Object Types
This section documents the ObjectTypeIndication used in MPEG-4 systems to indicate the type of streams. Applications for a new codec type will also automatically receive an object type indication.
This table also occurs in ISO/IEC 14496-1 (various versions), the MPEG-4 systems specification. The intent is that the table maintained by this registration authority is the most up-to-date and definitive version.
There is also an informative table of the current StreamType allocations.
The values in both these tables are notated here in hexadecimal.
code | description | specification |
|---|---|---|
00 | Forbidden | |
01 | Systems ISO/IEC 14496-1 (1) | MPEG-4 |
02 | Systems ISO/IEC 14496-1 (2) | MPEG-4 |
03 | Interaction Stream | MPEG-4 |
04 | Extended BIFS (8) | MPEG-4 |
05 | AFX Stream (9) | MPEG-4 |
06 | Font Data Stream | MPEG-4 |
07 | Synthetised Texture | MPEG-4 |
08 | Text Stream | MPEG-4 |
09 | LASeR Stream | MPEG-4 |
0A | Simple Aggregation Format (SAF) Stream | MPEG-4 |
20 | Visual ISO/IEC 14496-2 (3) | MPEG-4 |
21 | Visual ITU-T Recommendation H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (7) | MPEG-4 |
22 | Parameter Sets for ITU-T Recommendation H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (7) | MPEG-4 |
23 | Visual ISO/IEC 23008-2 | ITU-T Recommendation H.265 | MPEG-4 |
40 | Audio ISO/IEC 14496-3 (4) | MPEG-4 |
60 | Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Simple Profile | MPEG-4 |
61 | Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Main Profile | MPEG-4 |
62 | Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 SNR Profile | MPEG-4 |
63 | Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Spatial Profile | MPEG-4 |
64 | Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 High Profile | MPEG-4 |
65 | Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 422 Profile | MPEG-4 |
66 | Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 Main Profile | MPEG-4 |
67 | Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 LowComplexity Profile | MPEG-4 |
68 | Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 Scaleable Sampling Rate Profile | MPEG-4 |
69 | Audio ISO/IEC 13818-3 | MPEG-4 |
6A | Visual ISO/IEC 11172-2 | MPEG-4 |
6B | Audio ISO/IEC 11172-3 | MPEG-4 |
6C | Visual ISO/IEC 10918-1 | MPEG-4 |
6D | Portable Network Graphics (6) | PNG |
6E | Visual ISO/IEC 15444-1 (JPEG 2000) | MPEG-4 |
A0 | EVRC Voice | 3GPP2 |
A1 | SMV Voice | 3GPP2 |
A2 | 3GPP2 Compact Multimedia Format (CMF) | 3GPP2 |
A3 | SMPTE VC-1 Video | SMPTE |
A4 | Dirac Video Coder | Dirac |
A5 | withdrawn, unused, do not use (was AC-3) | Deprecated |
A6 | withdrawn, unused, do not use (was Enhanced AC-3) | Deprecated |
A7 | DRA Audio | DRA |
A8 | ITU G.719 Audio | ITU G.719 |
A9 | Core Substream | DTS-HD |
AA | Core Substream + Extension Substream | DTS-HD |
AB | Extension Substream containing only XLL | DTS-HD |
AC | Extension Substream containing only LBR | DTS-HD |
AD | Opus audio | Opus |
AE | withdrawn, unused, do not use (was AC-4) | Deprecated |
AF | Auro-Cx 3D audio | Auro |
B0 | RealVideo Codec 11 | RealHD |
B1 | VP9 Video | VPxx |
B2 | DTS-UHD profile 2 | DTS-UHD |
B3 | DTS-UHD profile 3 or higher | DTS-UHD |
C0 - E0 | user private | |
E1 | 13K Voice | 3GPP2 |
E2 - FE | user private | |
FF | no object type specified (5) | MPEG-4 |
- This type is used for all 14496-1 streams unless specifically indicated to the contrary. Scene Description scenes, which are identified with StreamType=03 (see Table 9), using this object type value shall use the BIFSConfig specified in section 9.3.5.2.2 of this specification.
- Used, with StreamType=03 (see Table 9), for Scene Description streams that use the BIFSv2Config. Its use with other StreamTypes is reserved.
- Includes associated Amendment(s) and Corrigendum(a). The actual object types are defined in ISO/IEC 14496-2 and are conveyed in the DecoderSpecificInfo as specified in ISO/IEC 14496-2, Annex K.
- Includes associated Amendment(s) and Corrigendum(a). The actual object types are defined in ISO/IEC 14496-3 and are conveyed in the DecoderSpecificInfo as specified in ISO/IEC 14496-3 subpart 1 subclause 6.2.1.
- Streams with this value with a StreamType indicating a systems stream (values 1,2,3, 6, 7, 8, 9) shall be treated as if the ObjectTypeIndication had been set to 01.
- For PNG Streams, the following configuration/rules apply:
- StreamType: 04 (visual)
- No decoder specific info needed
- The PNG stream shall consist in only one (1) AccessUnit
- The PNG stream access unit shall contain the complete PNG image/file
- MNG shall not be used inside PNG streams
- Includes associated Amendment(s) and Corrigendum(a). The actual object types are defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 and are conveyed in the DecoderSpecificInfo.
- Used, with StreamType=03, for Scene Description streams that use the BIFSConfigEx; its use with other StreamTypes is reserved. (Was previously reserved for MUCommandStream but not used for that purpose.)
- Used, with StreamType=03, for Scene Description streams that use the AFXConfig; its use with other StreamTypes is reserved.
Stream Types
code | description |
|---|---|
00 | Forbidden |
01 | ObjectDescriptorStream (see 8.5) |
02 | ClockReferenceStream (see 10.2.5) |
03 | SceneDescriptionStream (see 9.2.1) |
04 | VisualStream |
05 | AudioStream |
06 | MPEG7Stream |
07 | IPMPStream (see 8.3.2) |
08 | ObjectContentInfoStream (see 8.4.2) |
09 | MPEGJStream |
0A | Interaction Stream |
0B | IPMPToolStream |
0C | FontDataStream |
0D | StreamingText |
20- 3F | user private |