[Libav-user] MPEG-2 bitstream & huffman coding

[Pierre Brice]

One reference you might want to check is  Digital Video: An Introduction 
to MPEG2-2, Barry, G. Haskell, Atul Puri, and Arun N. Netravali, 1997, 
It has information about the bitstream structure.
Best regards
P. B.


On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 06:52 AM, Vojtěch Král wrote:

> Hello,
>   for my current project I need to learn about MPEG-2 video bitstream 
> format
> as well as how huffman/vlc coding is applied for MPEG-2.
> Using ffmpeg I can extract raw stream, using libav I'm able to extract 
> raw frames.
>
> Would it be possible to extract raw data after vlc decoding but before 
> video decoding?
> This would be very useful because I could study the bitstream 
> structure on real data.
> I am willing to modify libav code if need be. I have already 
> identified the parts of libav
> code which implement vlc decoding. (It seems it's also used by other 
> codecs.)
> I'd be glad if you could point me in general direction as to how this 
> could be done.
>
> Also, is there any information source describing MPEG-2 bistream 
> format besides the standard?
> The standard itself is very large, very verbose and it's quite a 
> challenge to find and extract
> relevant information.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Best Regards,
> Vojtěch Král
>
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