Forward compatibility

Forward compatibility

A decoder is able to decode a bit stream coming from an encoder of a previous generation. A new coding standard is forward compatible with an existing coding standard if new decoders (designed to operate with the new coding standard) continue to be able to decode bit streams of the existing coding standard.

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