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MPEG-E

   

Full list of standards developed or under development

Note: standards marked yellow have not completed the development process. The others have been published and are (should be) available from ISO.


ISO/IEC 11172
Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

1993

Systems

 
 

1993/Cor.1:1996

   
 

1993/Cor.2:1999

   

2

1993

Video

 
 

1993/Cor.1:1996

   
 

1993/Cor.2:1999

   
 

1993/Cor.3:2003

   
 

1993/Cor.4:2006

   

3

1993

Audio

 
 

1993/Cor.1:1996

   

4

1995

Compliance testing

 
 

1995/Cor.1:2007

   

5

1998

Software simulation

 
 

1998/Cor.1:2007

   

ISO/IEC 13818
Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information
 

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

2007

Systems

3rd Ed.

 

2007/Cor.1:200x

   
 

2007/Cor.2:200x

   
 

2007/Cor.3:200x

 

DCOR

 

2007/Amd.1:2007

Transport of MPEG-4 streaming text and MPEG-4 lossless audio over MPEG-2 systems

 
 

2007/Amd.2:2008

Carriage of auxiliary video data

 
 

2007/Amd.3:200x

Transport of Scalable Video over ITU-T Rec H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1

 
 

2007/Amd.4:200x

Transport of Multiview Video over ITU-T Rec H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1

FPDAM

2

2000  

Video

2nd Ed.

 

2000/Cor.1:2002 

   
 

2000/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2000/Amd.1:2001

Content description data

 
 

2000/Amd.2:2007

Support for colour spaces

 
 

2000/Amd.3:200x

New level for 1080@50p/60p

 

3

1998

Audio

2nd Ed.

4

2004

Conformance testing

2nd Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2005

MPEG-2 IPMP conformance testing

 
 

2004/Amd.2:2005

Additional audio conformance test sequences

 
 

2004/Amd.2:2005/Cor.1:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.2:2005/Cor.2:2009

   
 

2004/Amd.3:200x

Level for 1080@50p/60p conformance testing

 

5

2005

Software simulation

2nd Ed.

6

1998

Extensions for DSM-CC

 
 

1998/Cor.1:1999

   
 

1998/Cor.2:2002

   
 

1998/Amd.1:2000

Additions to support data broadcasting

 
 

1998/Amd.1:2000/Cor.1:2002

   
 

1998/Amd.2:2000

Additions to support synchronized download services, opportunistic data services and resource announcement in broadcast and interactive services

 
 

1998/Amd.3:2001

Transport buffer model in support of synchronized user-to-network download protocol

 

7

2006

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)

4th Ed.

 

2006/Cor.1:2009

   
 

2006/Amd.1:2007

Transport of MPEG Surround in AAC

 

9

1996  

Extension for real time interface for systems decoders

 

10

1999  

Conformance extensions for Digital Storage Media Command and Control (DSM-CC)

 

11

2004

IPMP on MPEG-2 systems

 

ISO/IEC 14496
Coding of audio-visual objects 

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

2004

Systems

3rd Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2006

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2005

Text profile and level indication

 
 

2004/Amd.2:2007

3D Compression profile and level indication

 
 

2004/Amd.3:2007

JPEG 2000 support in MPEG-4

 
 

2004/Amd.4:200x

Registration Authority and systems extensions

PDAM

2

2004

Visual

3rd Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2004

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Cor.3:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2004

Error resilient simple scalable profile

 
 

2004/Amd.2:2005

New levels for simple profile

 
 

2004/Amd.3:2007

Support for colour spaces

 
 

2004/Amd.3:2007/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.4:2008

Simple profile level 6

 
 

2004/Amd.5:200x

Simple studio profile levels 5 and 6

 

3

2005

Audio

3rd Ed.

 

2005/Cor.1

Consolidated into 3rd Ed.

 
 

2005/Cor.2:2008

   
 

2005/Cor.3:2008

   
 

2005/Cor.4:2008

   
 

2005/Cor.5:2008

   
 

2005/Cor.6

Consolidated into 4th Ed.

 
 

2005/Amd.1:2007

Low delay AAC profile

 
 

2005/Amd.2:2006

Audio Lossless Coding (ALS), new audio profiles and BSAC extensions

 
 

2005/Amd.2:2006/Cor.1:2006

   
 

2005/Amd.2:2006/Cor.2:2008

   
 

2005/Amd.2:2006/Cor.3:2008

   
 

2005/Amd.2:2006/Cor.4

Consolidated into 4th Ed.

