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1 Media coding *

1.1 HD-AAC Profile *

1.2 960 frame length in MPEG-4 AAC *

1.3 Constrained Baseline Profile and Stereo High Profile *

1.4 AFX 3rd edition *

1.5 Multiresolution profile *

1.6 Scalable-complexity 3D mesh compression *

1.7 Media Value Chain Ontology *

1.8 Codec Configuration Representation *

1.9 Video Tool Library *

1.10 Spatial Audio Object Coding *

1.11 Unified Speech and Audio Coding *

1.12 Interfaces with virtual worlds *

1.13 Representation of Sensory Experience *

1.14 3D Video Coding *

1.15 High-Performance Video Coding *

2 Composition coding *

2.1 Interactive Digital Radio *

2.2 LASeR Adaptation *

2.3 Presentation and Modification of Structured Information *

3 Description coding *

3.1 Video Signature Tools *

3.2 Metadata driven post processing of audio signals *

3.3 Extraction and Matching of Image Signature Tools *

4 Systems support *

5 IPMP *

6 Digital Item *

6.1 Presentation of Digital Item *

6.2 Protection of Presentation Element *

7 Transport and File formats *

7.1 Carriage of MVC in MPEG-2 Systems *

7.2 Miscellaneous additions to File Format *

7.3 Handling of MPEG-4 Audio enhancement layers *

7.4 AVC File Format extensions for MVC *

7.5 Modern MPEG Transport *

8 Multimedia architecture *

8.1 MXM Architecture and Technologies *

8.2 MXM API *

8.3 Advanced IPTV Terminal *

8.4 MPEG Rich Media UI Framework *

9 Application formats *

9.1 Media Streaming AF *

9.2 DMB AF Harmonization of MPEG-2 TS storage *

9.3 Interactive Music Application Format *

10 Protocols *

10.1 MXM Protocols *

11 Reference implementation *

11.1 AAC-ELD Reference Software *

11.2 MVC Reference Software *

11.3 File Format Reference Software *

11.4 Geometry and Shadow Reference Software *

11.5 SC3DMC Reference Software *

11.6 Scene Partitioning Reference Software *

11.7 Image Signature Tools Reference Software *

11.8 Professional Archival MAF Reference Software *

11.9 DMB AF Reference Software *

11.10 Video Surveillance AF Reference Software *

11.11 Stereoscopic video AF Reference Software *

11.12 Interactive Music AF Reference Software *

11.13 Video Tool Library Reference Software *

11.14 MXM Reference Software *

12 Conformance *

12.1 MVC Conformance *

12.2 MPEG-4 Audio Conformance *

12.3 AAC-ELD, OAFI and additional AAC Conformance *

12.4 MVC Conformance *

12.5 File Format Conformance *

12.6 Scene Partitioning Conformance *

12.7 Scalable Complexity 3DMC Conformance *

12.8 3D Graphics Compression Model Conformance *

12.9 Image Signature Tools Conformance *

12.10 Photo Player AF Conformance *

12.11 Musical Slide Show AF Conformance *

12.12 Professional Archival AF Conformance *

12.13 DMB AF Conformance *

12.14 Video Surveillance AF Conformance *

12.15 Stereoscopic video AF Conformance *

12.16 Interactive Music AF Conformancw *

12.17 Video Tool Library Conformance *

12.18 MXM Conformance *

13 Maintenance *

13.1 Systems coding standards *

13.2 Video coding standards *

13.3 Audio coding standards *

13.4 3DG coding standards *

13.5 Visual description coding standards *

13.6 Audio description coding standards *

13.7 MPEG-21 standards *

13.8 MPEG-A standards *

14 Work plan and time line *

 
  1. Media coding
    1. HD-AAC Profile

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      3

      1

       

      The High Definition AAC (HD-AAC) Profile is based on MPEG-4 AAC Low Complexity (AAC-LC) and MPEG-4 Scalable Lossless Coding (SLS). It offers a high quality audio signal representation scalable from AAC-LC quality up to fully lossless quality at up to 96 kHz / 24 bit stereo.

