MPEG-4 Stream Types

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ObjectTypeIndication

Currently supported media types in MPEG-4 and related streamType and objectTypeIndication:

Media Description

objectTypeIndication

streamType

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.org for more information.

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