Standards: Appendix I - A Menagerie Of MPEG-4 Parts
Here is a list of all 34 parts of the ISO 14496 - MPEG-4 standard.
This is an Appendix to our series of articles on Standards.
The last three columns indicate the version and revisions:
- Full - The most recent edition of the full standard.
- Amd - Indicates the latest published amendment or corrigenda.
- New - A pending new edition may affect your development plans. These include prior updates.
| Part | Content | Full | Amd | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Systems | 2010 | 2014 | Pending |
| 2 | Visual | 2004 | 2013 | |
| 3 | Audio | 2019 | ||
| 4 | Conformance testing | 2004 | 2019 | |
| 5 | Reference software | 2019 | ||
| 6 | DMIF | 2000 | ||
| 7 | Reference software for A/V objects | 2004 | ||
| 8 | Carriage over IP | 2004 | ||
| 9 | Reference hardware | 2009 | ||
| 10 | AVC | 2022 | Pending | |
| 11 | BIFS (Scene description) | 2015 | ||
| 12 | ISO Base Media File Format | 2022 | Pending | |
| 13 | IPMP | 2004 | ||
| 14 | MP4 file format | 2020 | ||
| 15 | Carriage of NAL format video | 2022 | 2022 | Pending |
| 16 | AFX - Animation Framework | 2011 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Streaming Text Format | 2006 | ||
| 18 | Font compression and streaming | 2004 | 2014 | |
| 19 | Synthesised texture stream | 2004 | ||
| 20 | LASeR (Lightweight scene description) | 2008 | 2010 | |
| 21 | MPEG-J extension for rendering | 2006 | 2007 | |
| 22 | Open Font Format (OFF) | 2019 | 2023 | Pending |
| 23 | Symbolic Music Representation (SMR) | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Audio and systems interaction | 2008 | Pending | |
| 25 | 3D-Graphics compression model | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Audio conformance testing | 2010 | 2018 | Pending |
| 27 | 3D-Graphics conformance testing | 2009 | 2015 | |
| 28 | Composite font representation | 2012 | 2014 | |
| 29 | Web Video Coding (WVC) | 2015 | ||
| 30 | Timed text and other visual overlays in ISOBMFF | 2018 | 2022 | |
| 31 | Video coding for browsers | Deleted | ||
| 32 | File format reference software and conformance | 2021 | Pending | |
| 33 | Internet Video Coding (IVC) | 2019 | ||
| 34 | Bitstream Syntactic Description Language (SDL) | Pending |
This list was derived from the ISO standards online store which is the authoritative source.
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