      The HD-AAC profile is intended to be utilized in home media servers, streaming devices, digital archiving systems, portable media players, gaming consoles, car entertainment systems, consumer software tools, pro audio software tools, etc. In general this profile will be used for PCs as well as for embedded systems based audio applications being limited by CPU power and memory.

    2. 960 frame length in MPEG-4 AAC

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      3

      ?

      ?

      The AAC profile and HE-AAC v2 profiles have enjoyed widespread adoption by industry, in part because they were deliberately kept simple in order to meet the industry needs and not burden the implementers with features not useful for their application. However, the profiles included support for the 960 transform in addition to the more commonly used 1024 transform. So far, industry has failed to live up to the exact wording of the original specification by only implementing one of the two transform lengths. In fact several application standards limit the profile to one frame length, and do not require support for both. This may have significant impact on interoperability, and this effort seeks a solutions to this dilemma.

    3. Constrained Baseline Profile and Stereo High Profile

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

10

1

 

This amendment will provide

  1. A profile that is a common core of cross-application compatibility among decoders supporting the existing high-volume profiles (Baseline and High), reflects some existing industry practice, and improves alignment with some guidelines adopted in important application specifications
  2. A profile providing an effective solution to adapt the full set of coding tools of the High profile for stereo-view applications. The number of coded views is limited to two, in order to address the particular class of stereo video applications. Support for interlaced coding tools is included, as these are supported in the High Profile on which the multiview video coding (MVC) extensions are already otherwise based, and as interlaced camera capture remains a common application scenario. The interlaced coding tools included in this profile can be supported easily in implementations based on the existing (single view) High profile.
    1. AFX 3rd edition

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      16

      3rd E

       

      This standard contains all the 3D Graphics tools developed by MPEG since 2001. They are classified in representation and compression tools. In the first category there are high order surface representation, subdivision surfaces, implicit equation-based volume representation, shape deformation models. The 3D Graphics compression toolbox handles three types of graphics data: geometry (3D Mesh Compression, Wavelet Subdivision Surface, MeshGrid, FootPrint), appearance (Depth-based Image Representation, PointTexture) and animation (Bone-based Animation, Frame-based Animated Mesh Compression). The standard also defines profiles for using MPEG-4 3D Graphics tools in applications.

    2. Multiresolution profile

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      16

      3

       

      This standard defines three profiles: one for Graphics dimension (called Basic AFX Graphics), one for Scene Graph dimension (called Basic AFX Scene Graph) and one for compression dimension (called 3D MultiResolution Compression). The combination of the three profiles allows progressive and adaptive transmission over networks of large 3D environments and/or complex 3D shapes.

    3. Scalable-complexity 3D mesh compression

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      16

         

      LC-3DMC aims to provide efficient and low-complexity 3D mesh compression and streaming for downloading 3D vertex positions, normals, texture coordinates, other attributes per vertex, and topology. Low complexity is targeted for both, decoder and encoder. This standard aims to enable real-time applications on devices with low computational and memory capacities (PDA, mobile phones…).

    4. Media Value Chain Ontology

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      21

      19

      1E

      ?

      A standard media value chain ontology focusing on the rights management aspects. The standard specifies a core OWL ontology, extensible for specific domains as well as an API to facilitate access to the ontology.

    5. Codec Configuration Representation

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      B

      4

         

      CCR provides a description of media decoder configuration, which contains syntax parsing and decoding process. Now, the design of CCR is mainly done in video coding, but may be applicable to audio and other media coding. Using CCR and a toolbox containing functional units (FUs), a decoding solution may be implemented. CCR may support the toolbox with MPEG tools as well as the toolbox with nonMPEG tools.

    6. Video Tool Library

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Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

C

4

   
  1. A repository of video coding tools used in MPEG Video standards
  2. The series of MPEG video coding standards with indication of which coding tools defined in 1. they use
  3. Combination of tools for existing standards (if applicable)
  4. Possible case: intraframe only profile(s)
    1. Spatial Audio Object Coding

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      D

      1

      1

       

      Spatial Audio Object Coding represents several audio objects by first combining the object signals into a mono or stereo signal, whilst extracting parameters from the individual object signals based on knowledge of human perception of the sound stage. These parameters are coded as a low bitrate side-channel that the decoder uses to render an audio scene from the stereo or mono down-mix such that the aspects of the output composition can be decided at the time of decoding.

