[Matroska-devel] H.264(x264) in mkv

[Bode, Martin]

Hi,
I am trying to write routines to read matroska H.264 videofiles. I created an example mkv-file via x264. The file can be played by vlc and others, but I have problems reading the content of the matroska block elements in the examplefile myself. I expected each block to contain one H.264 NAL-unit or multiple nal-units ordered by a lacing method. 
The matroskafile created by x264 seems (by a look at the code) to write a 32-bit length and a NAL unit of this length. There are very short sections of 5 or 6 byte, which cannot be decoded. Can you give me a hint, where this data structure is documented ?

Are there special documents for putting H.264 NAL-units into matroska-blocks ?

I had a look at http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/index.html, but the lacing methods do not seem to fit...

Thanks in advance
Martin


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