MPEG-4 Systems Tutorial - Standard Media Types (original) (raw)
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MPEG-4 Stream Types & ObjectTypeIndication | ![]() |
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Currently supported media types in MPEG-4 and related streamType and objectTypeIndication:
Media Description | objectTypeIndication | streamType |
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Object Descriptor Stream | MPEG4Systems1 / 0x01 | ObjectDescriptor / 0x01 |
BIFS Stream version 1 | MPEG4Systems1 / 0x01 | SceneDescription / 0x03 |
BIFS Stream version 2 | MPEG4Systems2 / 0x02 | SceneDescription / 0x03 |
MPEG-4 Visual Stream | MPEG4Visual / 0x20 | Visual / 0x04 |
MPEG-4 Audio Stream | MPEG4Audio / 0x40 | Audio / 0x05 |
MPEG-2 Visual Stream (profiles Simple, Main, SNR, Spatial, High, 422) | MPEG2VisualSimple / 0x60 MPEG2VisualMain / 0x61 MPEG2VisualSNR / 0x62 MPEG2VisualSpatial / 0x63 MPEG2VisualHigh / 0x64 MPEG2Visual422 / 0x65 | Visual / 0x04 |
MPEG-2 Audio Stream / Part 7 -AAC (profiles Main, Low Complexity, Scalable Sampling Rate) | MPEG2AudioMain / 0x66 MPEG2AudioLowComplexity / 0x67 MPEG2AudioScaleableSamplingRate / 0x68 | Audio / 0x05 |
MPEG-2 Audio Stream Part 3 | MPEG2AudioPart3 / 0x69 | Audio / 0x05 |
MPEG-1 visual stream | MPEG1Visual / 0x6A | Visual / 0x04 |
MPEG-1 audio stream Part 3 | MPEG1Audio / 0x6B | Audio / 0x05 |
JPEG Visual stream | JPEG / 0x6C | Visual / 0x04 |
A Registration Authority has been established in order to assign new objectTypeIndication values for other media types (PNG, OGG, ...). Apple Computer is kindly running this task, and a web site is available at http://www.mp4ra.orgfor more information.