    2. Unified Speech and Audio Coding

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      D

      3

         

      Unified Speech and Audio Coding is a single, unified coder with performance that equals or surpasses that of dedicated speech coders for speech signals and dedicated music coders for music signals over a broad range of bitrates. It employs time-domain linear prediction and residual coding tools for speech-like signal segments and transform coding tools for music-like signal segments and is able to switch between the tool sets in a dynamic, signal-responsive manner.

    3. Interfaces with virtual worlds

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      V

      1

         

      This project will provide a standardized framework that enables the interoperability between virtual worlds (as for example IMVU, Google Earth and many others) and the real world (sensors, actuators, social and welfare systems, banking, insurance, travel, real estate and many others). Virtual Worlds are 3D space where people can work, interact, play, travel, learn and augment real life. The broad acceptance of virtual words (social networks, serious games, …) and the relation to the real world (devices and real world networks) brings emerging (business) opportunities and challenges; the resulting interoperability will enable a new and sustainable industry. It is foreseen that this project will enable the start of the next revolution of the internet and related technologies, which will become a major source of information, services, education and entertainment and associated business in the ‘digital society’.

    4. Representation of Sensory Experience

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

             

      Since it is hard to realize Sensory Effects only with presentation of audiovisual contents, MPEG embarks on the standardization of Sensory Effects information. Sensory Effects may include special effects such as opening/closing window curtains for mood changes, turning on a flashbulb for lightning flash effects as well as fragrance, flame, fog, and scare effects made by scent devices, flame-throwers, fog generators, and shaking chairs respectively. This work will lead to the application of new media for enhanced experiences of users in a more realistic sense.

    5. 3D Video Coding

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

             

      3D video (3DV) supports new types of audio-visual systems that allow users to view videos of the real 3D space from different user viewpoints. In an advanced application of 3DV, denoted as Free-viewpoinT Video (FTV), a user can set the viewpoint to an almost arbitrary location and direction, which can be static, change abruptly, or vary continuously, within the limits that are given by the available camera setup. Similarly, the audio listening point is changed accordingly.

      The first phase of 3DV development is expected to support advanced 3D displays, where M dense views must be generated from a sparse set of K transmitted views (typically K£ 3) with associated depth data. The allowable range of view synthesis will be relatively narrow (20 degrees view angle from leftmost to rightmost view).

    6. High-Performance Video Coding

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Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

       

The overall amount of video data rate that is to be transferred over networks will grow at a very fast pace by the increased number of services and users and the increasing resolution of video from SD to HD and beyond. Therefore, next generation of video compression technology is needed that has clearly higher compression capability than the existing AVC standard in its best configuration, the High Profile. A study has been started on the feasibility of HVC, which is mainly intended for high quality applications, in particular expecting

  • Performance improvements at higher resolution,
  • Applicability to entertainment-quality services such as HD mobile, home cinema and UHD TV.
  1. Composition coding
    1. Interactive Digital Radio

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      11

         

      New profile definition for interactive services over digital radio possibly including additional technologies to BIFS and link to LASeR presentation

    2. LASeR Adaptation

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      20

      2

      10064

      This amendment provides means to for the adaptation of scene representation considering the terminal. It supports the optimized scene composition regarding each device types and the resource status. The purpose is providing the efficient tool for supporting various sorts of terminals in the network such as IPTV.

    3. Presentation and Modification of Structured Information

    Std

    Pt

    Amd

    Req

    Short description

    4

    20

    3

     

    This specification specifies means to present any Structured Information (any document conforming a given schema such as MPEG-21 DI or TVAnytime) in a consistent manner using Presentation Information (MPEG-4 LASeR.) It also provides a mechanism to reflect the result of the presentation back into the Structured Information. For example, a feature-rich (such as graphical layout of channel information and predefined user interactions) channel guide can be provided using this specification by accessing incoming EPG structured information and presenting declaratively.

  2. Description coding
    1. Video Signature Tools

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

3

4

 

Video signature tools support ultra-fast search for and identification of videos and their modified/edited versions or fragments. They are designed to be robust to a range of deformations, such as coding artifacts, blurring, colour-to-monochrome conversion, trans-coding and and frame-rate change. Applications include:

  • Video-based content searching and linking,
  • Database de-duplication and
  • Content Rights Management and Usage Monitoring.
    1. Metadata driven post processing of audio signals

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

?

