MPEG-4 Object Type Indication

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.

    ValueObjectTypeIndication DescriptionDefined in/by0x00Forbidden 0x01Systems ISO/IEC 14496-1 (a)MPEG-40x02Systems ISO/IEC 14496-1 (b)MPEG-40x03Interaction StreamMPEG-40x04Extended BIFS (h)MPEG-40x05AFX Stream (i)MPEG-40x06Font Data StreamMPEG-40x07Synthetised TextureMPEG-40x08Text StreamMPEG-40x09LASeR StreamMPEG-40x0ASimple Aggregation Format (SAF) StreamMPEG-40x20Visual ISO/IEC 14496-2 (c)MPEG-40x21Visual ITU-T Recommendation H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (g)MPEG-40x22Parameter Sets for ITU-T Recommendation H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (g)MPEG-40x40Audio ISO/IEC 14496-3 (d)MPEG-40x60Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Simple ProfileMPEG-40x61Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Main ProfileMPEG-40x62Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 SNR ProfileMPEG-40x63Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Spatial ProfileMPEG-40x64Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 High ProfileMPEG-40x65Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 422 ProfileMPEG-40x66Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 Main ProfileMPEG-40x67Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 LowComplexity ProfileMPEG-40x68Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 Scaleable Sampling Rate ProfileMPEG-40x69Audio ISO/IEC 13818-3MPEG-40x6AVisual ISO/IEC 11172-2MPEG-40x6BAudio ISO/IEC 11172-3MPEG-40x6CVisual ISO/IEC 10918-1MPEG-40x6DPortable Network Graphics (f)PNG0x6EVisual ISO/IEC 15444-1 (JPEG 2000)MPEG-40xA0EVRC Voice3GPP20xA1SMV Voice3GPP20xA23GPP2 Compact Multimedia Format (CMF)3GPP20xA3SMPTE VC-1 VideoSMPTE0xA4Dirac Video CoderDirac0xA5AC-3 AudioETSI0xA6Enhanced AC-3 audioETSI0xA7DRA AudioDRA0xA8ITU G.719 AudioITU G.7190xA9DTS Coherent Acoustics audioDTS0xAADTS-HD High Resolution AudioDTS0xABDTS-HD Master AudioDTS0xACDTS Express low bit rate audio, also known as DTS LBRDTSE0xC0 - 0xE0user private 0xE113K Voice3GPP20xE2 - 0xFEuser private 0xFFno object type specified (e)MPEG-4

1. This type is used for all 14496-1 streams unless specifically indicated to the contrary. Scene Description scenes, which are identified with StreamType=0x03 (see Table 9 ), using this object type value shall use the BIFSConfig specified in section 9.3.5.2.2  of this specification.
2. Used, with StreamType=0x03 (see Table 9 ), for Scene Description streams that use the BIFSv2Config. Its use with other StreamTypes is reserved .
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 0x01.
6. For PNG Streams, the following configuration/rules apply:
   • StreamType: 0x04 (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
7. 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.
8. Used,  with StreamType=0x03, 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.)
9. Used,  with StreamType=0x03, for Scene Description streams that use the AFXConfig; its use with other StreamTypes is reserved.

ValueStreamType Description0x00Forbidden0x01ObjectDescriptorStream (see 8.5)0x02ClockReferenceStream (see 10.2.5)0x03SceneDescriptionStream (see 9.2.1)0x04VisualStream0x05AudioStream0x06MPEG7Stream0x07IPMPStream (see 8.3.2)0x08ObjectContentInfoStream (see 8.4.2)0x09MPEGJStream0x0AInteraction Stream0x0BIPMPToolStream0x0CFontDataStream0x0DStreamingText0x20- 0x3Fuser private