Signaling high dynamic range and wide color gamut content in transport streams

A method of encoding a digital video, comprising:

• receiving a video with high dynamic range content and wide color gamut content at an encoder;
• converting said high dynamic range content and wide color gamut content prior to encoding using one or more pre-processing operations at said encoder;
• encoding said video into an elementary stream at said encoder;
• generating a program map table comprising a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video descriptor signaling a syntax element signaled using a combination of bits for signaling a presence or absence of both a high dynamic range (HDR) content and a wide color gamut (WCG) content, wherein said high dynamic range content and said wide color gamut wide color gamut content wide color gamut content is associated with said elementary stream based on the elementary stream identifier signaled in the program map table;
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• including said program map table and said elementary stream in a transport stream.

A method of decoding a video, comprising:

• receiving at a decoder a transport stream comprising a program map table and an associated elementary stream;
• reviewing said program map table at said decoder for a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video descriptor signaling a syntax element signaled in a single syntax element using two bits for combining signaling of a presence or absence of both a high dynamic range (HDR) content and a wide color gamut (WCG) content;
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• decoding said elementary stream by associating said elementary stream associated with the HEVC video descriptor to high dynamic range and/or wide color gamut content when present,
• said decoder is configured to process high dynamic range and wide color gamut content.