?

 

This effort will explore specification of metadata derived from the audio signal. It is envisioned that such metadata may at least consist of information to control the following three factors (the three "classical" D's):

  • dialog normalization
  • dynamic range control
  • downmix

Such Audio metadata permits the receiver to manipulate the received audio signal based on the adjustments performed by the listener.

    1. Extraction and Matching of Image Signature Tools

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

8

5

10160

The standard is amended by the extraction and matching methods related to the Image Signature Tools (15938-3/Amd.3). This includes fast, high precision methods as needed for search in extremely large image databases.

  1. Systems support
  2. IPMP
  3. Digital Item
    1. Presentation of Digital Item

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      21

      2

      1

       

      This specification standardizes means to present structured information in a MPEG-21 Digital Item by a scene representation language such as MPEG-4 LASeR. An element named as Presentation is added into Digital Item Declaration Model to presents the metadata or other information of its parent Digital Item. Typically the Presentation element is a well-formed XML document (or just a pointer to a remote fragment) which contains the Presentation Information.

    2. Protection of Presentation Element

    Std

    Pt

    Amd

    Req

    Short description

    21

    4

    1

       
  4. Transport and File formats
    1. Carriage of MVC in MPEG-2 Systems

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      2

      1

      4

      10241

      Specifies the transport format for ISO/IEC 14496-10:200x/AMD? Multiview Video Coding (MVC) video streams in MPEG-2 Systems.

    2. Miscellaneous additions to File Format

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      12

      1

       

      This amendment improves various areas, including metadata support, sample groups, and sample groups, and introduces hint tracks to support MPEG-2 Transport, multimedia internet key  (MIKEY) streams, and the recording of streams as hint tracks.

    3. Handling of MPEG-4 Audio enhancement layers

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

14

1

13500

Multiple occurrences of "mp4a" tracks in an MP4FF presents problems for many existing implementations, in that it is not clear if such tracks are alternate encodings of a signal (e.g. multiple bitrates) or if one track depends on the other (e.g. one is a "base" AAC stream and the other is an SLS "enhancement" stream).

This amendment extends the MP4FF specification to implement new box type "mp4ae" that will be used to indicate that a track is an "audio enhancement" track. Hence, base plus enhancement track structures can be indicated as:

  • box type mp4a is audio base track
  • m4ae is audio enhancement track
    1. AVC File Format extensions for MVC

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      15

      3

       

      Standardizes means for storing the MVC Video format in the ISO File Format

    2. Modern MPEG Transport

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

?

?

?

?

In order to overcome current limitations of available standards in the area of media streaming, the development of a media aware client is envisioned in line with the MPEG philosophy of concentrating the work on the media client. Possible topics of work are:

  • Transport- and file format friendly stream format
  • Cross layer optimization between video and transport layer
  • Error resilience for MPEG streams,
  • Conversion between transport mechanisms
  • Content adaptation to different networks.
  1. Multimedia architecture
    1. MXM Architecture and Technologies

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      M

      1

         

      The MPEG Extensible Middleware standard is designed to promote the extended use of digital media content through increased interoperability and accelerated development of components, solutions and applications.

      The MXM standard will promote the creation of a global market of applications, devices, and MXM components. As a result, we expect that innovative business models will be easily deployed.

      This part of MXM specifies the MXM architecture and references the technologies that are part of an MXM implementation.

    2. MXM API

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

M

2

   

This part of MXM specifies a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) so that MXM Applications executing on an MXM Device can access the standard multimedia technologies contained in its Middleware as MXM Engines, as specified by part 1 of MXM.

