpha plane information SEI messages

JVET-AQ0112 AHG9: On the generalized alpha plane information SEI message

Generalized depth information (GDI)

JVET-AQ0111 AHG9: On the generalized depth information SEI message

JVET-AQ0165 AHG9: on NADPI BitDepthY Variable

Gaussian splat info (GSI)

Editorial: JVET-AQ0079 AHG9: Editorial changes for the GSI SEI message in VSEI TuC

JVET-AQ0080 AHG9: On coding of some syntax elements in the GSI SEI message

JVET-AQ0081 AHG9: On persistence etc. and error resilience of the GSI SEI message

JVET-AQ0082 AHG9: On value ranges and decoder handling of reserved values for syntax elements in the GSI SEI message

JVET-AQ0088 AHG9: On the GSI SEI message syntax and semantics

JVET-AQ0102 AHG9: Syntax and semantics clean-up of the GSI SEI message

JVET-AQ0131 AHG9: On the GSI SEI message

JVET-AQ0132 AHG9: On signaling of various parameters in the GSI SEI message

JVET-AQ0174 AHG9: On the Gaussian splatting information SEI message

JVET-AQ0168 AHG9: High-level syntax modifications and bitstream specification for an integer-based GSC V-SEI decoder pipeline

Gaussian splat implicit info (GSII), also referred to as Triplane video-based implicit GS SEI

JVET-AQ0070 AHG9: [GSC] Improved SEI message for triplane video-based implicit Gaussian splatting representation

Hybrid Gaussian splat info (HGSI), also referred to as Implicit GSI SEI

JVET-AQ0184 AHG9: [GSC][JEE6.7][JEE6.9] On the Implicit GSI SEI message

New: IR camera adaptation parameters

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JVET-AQ2032 Technologies under consideration for future extensions of VSEI (version 13)
New: IR camera adaptation parameters
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