 
 

2005/Amd.3:2006

Scalable Lossless Coding (SLS)

 
 

2005/Amd.3:2006/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2005/Amd.3:2006/Cor.2

Consolidated into 4th Ed.

 
 

2005/Amd.5:2007

BSAC extensions and transport of MPEG Surround

 
 

2005/Amd.8:2008

MP4FF box for original audio file information

 
 

2005/Amd.9:2008

Enhanced low delay AAC

 
 

2005/Amd.9:2008/Cor.1

Consolidated into 4th Ed.

 
 

200x

 

4th Ed.

 

200x/Amd.1:200x

HD-AAC profile

FPDAM

4

2004

Conformance testing

2nd Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Cor.3:2006

   
 

2004/Cor.4:2008

   
 

2004/Cor.5:2008

   
 

2004/Cor.6:2009

   
 

2004/Cor.7:200x

 

DCOR

 

2004/Amd.1:2005

Conformance testing for MPEG-4

 
 

2004/Amd.1:2005/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2005/Cor.2:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.2:2005

MPEG-4 conformance extensions for XMT and media nodes

 
 

2004/Amd.3:2005

Visual new levels and tools

 
 

2004/Amd.4:2005

IPMPX conformance extensions

 
 

2004/Amd.5:2005

Conformance extensions for error resilient simple scalable profile

 
 

2004/Amd.6:2005

AVC Conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.6:2005/Cor.1:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.7:2005

AFX conformance extensions

 
 

2004/Amd.8:2005

HE-AAC, Audio BIFS, and SA conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.8:2005/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.9:2006

AVC FRExt conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.9:2006/Cor.1:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.10:2005

Conformance extensions for simple profile levels 4a and 5

 
 

2004/Amd.11:2006

Parametric stereo conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.11:2006/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.11:2006/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.11:2006/Cor.3:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.12:2007

Morphing & Textures conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.13:2007

Parametric coding for high quality audio conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.13:2007/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.13:2007/Cor.2:2009

   
 

2004/Amd.14:2007

BSAC conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.15:2007

Lossless coding of oversampled audio conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.16:2008

MPEG-J GFX conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.17:2007

Advanced text and 2D graphics conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.18:2007

Conformance of MPEG-1/2 audio in MPEG-4

 
 

2004/Amd.19:2007

ALS conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.19:2007/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2004/Amd.20:2008

SLS conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.21:2008

Geometry and shadow conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.22:2008

AudioBIFS v3 conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.23:2008

Synthesized texture conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.24:2008

File format conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.25:2008

LASeR and SAF conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.26:2008

Conformance levels and bitstreams for Open Font Format

 
 

2004/Amd.27:2008

LASeR and SAF extensions conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.28:2008

Simple Profile level 6 conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.29:2008

SMR conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.30:2009

new profiles for professional applications conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.31:2009

Conformance testing for SVC profiles

 
 

2004/Amd.32:2009

FAMC Conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.33

Conformance testing for multiresolution profile 

Consolidated into 14496-27

 
 

2004/Amd.34

Conformance for 3DGCM

Consolidated into 14496-27

 
 

2004/Amd.35:200x

Simple studio profile levels 5 and 6 conformance testing

 
 

2004/Amd.37:200x

Additional file format conformance

FPDAM

 

2004/Amd.38:200x

Conformance testing for MVC

FPDAM

5

2001 

Reference software

2nd Ed.

 

2001/Amd.1:2002  

Reference software for MPEG-4

 
 

2001/Amd.1:2002/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2001/Amd.2:2003  

MPEG-4 Reference software extensions for  XMT and media nodes

 
 

2001/Amd.3:2003

Visual new level and tools

 
 

2001/Amd.4:2004

IPMPX reference software extensions

 
 

2001/Amd.5:2004

Reference software extensions for error resilient simple scalable profile

 
 

2001/Amd.6:2005

AVC and HE AAC reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.6:2005/Cor.1:2006

   
 

2001/Amd.7:2005

AFX reference software extensions

 
 

2001/Amd.8:2006

AVC FRExt reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.9:2007

Morphing & Textures reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.10:2007

SSC, DST, ALS, and SLS reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.10:2007/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2001/Amd.10:2007/Cor.2:2008

   
 