The APIs belong to two classes

  • The MXM Engine APIs, i.e. the collection of the individual MXM Engine APIs providing access to a single MPEG technology (e.g. video coding) or to a group of MPEG technologies where this is convenient
  • The MXM Orchestrator API, i.e. the API of the special MXM Engine that is capable of creating chains of MXM engines to execute a high-level application call such as Play, as opposed to the typically low-level MXM Engine API calls
    1. Advanced IPTV Terminal

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

       

Standard on IPTV terminal providing enhanced features as follows:

  • User can run downloadable applications that are continuously made available by developers for multiple HW platforms without the need of separate developments to enhance user experience
  • Pervasive content generation, processing, distribution, search and retrieval etc.
  • P2P content generation, sharing and social networking
    1. MPEG Rich Media UI Framework

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

       

The Rich Media UI Framework specification standardizes a Widget Representation Format and Widget Packaging Formats to enable operators and manufacturers to consistently deliver a rich experience across consumer electronics and mobile devices, and beyond. The key features of the MPEG Rich Media UI Framework are the following:

  • a broad range of possible exploitation domains such as home network, broadcast, web and mobile domains;
  • the possibility to update the User Interface in a continuous manner;
  • the integration of a wide variety of media type (audio, video, text, 2D and 3D graphics).
  1. Application formats
    1. Media Streaming AF

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      5

      2 Ed

       

      This International Standard specifies a digital item structure, a file format, and references set of protocols used in a media streaming environment for applications where governed audio and video information is streamed to an end-user device by means of existing protocols such as MPEG-2 Transport Stream or Real Time Protocol over Internet Protocol (RTP/IP), and provides a set informative implementations corresponding to specific applications.

    2. DMB AF Harmonization of MPEG-2 TS storage

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      9

      2

      10461

      The purpose of the Amendment 2 is to update the MPEG-2 TS storage method of the standard so that it also complies to the Amendment 1 of ISO/IEC 14496-12 3rd Ed. (ISO base media file format).

    3. Interactive Music Application Format

    Std

    Pt

    Amd

    Req

    Short description

    A

    12

       

    This defines a file format designed for interactive music service. It specifies how to combine the multiple audio tracks with associated information for a presentation in a well-defined format that facilitates storage, interchange, management, editing, and presentation of interactive music contents in interoperable ways.

  2. Protocols
    1. MXM Protocols

    Std

    Pt

    Amd

    Req

    Short description

    X

    1

    2E

       
  3. Reference implementation
    1. AAC-ELD Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      5

      24

       

      This amendment extends BSAC reference software to support coding of multichannel signals and use of the SBR coding tool.

    2. MVC Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      5

      15

      9973

      Reference software related to AVC Multiview Video Coding (ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008/Amd.1)

    3. File Format Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      5

      12

       

      This standard provides the reference software for the MPEG-4 File Format specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-12 and ISO/IEC 14496-14.

    4. Geometry and Shadow Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      5

      13

       

      Provides a reference implementation of 3DMC Extension, Foot Print and Shadow tools as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-16.

    5. SC3DMC Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      5

      27

      10326

      Provides a reference implementation of Scalable Compression 3D Mesh Coding as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-16 AMD4.

    6. Scene Partitioning Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      5

      25

      10016

      This standard provides the Reference Software Implementation for Scene Partitioning tool as described in ISO/IEC 14496-1

    7. Image Signature Tools Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      7

      6

      3

      10156

      Reference software related to Image Signature Tools (15938-3/Amd.3).

    8. Professional Archival MAF Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      6

         

      Reference Software for Professional Archival MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-6).

    9. DMB AF Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      6

         

      Reference Software of DMB MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-9).

    10. Video Surveillance AF Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      10

      1

       

      Reference Software for Video Surveillance MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-10).

    11. Stereoscopic video AF Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      11

         

      Reference Software for Stereoscopic Video AF (ISO/IEC 23000-11).

    12. Interactive Music AF Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      12

         

      Reference Software for Interactive Music AF (ISO/IEC 23000-12).

    13. Video Tool Library Reference Software

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      B

      3

      1

         
    14. MXM Reference Software

    Std

    Pt

    Amd

    Req

    Short description

    M

    3

       

    Reference Software for MXM

  4. Conformance
    1. MVC Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      4

      38

      10144

      Conformance testing related to AVC Multiview Video Coding (ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008/Amd.1)

    2. MPEG-4 Audio Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      26

         

      This work collects all MPEG-4 Audio Conformance information into a single document. The result will make it much easier to find desired conformance information as it merges all audio-related clauses in

      14496-4 and all audio-related amendments to 14496-4 into a single document, MPEG-4 Part 26.

