One page: the PTS-vs-DTS sign rule, the 90 kHz tick math for 24/25/30 fps and AAC, and the MPEG-2 PES vs MP4 stts/ctts/elst storage map.
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Video Encoding: A Complete Guide to Video Compression — From Pixels and Color to H.264, HEVC, AV1, Quality Metrics, and AI
This PTS and DTS reference card puts the sign rule, the 90 kHz tick math and the PES versus MP4 storage map on one page. Volume 1 covers this topic in depth: frame types and reordering, GOP structure, H.264, HEVC and AV1 bitstreams and how encoders assign timing to frames. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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