PlayBox certified compression profiles and transcoding programs:
MPEG-2 Program
(ISO/IEC 1318-2:1996) Fixed Bitrate
MPEG-2 IBP:
VIDEO
- Frame Rate: PAL 25fps (framerate) (29,97 for NTSC)
- Video Frame Size: 720X576 (720x480 for NTSC)
- Aspect Ratio: 4x3 (SD 4/3)
- Profile@Level: MainProfile@MainLevel
- Chroma Format: 4:2:0
- Stream Type: MPEG-2 Video Stream (ISO/IEC 1318-2:1996)
- Video bitrate: up to 15000 Kbps CBR (Constant Bitrate)
- Interlacing: Upper Field First (Lower Field First for NTSC)
- GOP Format: GOP12 (N=12, M=3)
- Must have Sequence headers on each GOP
AUDIO
- Stream Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2
- Audio: Stereo
- Audio Bitrate 224-396 Kbps CBR
- Sample Rate: 48 KHz
- Audio level: Max -8dB
MPEG-2 I-frame:
VIDEO
- Frame Rate: PAL 25fps (framerate) (29,97 for NTSC)
- Video Frame Size: 720X576 (720x480 for NTSC)
- Aspect Ratio: 4x3 (SD 4/3)
- Profile@Level: 4:2:2@MainLevel
- Chroma Format: 4:2:2
- Stream Type: MPEG-2 Video Stream (ISO/IEC 1318-2:1996)
- Video bitrate: 25000 Kbps CBR (Constant Bitrate)
- Interlacing: Upper Field First (Lower Field First for NTSC)
- GOP Format: GOP1
- Must have Sequence headers on each GOP
AUDIO
- Stream Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2
- Audio: Stereo
- Audio Bitrate 224-396 Kbps CBR
- Sample Rate: 48 KHz
- Audio level: Max -8dB
MPEG-2 in AVI container + WAV
VIDEO
- IBP or I-frame same as the above specifications
AUDIO
- External WAV
- 48 kHz
- Stereo
- 16 bit
CONTAINER
- AVI ODML
- AVI compliant to Microsoft AVI specification
DV:
VIDEO
- Frame Rate: PAL 25fps (framerate) (29,97 for NTSC)
- Video Frame Size: 720X576 (720x480 for NTSC)
- Aspect Ratio: 4x3 (SD 4/3)
- Video bitrate: 25000 Kbps
- Interlacing: Upper Field First (Lower Field First for NTSC)
- Format: DV or DVCPro 25
AUDIO
- External WAV
- 48 kHz
- Stereo
- 16 bit
CONTAINER
- AVI ODML
- AVI compliant to Microsoft AVI specification
Certified programs for files transcoding:
- Canopus ProCoder (for MPEG2 "Put Sequence Header for each GOP” in Advanced settings must be activated). Constant bitrate must be used.
- Rhozet Carbon Coder . Constant bitrate must be used.
MPEG-2 HD:
VIDEO
- Frame Rate: 25fps / 29,97 fps
- Video Frame Size: 1920X1080
- Aspect Ratio: 16x9
- Profile@Level: MainProfile@HighLevel
- Chroma Format: 4:2:0
- Stream Type: MPEG-2 Video Stream (ISO/IEC 1318-2:1996)
- Video bitrate: up to 80000 Kbps CBR (Constant Bitrate)
- Interlacing: Upper Field First (Lower Field First for 29,97fps)
- GOP Format: GOP12
- Must have Sequence headers on each GOP
AUDIO
- Stream Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2
- Audio: Stereo
- Audio Bitrate 224-396 Kbps CBR
- Sample Rate: 48 KHz
- Audio level: Max -8dB
MPEG-2 HD:
VIDEO
- Frame Rate: 25fps / 29,97 fps
- Video Frame Size: 1920X1080
- Aspect Ratio: 16x9
- Profile@Level: HighProfile@HighLevel
- Chroma Format: 4:2:2
- Stream Type: MPEG-2 Video Stream(ISO/IEC 1318-2:1996)
- Video bitrate: up to 80000 Kbps CBR (Constant Bitrate)
- Interlacing: Upper Field First (Lower Field First for 29,97fps)
- GOP Format: GOP12
- Must have Sequence headers on each GOP
AUDIO
- Stream Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2
- Audio: Stereo
- Audio Bitrate 224-396 Kbps CBR
- Sample Rate: 48 KHz
- Audio level: Max -8dB
For MPEG-2 file analysis may be used Tektronix MTS4SA
AVC/H.264:
VIDEO
- Native AVC/H.264 ISO/IEC 14496-10.
- Profile: Baseline/Main
- Level: 1 - 3.1
- Chroma: 4:2:0
- Entropy coding mode: CABAC and CAVLC
- Video bitrate: up to 40000 Kbps CBR (Constant Bitrate)
AUDIO
- Stream Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2 or AAC
- 48 kHz
- Stereo
- 16 bit
CONTAINER
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream ISO/IEC 13818-1
- QuickTime
AVC/H.264 HD:
VIDEO
- Native AVC/H.264 ISO/IEC 14496-10.
- Profile: Main/High
- Level: 4 - 5.1
- Chroma: 4:2:0/4:2:2
- Entropy coding mode: CABAC and CAVLC
- Video bitrate: up to 80000 Kbps CBR (Constant Bitrate)
AUDIO
- Stream Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2 or AAC
- 48 kHz
- Stereo
- 16 bit
CONTAINER
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream ISO/IEC 13818-1
- QuickTime
File containers:
- MXF (MPEG2 , DV, H264)
- MOV (MPEG2, DV. H264)
- TS (MPEG2, H.264)
- AVI (MPEG2, DV)
Support for MXF and MOV containers depends from every third party vendor and particular export settings !
Programs known to produce files incompatible with PlayBox software:
- VBrick Encoder
- AVID Liquid
- VirtualDub
- MXF MPEG2 from Omneon