From 4057505e28a4a3a4e3b3a3a404def16e36ea2eec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Sabatini Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:39:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc/bistream_filters.texi: add documentation for the h264_mp4toannexb filter --- doc/bitstream_filters.texi | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bitstream_filters.texi b/doc/bitstream_filters.texi index ae56b355a7..e131f44324 100644 --- a/doc/bitstream_filters.texi +++ b/doc/bitstream_filters.texi @@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ Below is a description of the currently available bitstream filters. @section h264_mp4toannexb +Convert an H.264 bitstream from length prefixed mode to start code +prefixed mode (as defined in the Annex B of the ITU-T H.264 +specification). + +This is required by some streaming formats, typically the MPEG-2 +transport stream format ("mpegts"). + +For example to remux an MP4 file containing an H.264 stream to mpegts +format with @command{ffmpeg}, you can use the command: + +@example +ffmpeg -i INPUT.mp4 -codec copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb OUTPUT.ts +@end example + @section imx_dump_header @section mjpeg2jpeg