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20th Meeting: by teleconference, October 2020 2020-09-30 18:28
AHG9/AHG8: Scalability dimension SEI message
Abstract
This contribution proposes a new SEI message, named scalability dimension SEI message, for signalling of scalability dimension information for a VVC bitstream, including 1) whether the bitstream is a multiview bitstream, and if yes, the view ID of each layer, and 2) whether one or more layers in the bitstream represent auxiliary information such as alpha, depth, etc., and if yes, which layers represent what.
JVET-T0070 AHG9/AHG8: Scalability dimension SEI message [Y.-K. Wang, L. Zhang, K. Zhang, Z. Deng (Bytedance)]

See section 6.2.

JVET-T0070 AHG9/AHG8: Scalability dimension SEI message [Y.-K. Wang, L. Zhang, K. Zhang, Z. Deng (Bytedance)]

This was discussed in session 21 at 2310 on Thursday 15 October 2020 (chaired by GJS & JRO).

scalability_dimension( payloadSize ) {

Descriptor

sd_max_layers_minus1

u(6)

sd_multiview_info_flag

u(1)

sd_auxilary_info_flag

u(1)

if( sd_multiview_info_flag  | |  sd_auxilary_info_flag ) {

if( sd_multiview_info_flag )

sd_view_id_len

u(4)

for( i = 0; i  <=  vps_max_layers_minus1; i++ ) {

if( sd_multiview_info_flag )

sd_view_id_val[ i ]

u(v)

if( sd_auxilary_info_flag )

sd_aux_id[ i ]

u(8)

}

}

}

This is proposed to be at the CVS level, having information for all the layers in a CVS.

Additional information would be needed for complete interpretation such as camera parameters, depth channel interpretation, alpha channel interpretation specification.

It was suggested to consider the potential use of a very large number of layers, saying that we should make sure to produce something relatively “future proof”.

It was commented that “vps_max_layers_minus1” should be “sd_max_layers_minus1”, although perhaps those should be required to be equal to each other.

It was commented that the SEI message approach seems like a good one for handling this sort of information.

Further study was encouraged toward development of a more complete approach.

Decisions
See section 6.2.
Further study was encouraged toward development of a more complete approach.
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