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MPEG-4

ISO/IEC 14496
Coding of audio-visual objects

A suite of standards for multimedia for the fixed and mobile web.

Parts

Systems
Part: 1
This standard specifies the Systems layer of MPEG-4

Visual
Part: 2
This standard specifies a compression format for video objects

Audio
Part: 3
This standard specifies a compression format for audio objects

Conformance Testing for Versatile Video Coding
Part: 4
This standard specifies conformance suites and methodologies

Reference Software and Conformance for OMAF
Part: 5
This standard specifies reference software

Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework (DMIF)
Part: 6
This standard specifies an Integration Framework for Delivery of Multimedia information

Optimized Reference Software for Coding of Audio-Visual Objects
Part: 7
This standard specifies an optimised version of reference software for video

Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496 Contents over IP Networks
Part: 8
This standard specifies a framework for transmission of MPEG-4 media on IP networks

Reference Hardware Description
Part: 9
This standard specifies a reference implementation of MPEG-4 decoders using hardware oriented language

Advanced Video Coding
Part: 10
This standard specifies a video compression format more efficient than MPEG-4 Visual

Scene Description and Application Engine
Part: 11
This standard specifies a format for representing multimedia scenes and its application engine

ISO base Media File Format
Part: 12
This standard specifies a file format for multimedia data

Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP) Extensions
Part: 13
This standard specifies an IPMP mechanism extending the basic MPEG-4 mechanism

MP4 File Format
Part: 14
This standard specifies a file format for MPEG-4 data

Carriage of Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) Unit Structured Video in the ISO base Media File Format
Part: 15
This standard specifies a File Format for AVC

Animation Framework eXtension (AFX)
Part: 16
This standard specifies a set of compression format for 3DG objects

Streaming Text Format
Part: 17
Specification of a format for streaming text

Font Compression and Streaming
Part: 18
Specification of a format for text compression and streaming

Synthesized Texture Stream
Part: 19
Stecification of a format for streaming synthesised texture

Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR) and Simple Aggregation Format (SAF)
Part: 20
Specification of an XML-based scene description and interaction format

MPEG-J Graphics Framework eXtensions (GFX)
Part: 21
Specification of a rendering format based on MPEG-J

Open Font Format
Part: 22
Specification of a fornt format based on OpenType

Symbolic Music Representation
Part: 23
Specification of a digital representation of music notation and associated information

Audio and Systems Interaction
Part: 24
Specification of interactions between an audio and a systems subsystem

3D Graphics Compression
Part: 25
Specification of a model for 3DG compression

Audio Conformance
Part: 26
Specification of audio conformance bitstream suites and methodologies

3D Graphics Conformance
Part: 27
Specification of 3DG conformance testing suites and methodologies

Composite Font Representation
Part: 28
Specification of Composite Font Format

Web Video Coding
Part: 29
Specification of a video compression format whose baseline profile is intended to be Type 1

Timed Text and other Visual Overlays in ISO base Media File Format
Part: 30
Timed Text and Other Visual Overlays in ISO Base Media File Format

Video Coding for Browsers
Part: 31
A standard that is expected to include a Type 1 Baseline Profile and one or more Type 2 Profiles

File Format Reference
Part: 32
Reference software and conformance for file formats

Internet Video Coding
Part: 33
Exploration targeting type 1 video compression format

Syntactic description language
Part: 34

Whitepapers

Publication dateTitle
2002-04-18Overview of the MPEG-4 Standard