a single amendment in the ISO/IEC approval process. Rec. ITU-T H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 version 13 refers to the integrated version 12 text with various minor corrections and clarifications as specified in a fourth technical corrigendum. In the ITU-T, the changes for versions 12 and 13 were approved on 9 March 2010. Rec. ITU-T H.264 ISO/IEC 14496-10 version 14 refers to the integrated version 13 text after its amendment to define a new level (Level 5.2) supporting higher processing rates in terms of maximum macroblocks per second and a new profile (the Progressive High profile) to enable implementation of decoders supporting only the frame coding tools of the previously-specified High profile. Rec. ITU-T H.264 ISO/IEC 14496-10 version 15 refers to the integrated version 14 text with miscellaneous corrections and clarifications as specified in a fifth technical corrigendum. In the ITU-T, the changes for versions 14 and 15 were approved on 29 June 2011. Rec. ITU-T H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 version 16 (the current Specification) refers to the integrated version 15 text after its amendment to define three new profiles intended primarily for communication applications (the Constrained High, Scalable Constrained Baseline, and Scalable Constrained High profiles). In the ITU-T, the changes for version 16 were approved on 13 January 2012. Profiles and levels This clause does not form an integral part of this Recommendation International Standard. This Recommendation | International Standard is designed to be generic in the sense that it serves a wide range of applications, bit rates, resolutions, qualities, and services. Applications should cover, among other things, digital storage Rec. ITU-T H.264 (01/2012) media, television broadcasting and real-time communications. In the course of creating this Specification, various requirements from typical applications have been considered, necessary algorithmic elements have been developed, and these have been integrated into a single syntax. Hence, this Specification will facilit