[M4IF Technotes] MP4 File Format

[Dave Singer]

At 15:12 +0200 5/28/02, Julien Boeuf wrote:
>Hi,
>
>     You can find an open source project providing a reading/writing as well
>as hinting API for MP4 files on http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mpeg4ip
>it's really good.
>     For the doc, the document specifying the MP4 file format is MPEG-4
>system ISO/IEC 14496-1, chapter 13: it's really close to the QuickTime file
>format specification you can download freely on the web. The doc explaining
>how to stream an MP4 file and the hint track specification is the ISMA 1.0
>specs http://www.isma.tv. Once again, it's really close to the QuickTime
>Streaming specs.
>
>King regards,
>
>     Julien.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Padmanabhan S N" <padhu_sn   lycos.com>
>To: <technotes   lists.m4if.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 9:02 AM
>Subject: [M4IF Technotes] MP4 File Format
>
>
>| Hi all,
>|
>| I'm currently working on streaming a mpeg4 file. I have some queries
>regarding the MP4 file format :
>|
>| 1. Is there any document which describes the MP4 file format ?
>|
>| 2. Are there any SDKs available for interpreting MP4 file ?

There is reference software available to MPEG members, yes.
>|
>| Any information / pointers on ** streaming an mpeg4 file ** would be
>greatly appreciated.

Have a look at the hint track format specified for QuickTime;  we are 
following a similar approach in MP4.
>|
>| Thanks for your time,
>| Paddu.
>|
>|
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David Singer
Apple Computer/QuickTime