Requirements for TV Pipeline Formats and Media Streams

Updated: August 23, 2010

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This white paper provides information about the TV pipeline formats and media streams that are supported by Windows Media Center for the Windows 7 operating system. It provides guidelines for computer OEMs and vendors to integrate a tuner solution with Windows Media Center.

This information applies to the Windows 7 operating system.

What's New:

• Note added that PBDA does not currently use Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP).

• Corrections to Tables 1, 2, and 3 (mainly spec names, which were also corrected in "Resources").

• Corrected decoder file name by removing extra "MS" prefix.

Included in this white paper:

• TV Pipeline Formats and Requirements

• Parameters of Streams That Are Compatible with Windows Media Center

• Protocols and Validation Tools