A/72 Part 1 describes the video coding constraints on ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (“AVC”) video compression in the ATSC Digital Television System.
Download current version: A/72 Part 1:2023-04, “Video System Characteristics of AVC in the ATSC Digital Television System”, 25 April 2023.
Download A/72 Part 1:2015, “Video System Characteristics of AVC in the ATSC Digital Television System”, approved 19 May 2015.
Download A/72 Part 1:2015 Corrigendum No. 1, approved 25 April 2023.
A/72 Part 2 describes the transport of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (“AVC”) as constrained by ATSC A/72 Part 1 for the ATSC Digital Television System.
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A/72 Part 3 describes the video coding constraints on Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 [10] (“MVC”) video compression and the transport of the MVC video streams for 3D-TV broadcast in the ATSC Digital Television System.
Download Current Version” A/72 Part 3:2023-08, “Video and Transport Subsystem Characteristics of MVC for 3D-TV Broadcast in the ATSC Digital Television System”, 14 August 2023.
Download A/72 Part 3:2014, “Video and Transport Subsystem Characteristics of MVC for 3D-TV Broadcast in the ATSC Digital Television System”, approved 1 July 2014.
Download A/72 Part 3:2014 Amendment No. 1, “A53-3”, approved 14 August 2023.
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