This specification defines a [[[MEDIA-SOURCE]]] [[MEDIA-SOURCE]] byte stream format specification based on the ISO Base Media File Format [[ISOBMFF]].

The working group maintains a list of all bug reports that the editors have not yet tried to address; there may also be related open bugs in the GitHub repository of the [[[MEDIA-SOURCE]]] specification.

Introduction

This specification defines segment formats for implementations of [[[MEDIA-SOURCE]]] [[MEDIA-SOURCE]] that choose to support the ISO Base Media File Format [[ISOBMFF]].

It defines the MIME-type parameters used to signal codecs, and provides the necessary format specific definitions for [=initialization segments=], [=media segments=], and [=random access points=] required by the Byte Stream Formats section of the [[[MEDIA-SOURCE]]] specification.

MIME-type parameters

This section specifies the parameters that can be used in the MIME-type passed to {{MediaSource/isTypeSupported()}} or {{MediaSource/addSourceBuffer()}}.

MIME-types for this specification MUST conform to the rules outlined for "audio/mp4" and "video/mp4" in [[RFC6381]].

Implementations MAY only implement a subset of the codecs and profiles mentioned in [[RFC6381]].

Initialization Segments

An ISO BMFF [=initialization segment=] is defined in this specification as a single File Type Box (ftyp) followed by a single Movie Box (moov).

The user agent MUST run the [=append error=] algorithm if any of the following conditions are met:

  1. A File Type Box contains a major_brand or compatible_brand that the user agent does not support.
  2. A box or field in the Movie Box is encountered that violates the requirements mandated by the major_brand or one of the compatible_brands in the File Type Box.
  3. The tracks in the Movie Box contain samples (i.e., the entry_count in the stts, stsc or stco boxes are not set to zero).
  4. A Movie Extends (mvex) box is not contained in the Movie (moov) box to indicate that Movie Fragments are to be expected.

The user agent MUST support setting the offset from media composition time to movie presentation time by handling an Edit Box (edts) containing a single Edit List Box (elst) that contains a single edit with media rate one. This edit MAY have a duration of 0 (indicating that it spans all subsequent media) or MAY have a non-zero duration (indicating the total duration of the movie including fragments).

The user agent MUST support codec configurations stored out-of-band in the sample entry, and for codecs which allow codec configurations stored inband in the samples themselves, the user agent SHOULD support codec configurations stored inband.

For example, for codecs which include SPS and PPS parameter sets, for maximum content interoperability, user agents are strongly advised to support both inband (e.g., as defined for avc3/avc4) and out-of-band (e.g., as defined for avc1/2) storage of the SPS and PPS.

Valid top-level boxes such as pdin, free, and sidx are allowed to appear before the moov box. These boxes MUST be accepted and ignored by the user agent and are not considered part of the [=initialization segment=] in this specification.

The user agent MUST source attribute values for `id`, `kind`, `label` and `language` for {{AudioTrack}}, {{VideoTrack}} and {{TextTrack}} objects as described for MPEG-4 ISOBMFF in the in-band tracks spec [[INBANDTRACKS]].

Media Segments

An ISO BMFF [=media segment=] is defined in this specification as one optional Segment Type Box (styp) followed by a single Movie Fragment Box (moof) followed by one or more Media Data Boxes (mdat). If the Segment Type Box is not present, the segment MUST conform to the brands listed in the File Type Box (ftyp) in the [=initialization segment=].

Valid top-level boxes defined in [[ISOBMFF]] other than ftyp, moov, styp, moof, and mdat are allowed to appear between the end of an [=initialization segment=] or [=media segment=] and before the beginning of a new [=media segment=]. These boxes MUST be accepted and ignored by the user agent and are not considered part of the [=media segment=] in this specification.

The user agent MUST run the [=append error=] algorithm if any of the following conditions are met:

  1. A box or field in the Movie Fragment Box is encountered that violates the requirements mandated by the major_brand or one of the compatible_brands in the Segment Type Box in this [=media segment=] or the File Type Box in the [=initialization segment=] if a Segment Type Box is not present.
  2. This [=media segment=] contains a Segment Type Box that is not compatible with the File Type Box in the [=initialization segment=].
  3. The Movie Fragment Box does not contain at least one Track Fragment Box (traf).
  4. The Movie Fragment Box does not use movie-fragment relative addressing.
  5. External data references are being used.
  6. At least one Track Fragment Box does not contain a Track Fragment Decode Time Box (tfdt)
  7. The Media Data Boxes do not contain all the samples referenced by the Track Fragment Run Boxes (trun) of the Movie Fragment Box.
  8. Inband parameter sets are not present in the appropriate samples and parameter sets are not present in the last initialization segment appended.

A Movie Fragment Box uses movie-fragment relative addressing when the first Track Fragment Run(trun) box in each Track Fragment Box has the data-offset-present flag set and either of the following conditions are met:

Random Access Points

A [=random access point=] as defined in this specification corresponds to a Stream Access Point of type 1 or 2 as defined in Annex I of [[ISOBMFF]].

Acknowledgments

The editors would like to thank Chris Poole, Cyril Concolato, David Singer, Jer Noble, Jerry Smith, Joe Steele, John Simmons, Kevin Streeter, Michael Thornburgh, and Steven Robertson for their contributions to this specification.