H.264 codec Note
• Elements of a video Sequence
o Frames
o Slices
o MBs (macroblocks)
• Frame Types
o I-, P-, B-frames
o GOP (group of picture), specifies the order in which intra- and inter-frames are arranged.
o NAL (Network Abstraction Layer)
v SPS (Sequence parameter set)
v PPS (Picture parameter set)
v IDR (Instantaneous Decoder Refresh), every IDR frame is an I-frame, but not vice versa,
• Coding Tools
o Entropy Coding