2001/Amd.10:2007/Cor.3:200x

   
 

2001/Amd.11:2007

MPEG-J GFX reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.12:2007

Updated file format reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.13:2008

Geometry and shadow reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.14:2009

Open Font Format reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.15:200x

Reference software for Multiview Video Coding

FPDAM

 

2001/Amd.16:2008

SMR reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.17:2008

Reference software for LASeR and SAF

 
 

2001/Amd.18:2008

reference software for new profiles for professional applications

 
 

2001/Amd.19:200x

Reference software for Scalable Video Coding

 
 

2001/Amd.20:2009

MPEG-1 and -2 on MPEG-4 reference software and BSAC extensions

 
 

2001/Amd.21:200x

FAMC reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.22:200x

Reference software for 3DGCM

 
 

2001/Amd.23:200x

Synthesized texture reference software

FPDAM

 

2001/Amd.24:200x

Reference software for AAC-ELD

FDAM

 

2001/Amd.25:200x

Reference software for scene partitioning

FPDAM

 

2001/Amd.26:200x

XXXXXX

PDAM?

 

2001/Amd.27:200x

Scalable complexity 3D mesh coding reference software

PDAM

6

2000

Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework (DMIF)

2nd Ed.

7

2004

Optimized reference software for coding of audio-visual objects

2nd Ed.

8

2004

Carriage of ISO/IEC 14496 contents over IP networks

 

9

2009

Reference hardware description

3rd Ed.

10

2008

Advanced Video Coding

4th Ed.

 

2008/Cor.1

Consolidated in 5th Ed.

 
 

2008/Amd.1

Multiview Video Coding

Consolidated in 5th Ed.

 
 

200x

 

5th Ed.

 

200x/Cor.1:200x

(MVC)

DCOR?

 

200x/Amd.1:200x

Constrained baseline profile and supplemental enhancement information

FPDAM

 

200x/Amd.2:200x

Multiview Field High Profile?

WD

11

2005

Scene description and application engine

1st Ed.

 

2005/Cor.5:2008

   
 

2005/Cor.6:2007

   
 

2005/Amd.5:2007

Support for Symbolic Music Notation

 
 

2005/Amd.6:2009

Scene partitioning

 
 

2005/Amd.7:200x

New BIFS profile

WD

12

2008

ISO base media file format

3rd Ed.

 

2008/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2008/Cor.2:200x

   
 

2008/Cor.3:200x

 

DCOR

 

2008/Amd.1:200x

General improvements including hint tracks, metadata support, and sample groups

FDAM

13

2004

IPMP Extensions

 

14

2003

MP4 file format

 
 

2003/Cor.1:2006

   
 

2003/Amd.1:200x

Handling of MPEG-4 audio enhancement layers

PDAM

15

2004

AVC file format

1st Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2006

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2006

   
 

2004/Cor.3:2009

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2006

Support for FRExt

 
 

2004/Amd.2:2008

File format support for SVC

 
 

2004/Amd.3:200x

File format support for MVC

FPDAM

16

2006

AFX

2nd Ed.

 

2006/Amd.1:2007

Geometry and shadow

 
 

2006/Amd.1:2007/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2006/Amd.1:2007/Cor.2:2008

   
 

2006/Amd.2:2009

FAMC

 
 

2006/Amd.3:2008

3D Multiresolution profile

 
 

2006/Amd.4:200x

Scalable complexity 3D mesh coding

PDAM

 

200x

AFX

3rd Ed. WD

17

2006

Streaming text format

 

18

2004

Font compression and streaming

 
 

2004/Cor.1:2007

   

19

2004

Synthesised texture stream

 

20

2008

LASeR and SAF

2nd Ed.

 

2008/Amd.1:2009

Extensions to support SVGT1.2

 
 

2008/Amd.2:200x

Technology for scene adaptation

FPDAM

 

2008/Amd.3:200x

Presentation of structured information

FPDAM

21

2006

MPEG-J GFX

 
 

2006/Cor.1:2007

   

22

2007

Open Font Format

1st Ed.

 

200x

 

2nd Ed.

