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Reference software

Standard ISO/IEC No. Reference software
MPEG-1 ISO/IEC 11172-5:1998 Software
MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818-5:2005

Software

MPEG-4 ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001

Software

  ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.1:2002

Software

  ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.2:2003

Software

  ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.3:2003

Software

  ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.4:2004

Software

  ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.5:2004

Software

  ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.6:2005

Software

MPEG-7 ISO/IEC 15938-6:2003 Software
MPEG-21    
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MPEG-C    
MPEG-D    
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/Amd.1:2007

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

 
 

2007/Amd.2:200x

Carriage of auxiliary video data

 
 

2007/Amd.3:200x

Transport of Scalable 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

 

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

   

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/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

 

2

2004

Visual

3rd Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2004

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Cor.3:200x

 

DCOR

 

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.4:200x

Simple profile level 6

 
 

2004/Amd.5:200x

Simple studio profile levels 5 and 6

PDAM

3

2005

Audio

3rd Ed.

 

2005/Cor.1

Consolidated into 3rd Ed.

 
 

2005/Cor.2:200x

   
 

2005/Cor.3:200x

   
 

2005/Cor.4:200x

   
 

2005/Cor.5:200x

   
 

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.2:200x

   
 

2005/Amd.2:2006/Cor.3:200x

   
 

2005/Amd.3:2006

Scalable Lossless Coding (SLS)

 
 

2005/Amd.3:2006/Cor.1:200x

   
 

2005/Amd.5:2007

BSAC extensions and transport of MPEG Surround

 
 

2005/Amd.8:200x

MP4FF box for original audio file information

 
 

2005/Amd.9:200x

Enhanced low delay AAC

 
 

200x

 

4th Ed.

4

2004

Conformance testing

2nd Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2007

   
 

2004/Cor.3:2006

   
 

2004/Cor.4:200x

   
 

2004/Cor.5:200x

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2005

Conformance testing for MPEG-4

 
 

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

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2005/Cor.2:200x

   
 

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.1:200x

 

DCOR

 

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.1:200x

   
 

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

   
 

2004/Amd.12:2007

Morphing & Textures conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.13:2007

Parametric coding for high quality audio conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.13:2007/Cor.1:200x

   
 

2004/Amd.14/2007

BSAC conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.15/2007

Lossless coding of oversampled audio conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.16/200x

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.20:200x

SLS conformance

FDAM

 

2004/Amd.21:200x

Geometry and shadow conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.22:200x

AudioBIFS v3 conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.23:200x

Synthesized texture conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.24:200x

File format conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.25:200x

LASeR and SAF conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.26:200x

Open Font Format conformance

FPDAM

 

2004/Amd.27:200x

LASeR and SAF extensions conformance

FPDAM

 

2004/Amd.28:200x

Simple Profile level 6 conformance

 
 

2004/Amd.29:200x

SMR conformance

FDAM

 

2004/Amd.30:200x

new profiles for professional applications conformance

FPDAM

 

2004/Amd.31:200x

SVC profiles conformance

PDAM

 

2004/Amd.32:200x

Conformance testing for FAMC

PDAM

 

2004/Amd.33:200x

Conformance testing for multiresolution profile

PDAM

 

2004/Amd.34:200x

Conformance for 3DGCM

PDAM?

 

2004/Amd.35:200x

Simple studio profile levels 5 and 6 conformance testing

PDAM

5

2001 

Reference software

2nd Ed.

 

2001/Amd.1:2002  

Reference software for MPEG-4

 
 

2001/Amd.1:2002/Cor.1

 

COR

 

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.1:200x

   
 

2001/Amd.11:2007

MPEG-J GFX reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.12:2007

Updated file format reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.13:200x

Geometry and shadow reference software

 
 

2001/Amd.14:200x

Open Font Format reference software

PDAM

 

2001/Amd.15:200x

Support for BSAC in SLS reference software

PDAM?

 

2001/Amd.16:200x

SMR reference software

FDAM

 

2001/Amd.17:200x

Reference software for LASeR and SAF

FDAM

 

2001/Amd.18:200x

reference software for new profiles for professional applications

FPDAM

 

2001/Amd.19:200x

reference software for Scalable Video Coding

FPDAM

 

2001/Amd.20:200x

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

FPDAM

 

2001/Amd.21:200x

FAMC reference software

PDAM

 

2001/Amd.22:200x

Reference software for 3DGCM

WD

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

2004

Reference hardware description

1st Ed.

 

200x

Reference hardware description

TR

 

200x

Reference hardware description

DTR

10

2005

Advanced Video Coding

3rd Ed.

 

2005/Cor.2:2006

   
 

2005/Amd.1:2007

Support for colour spaces and aspect ratio definitions

 
 

2005/Amd.2:2007

New profiles for professional applications

 
 

2005/Amd.3

Scalable Video Coding

Consolidated to 4th Ed.

 
 

200x

Advanced Video Coding

4th Ed.

 

200x/Amd.1:200x

Multiview Video Coding

FPDAM

11

2005

Scene description and application engine

1st Ed.

 

2005/Cor.5:200x

   
 

2005/Cor.6:2007

   
 

2005/Amd.5:2007

Support for Symbolic Music Notation

 

12

2005

ISO base media file format

2nd Ed.

 

2005/Cor.1:2005

   
 

2005/Cor.2:2006

   
 

2005/Cor.3:2007

   
 

2005/Amd.1:2007

Support for timed metadata, non-square pixels and improved sample groups

 
 

2005/Amd.2:200x

Hint track format for ALC/LCT and FLUTE transmission and multiple meta box support

 
 

200x

 

3rd Ed.

13

2004

IPMP Extensions

 

14

2003

MP4 file format

 
 

2003/Cor.1:2006

   

15

2004

AVC file format

1st Ed.

 

2004/Cor.1:2006

   
 

2004/Cor.2:2006

   
 

2004/Amd.1:2006

Support for FRExt

 
 

2004/Amd.2:200x

File format support for SVC

FDAM

16

2006

AFX

2nd Ed.

 

2006/Amd.1:2007

Geometry and shadow

 
 

2006/Amd.1:2007/Cor.1:200x

 

DCOR

 

2006/Amd.2:200x

FAMC

FPDAM

 

2006/Amd.3:200x

3D Multiresolution profile

FPDAM

 

2006/Amd.4:200x

Space partitioning

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

2006

LASeR and SAF

1st Ed.

 

2006/Cor.1:2007

   
 

2006/Cor.2:200x

   
 

2006/Amd.1:200x

LASeR extensions

 
 

2006/Amd.1:200x/Cor.1:200x

   
 

2006/Amd.2:200x

Extensions to support SVGT1.2

 
 

200x

 

2nd Ed.

21

2006

MPEG-J GFX

 
 

2006/Cor.1:2007

   

22

2007

Open Font Format

 

23

200x

Symbolic Music Representation

 

24

200x

Audio and systems interaction

TR

25

200x

3D Graphics Compression model

CD

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

   
 

Amd.2:2006

Perceptual 3D shape descriptor

 
 

Amd.2:2006/Cor.1:2007

   
 

Amd.3:200x

Visual signature tools

PDAM

4

2002

Audio

 
 

2002/Amd.1:2004

Audio extensions