This table documents the file brand identifiers, as used in the file-type box. Each brand uniquely identifies a specification to which the file conforms, and gives 'permission' for a reader implementing at least that specification to display the file. Note that $20 here means the character 'white space'.
Code Abstract Defined in/by
3g2a 3GPP2 3GPP2
3ge6 3GPP Release 6 extended-presentation Profile 3GPP
3gg6 3GPP Release 6 General Profile 3GPP
3gp4 3GPP Release 4 3GPP
3gp5 3GPP Release 5 3GPP
3gp6 3GPP Release 6 basic Profile 3GPP
3gr6 3GPP Release 6 progressive-download Profile 3GPP
3gs6 3GPP Release 6 streaming-server Profile 3GPP
avc1 Advanced Video Coding extensions AVC
caqv Casio Digital Camera Casio
isc2 Files encrypted according to ISMACryp 2.0 ISMACryp2
iso2 All files based on the 2004 edition of the ISO file format ISO
isom All files based on the ISO Base Media File Format ISO
mj2s Motion JPEG 2000 simple profile MJ2
mjp2 Motion JPEG 2000, general profile MJ2
mp21 MPEG-21 MPEG-21
mp41 MP4 version 1 MP4v2
mp42 MP4 version 2 MP4v2
odcf OMA DCF (DRM Content Format) OMA DRM 2.0
opf2 OMA PDCF (DRM Content Format) OMA DRM 2.1
opx2 OMA Adapted PDCF OMA DRM XBS
qt$20$20 QuickTime QT
sdv$20 SD Video SDV
M4A$20 iTunes MPEG-4 audio protected or not,
can contain audio + video + 3g text track + chapter track
iTunes
M4B$20 iTunes AudioBook protected or not
can contain audio + video + 3g text track + chapter track
iTunes
M4P$20 MPEG-4 protected audio iTunes
M4V$20 MPEG-4 protected audio+video iTunes
MPPI Photo Player Multimedia Application Format ISO-MAF