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17. What is a time stamp?

They are two types of time stamps:

• The first type is usually called a reference time stamp. This time stamp is the indication of time mentioned in the previous question. Reference time stamps are to be found in the PES syntax (ESCR), in the program syntax (SCR), and in the transport syntax (PCR).
• The second type of time stamp is called DTS (Decoding Time Stamp) or PTS (Presentation Time Stamp). They indicate the exact moment where a video frame or an audio frame has to be decoded or presented to the user respectively.

scr （system_clock_reference）系统参考时钟 存在于ts流和program流中，用于多节目流间的同步；

pcr (program-_clock_reference）节目参考时钟 存在于ts流里，用于确定同一节目的解码时序；

pts （presentation_time_stamp） 显示时钟标签 pes里的字段;

dts （decod_time-stamp）解码时间标签 pes里的字段，用于指明一个访问单元在系统目标解码器(std)里的的解码时间。当解码时间不同于显示时间时出现。