    3. AAC-ELD, OAFI and additional AAC Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      4

      1

       

      This amendment contains conformance descriptions and informations for

      MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC-ELD and also MEPG-4 Audio AMD 8, "MP4FF Box for Original Audio File Information."

    4. MVC Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      4

      38

         
    5. File Format Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      4

      37

       

      This amendment provides the conformance for the MPEG-4 File Format specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-12 and ISO/IEC 14496-14.

    6. Scene Partitioning Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      27

      1

      10014

      This standard provides the conformance for the Scene Partitioning as specified in ISO/IEC 14496-16.

    7. Scalable Complexity 3DMC Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      27

      2

       

      This standard provides the conformance for the Scalable Complexity 3D Mesh Compression specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-16 AMD4.

    8. 3D Graphics Compression Model Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      4

      4

      34

       

      This standard provides the conformance for the 3DGCM specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-25

    9. Image Signature Tools Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      7

      7

      5

      10158

      Conformance testing related to Image Signature Tools (15938-3/Amd.3).

    10. Photo Player AF Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      3

      2

       

      Conformance testing related to Photo Player MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-3).

    11. Musical Slide Show AF Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      4

         

      Conformance Musical Slide Show MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-4).

    12. Professional Archival AF Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      6

         

      Conformance Professional Archival MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-4).

    13. DMB AF Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      6

         

      Conformance of DMB MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-9).

    14. Video Surveillance AF Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      6

         

      Conformance for Video Surveillance MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-10).

    15. Stereoscopic video AF Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      11

         

      Conformance for Stereoscopic video AF (ISO/IEC 23000-11).

    16. Interactive Music AF Conformancw

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      A

      12

         

      Conformance for Interactive Music AF AF (ISO/IEC 23000-12).

    17. Video Tool Library Conformance

      Std

      Pt

      Amd

      Req

      Short description

      C

      4

      1

       

      VTL Conformance Provides tools for testing FUs and conformance measurement procedures which support testing of MPEG RVC bitstreams and decoders.

    18. MXM Conformance

    Std

    Pt

    Amd

    Req

    Short description

    M

    3

       

    This part of MXM specifies the conformance tests for MXM applications, devices, and components.

  5. Maintenance
    1. Systems coding standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

      2

      2

      3

       

      Correction for field pictures

    2. Video coding standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

               
               

      4

      2

      3

       

      Correction of two small bugs in studio profiles

      4

      10

      1

       

      Correction of a set of small bugs and typos in the 200x edition (including SVC)

    3. Audio coding standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

      1

      3

           

      2

      3

           

      4

      3

      5

       

      DST and MP3on4

      4

      3

      3/1

       

      SLS

    4. 3DG coding standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

      4

      16

           
    5. Visual description coding standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

      7

      3

         

      xxx

    6. Audio description coding standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

      7

      4

         

      xxx

    7. MPEG-21 standards

      Std

      Pt

      Cor

      Req

      Short description

      21

           

      xxx

    8. MPEG-A standards

    Std

    Pt

    Cor

    Req

    Short description

    21

         

    MPEG-A provides the framework such as a file format for integration of elements from several MPEG standards into a single specification that is suitable for specific but widely usable applications. Typically, MPEG-A specifies how to combine metadata with timed media information for a presentation in a well-defined format that facilitates interchange, management, editing, and presentation of the media.

  6. Work plan and time line

Std

Pt

Edit.

Project

Description

CfP

WD

CD

FCD

FDIS

Gr.

2

1

2007

Cor.3

     

09/04

 

09/07

S

2

1

2007

Amd.4

Transport of MVC over 13818-1

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

4

1

2004

Amd.4

RA and systems extensions

   

08/04

09/10

10/04

S

4

3

200x

Amd.1

HD-AAC profile

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

A

4

4

200x

Cor.7

(Audio & 3DG)

   

09/02

 

09/07

3

4

4

2004

Amd.37

File format conformance

 

08/04

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

4

4

2004

Amd.38

MVC conformance

 

08/07

08/10

09/02

09/07

V

4

5

2001

Amd 15

Reference software for Multiview Video Coding

   

