A novel scheme of generating streamable MP4 files for scalable video coding

In this paper, we present an innovative scheme that efficiently creates SVC-MP4 files from raw video files, and hint them into streamable files. Unlike hinting schemes in the literature, where extractors and aggregators are heavily relied, no extractors or aggregators are required. In proposed system, SVC layers are presented as separate media tracks and the hint tracks are generated from the corresponding media tracks. The resulting MP4 files strictly comply with the ISO/IEC 14496-14 standards and applicable to streaming servers. The paper provides guideline and paradigm for research and development on streaming technologies for SVC media.