Transport Adaptation Field

 

 

The first part of the adaptation field is 8 bits specifying the length of the adaptation field.

The first group of flags consists of (8) 1-bit flags:

discontinuity_indicator

random_access_indicator

elementary_stream_priority_indicator

PCR_flag

OPCR_flag

splicing_point_flag

transport_private_data_flag

adaptation_field_extension_flag

The optional fields are present if indicated by one of the preceding flags.

The remainder of the adaptation field is filled with stuffing bytes (0xFF, that is,  all ones).

Refer to the MPEG Standards for more detail.

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