08/07

09/02

09/07

V

4

5

2001

Amd.23

Synthetised Texture RefSof

   

08/04

09/04

09/10

S

4

5

2001

Amd.24

AAC-ELD RS

   

08/04

08/10

09/04

A

4

5

2001

Amd.25

Scene partitioning RefSof

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

3

                     

4

5

200x

Amd.27

Scalable compl. 3DMC RS

   

09/02

09/07

10/01

3

4

10

200x

Amd.1

Constrained BL profile & suppl. enhanc. info. + Stereo High Profile

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

V

4

10

200x

Cor.1

(MVC)

   

09/07

 

09/10

V

4

11

2005

Amd.7

DR BIFS profile

09/04

09/07

09/10

10/04

10/10

3

4

12

2008

Amd.1

MPEG-2 FF

 

07/10

08/04

08/10

09/04

S

4

14

2003

Amd.1

Handling of MPEG-4 audio enhancement layers

   

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

4

15

2004

Amd.3

File format support for MVC

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

4

16

2006

Amd.4

Scalable complexity 3D mesh coding

08/01

08/10

09/02

09/07

10/01

3

4

16

200x

3rd Ed.

AFX

 

07/10

   

09/04

3

4

20

2008

Amd.2

Technology for scene adaptation

   

08/07

09/02

09/07

S

4

20

2008

Amd.3

PASI

 

08/07

08/10

09/04

09/10

S

4

26

2004

Cor.1

ALS & SLS update

   

09/02

 

09/07

A

4

26

2004

Amd.1

AAC-ELD conformance

   

08/04

09/02

09/07

A

4

27

200x

Amd.1

Scene partitioning conformance

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

3

4

27

200x

Amd.2

Scalable compl. 3DMC conformance

   

09/02

09/07

10/01

3

7

3

2002

Amd.4

Video Signature

 

09/04

09/07

09/10

10/04

V

7

6

2003

Amd.3

RefSof for image signature tools

   

08/10

09/04

09/10

V

7

7

2003

Amd.5

Conformance testing for image signature tools

   

08/10

09/04

09/10

V

7

8

2002

Amd.5

Extraction and matching of image signature tools

   

08/10

 

09/04

V

21

2

2005

Amd.1

DID PASI

 

08/10

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

21

19

200x

1st Ed.

Media Value Chain Ontology

 

08/07

08/10

09/07

10/01

S

A

3

2007

Amd.2

Photo player AF Conformance

 

08/07

09/02

09/07

10/01

V

A

4

2009

Amd.2

Protected MSS AF C & RS

   

08/04

08/10

09/04

S

A

5

200x

2nd Ed.

MS AF

 

08/01

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

A

6

200x

Amd.1

PAF RS & C

   

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

A

9

2008

Amd.1

DMB AF RS & C

 

08/04

08/07

09/02

09/07

S

A

9

2008

Amd.2

DMB FF

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

A

10

200x

Amd.1

VS AF RS & C

 

08/04

08/07

09/04

09/10

S

A

11

200x

Cor.1

(SVAF codec signalling)

   

09/02

 

09/07

S

A

12

200x

1st Ed.

Interactive music AF

 

08/01

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

C

4

200x

Amd.1

Conformance and RF

 

08/04

09/02

09/07

10/01

V

C

4

200x

Amd.2

Tools for MP4 ASP, AVC HP and SVC

   

09/07

09/10

10/04

V

D

1

200x

Cor.2

     

09/02

 

09/07

A

D

1

200x

Amd.2/Cor.1

     

09/02

 

09/07

A

D

2

200x

1st Ed.

SAOC

 

07/10

08/04

09/04

09/10

A

D

3

200x

1st Ed.

USAC

 

08/10

09/10

10/01

10/07

A

M

1

200x

1st Ed

Architecture and Technologies

08/04

08/07

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

M

2

200x

1st Ed.

API

08/04

08/07

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

M

3

200x

1st Ed.

RS & C

08/04

08/10

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

V

1

   

Architecture

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

V

2

   

Control Informat.

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

V

3

   

Sensor Informat.

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

V

4

   

Avatar Characteristics

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

29116

1

 

2nd Ed.

MXM protocols

   

09/02

09/10

10/04

S