References

This section contains the information on where to find out more about a specific specification or the owner of a registered code-point.

The specifications in this family are all "atom" or "box" structured file formats, which are intentionally interoperable.

Most of the specifications are related to the first MPEG-4 file format (MP4 version 1), which in turn was derived from the QuickTime file format defined by Apple Computer. More recently the MP4 file format was generalized into the ISO Base Media File Format, which defines a general structure for time-based media files. It in turn is used as the basis for other file formats in the family.

The JPEG 2000 file format is box (atom) structured, but is not time-based, and so does not derive from the ISO Base Media File Format.

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ID3 version 2 meta-data

ID3 version 2 meta-data can be stored in meta-boxes as defined by the ISO base media file format. In this case, a handler type of 'ID32' is used in the meta-box. The actual meta-data is either stored in one or more ID32 box(es) inside the meta-data box, or this entire set of box(es) is referenced as the primary item, and stored elsewhere.

Box Type : 'ID32'
Container: Meta box ('meta')
Mandatory: No
Quantity : Zero or more

The ID3v2 box contains a complete ID3 version 2.x.x data. It should be parsed according to http://www.id3.org/ specifications for v.2.x.x tags. There may be multiple ID3v2 boxes using different language codes.

Syntax

aligned(8) class ID3v2Box extends FullBox('ID32', version=0, 0) {
        const bit(1) pad = 0;
        unsigned int(5)[3] language; // ISO-639-2/T language code
        unsigned int(8) ID3v2data [];
}

Semantics

language

It declares the language code for the following text. See ISO 639-2/T for the set of three character codes. Each character is packed as the difference between its ASCII value and 0x60. The code is confined to being three lower-case letters, so these values are strictly positive. If there are some language fields inside ID3 tag, language must not conflict with them. Instead codes 'mul' (multiple languages) and 'und' (undetermined language) should be used in such cases

ID3v2data

A binary data that corresponds to ID3v2 tag format (e.g. for v.2.4.0: http://www.id3.org/id3v2.4.0-structure) and its native frames (e.g. for v.2.4.0: http://www.id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames). ID3 tag must not contain any footer information, because it is never needed. Both, ID3v2 tag format and its native frames, must use the same version of the specification. Size of this field can be derived from the box size. The version of the ID3 data may be found by inspecting it.

The ID3v2 box contains a complete ID3 version 2.x.x data. It should be parsed according to http://www.id3.org/ specifications for v.2.x.x tags.