23

2008

Symbolic Music Representation

 

24

2008

Audio and systems interaction

TR

25

2009

3D Graphics Compression model

 

26

200x

Audio conformance

 
 

200x/Cor.1:200x

 

DCOR

 

200x/Amd.1:200x

AAC-ELD, OAFI and additional AAC, and MP1/2 on MP4 conformance

FPDAM

27

200x

3D Graphics conformance

 
 

200x/Amd.1:200x

Conformance testing for scene partitioning

FPDAM

 

200x/Amd.2:200x

Scalable complexity 3D mesh coding conformance

PDAM

ISO/IEC 15938
Multimedia content description interface 

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

2002

Systems

 
 

2002/Cor.1:2004

   
 

2002/Cor.2:2005

   
 

2002/Amd.1:2005

Systems extensions

 
 

2002/Amd.1:2005/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2002/Amd.2:2006

Fast access extension

 

2

2002

Description definition language

 

3

2002

Visual

 
 

2002/Cor.1:2004

   
 

2002/Amd.1:2004

Visual extensions

 
 

2002/Amd.1:2004/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2002/Amd.1:2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2002/Amd.2:2006

Perceptual 3D shape descriptor

 
 

2002/Amd.2:2006/Cor.1:2007

   
 

Amd.3:2009

Image signature tools

 
 

Amd.4:200x

Video Signature

PDAM?

4

2002

Audio

 
 

2002/Amd.1:2004

Audio extensions

 
 

2002/Amd.2:2006

High-level descriptors

 

5

2003

Multimedia description schemes

 
 

Cor.1:2004

   
 

2003/Amd.1:2004

MDS extensions

 
 

2003/Amd.2:2005

Multimedia description schemes user preference extensions

 
 

2003/Amd.3:2008

Improvements to geographic descriptor

 

6

2003

Reference software

 
 

Amd.1:2006

Reference software extensions

 
 

Amd.1:2006/Cor.1:2007

   
 

Amd.2:2007

Reference software of perceptual 3D shape descriptor

 
 

Amd.3:200x

Reference software for image signature tools

FPDAM

7

2003

Conformance testing

 
 

Amd.1:2005

Conformance extensions

 
 

Amd.2:2007

Fast access extensions conformance

 
 

Amd.3:2007

Conformance testing of perceptual 3D shape descriptor

 
 

Amd.4:2008

Improvements to geographic descriptor conformance

 
 

Amd.5:200x

Conformance testing for image signature tools

FPDAM

8

2002

Extraction and use of MPEG-7 descriptions

 
 

2002/Cor.1:2005

   
 

Amd.1:2004

Extensions of extraction and use of MPEG-7 descriptions

 
 

Amd.2:2006

Extraction and use of MPEG-7 perceptual 3D shape descriptor

 
 

Amd.3:2007

Technologies for digital photo management using MPEG-7 visual tools

 
 

Amd.4:200x

Extraction of audio features from compressed formats

DAM

 

Amd.5:200x

Extraction and matching of image signature tools

DAM

9

2005

Profiles and levels

 

10

2005

Schema definition

 
 

Cor.1:2007

   

11

2005

MPEG-7 profile schemas

 

12

2008

Query format

 
 

Cor.1:2009

   

ISO/IEC 21000
Multimedia framework (MPEG-21)
 

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

2004

Vision, Technologies and Strategy

2nd Ed.

2

2005

Digital Item Declaration

2nd Ed.

 

2005/Amd.1

PSI

WD

3

2003

Digital Item Identification

 
 

2003/Amd.1:2007

Related identifier types

 

4

2006

IPMP Components

 
 

2006/Amd.1:2007

IPMP components base profile

 

5

2004

Rights Expression Language

 
 

2004/Amd.1:2007

MAM (Mobile And optical Media) profile

 
 

2004/Amd.2:2007

MPEG-21 REL profiles - the DAC profile

 
 

2004/Amd.3:2008

OAC (Open Access Content) profile

 

6

2004

Rights Data Dictionary

 
 

2004/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2006

DII relationship types

 

7

2007

Digital Item Adaptation

2nd Ed.

 

2007/Cor.1:200x

   
 

2007/Amd.1:2008

Query format capabilities

 

8

2008

Reference Software

2nd Ed.

 

2008/Amd.1:2009

Extra reference software

 

9

2005

File Format

 
 

2005/Amd.1:2008

MIME type registration

 

10

2006

Digital Item Processing

 
 

2006/Amd.1:2006

Additional C++ bindings

 

11

2004

Evaluation Methods for Persistent Association Technologies

 

12

2005

Test Bed for MPEG-21 Resource Delivery

 

14

2007

Conformance Testing

 

15

2006

Event Reporting

 
 

2006/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2006/Amd.1:2008

Security in Event Reporting

 

16

2005

Binary Format

 

17

2006

Fragment Identification of MPEG Resources

 

18

2007

Digital Item Streaming

1st Ed

 

2007/Amd.1:2008

Simple fragmentation rule

 

19

 

Media Value Chain Ontology

FCD

ISO/IEC 23000
Multimedia application format (MPEG-A)
 

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

2007

Purpose for multimedia application formats

 

2

2008

MPEG music player application format

2nd Ed.

3

2007

MPEG photo player application format

 
 

2007/Amd.1:2009

Reference software for photo player MAF

 
 

2007/Amd.2:200x

Conformance testing for photo player application format

PDAM

4

2009

Musical slide show application format

2nd Ed.

 

2009/Amd.1:2009

Conformance and reference software

 
 

2009/Amd.2:200x

Conformance and reference software for protected musical slide show application format

FDAM

 

2008

Media streaming application format

1st Ed.

5

200x

 

2nd Ed.CD

6

2009

Professional archival application format

 
 

2009/Amd.1:200x

Conformance and reference software

FPDAM

7

2008

Open access application format

 
 

2008/Amd.1:2009

Conformance and reference software

 

8

2008

Portable video application format

 

9

2008

Digital Multimedia Broadcasting application format

 
 

2008/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2008/Amd.1:200x

Conformance and reference software

FPDAM

 

2008/Amd.2:200x

Harmonization on MPEG-2 TS storage

PDAM

10

2009

Video surveillance application format

 
 

2009/Amd.1:200x

Conformance and reference software

FPDAM

11

200x

Stereoscopic video application format

 
 

200x/Cor.1:200x

 

DCOR

 

200x/Amd.1:200x

Conformance and reference software

WD

12

200x

Interactive music application format

CD

ISO/IEC 23001
MPEG systems technologies
 

Pt

Year/Cor/Amd

Title

Status

1

2006

Binary MPEG format for XML

1st Ed.

 

2006/Cor.1:2007

   
 

2006/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2006/Amd.1:2007

Conformance and reference software

 
 

2006/Amd.2:2008

Conservation of prefixes and extensions on encoding of wild cards

 

2

2008

Fragment Request Units

 

3

2008

XML IPMP messages

 

4

200x

Codec Configuration Representation

 

5

2008

Bitstream Syntax Description Language (BSDL)

 

ISO/IEC 23002
MPEG video technologies
 

1

2006

Accuracy requirements for implementation of integer-output 8x8 IDCT

 
 

2006/Amd.1:2008

Software for integer IDCT accuracy testing

 

2

2008

Fixed-point 8x8 IDCT and DCT

 

3

2007

Representation of auxiliary video streams and supplemental information

 

4

200x

Video tool library

 
 

200x/Amd.1:200x

Video tool library conformance and reference software

PDAM

 

200x/Amd.2:200x

Tools for MPEG-2 MP, MPEG-4 ASP, AVC HP and SVC

WD

ISO/IEC 23003
MPEG audio technologies
 

1

2007

MPEG Surround

1st Ed

 

2007/Cor.1:2008

   
 

2007/Cor.2:200x

 

DCOR

 

2007/Amd.1:2008

Conformance testing

 
 

2007/Amd.2:2008

Reference software

 
 

2007/Amd.2:2008/Cor.1:200x

 

DCOR

2

200x

SAOC

FDIS

3

200x

USAC

WD

ISO/IEC 23004
Multimedia Middleware
 

1

2007

Architecture

 

2

2007

Multimedia API

 

3

2007

Component model

 

4

2007

Resource and quality management

 

5

2008

Component download

 

6

2008

Fault management

 

7

2008

System integrity management

 

8

2009

Reference software

 

ISO/IEC 23005
Information exchange with Virtual Worlds
 

1

200x

 

1st Ed

CD

       

ISO/IEC 23006
MPEG extensible middleware (MXM)
 

1

200x

MXM architecture and technologies

1st Ed

CD

2

200x

MXM API

CD

3

200x

MXM conformance and reference software

CD

ISO/IEC 29116
Supplemental media technologies
 

1

2008

Media streaming application format protocols

1st Ed

 

200x

MPEG extensible middleware (MXM) protocols

2nd Ed

CD