ISO/IEC 14496-1:2004

ISO/IEC 14496-1:2004 specifies system-level functionalities for the communication of interactive audio-visual scenes. It specifies the following tools:

• a terminal model for time and buffer management;
• a coded representation of metadata for the identification, description and logical dependencies of the elementary streams;
• a coded representation object content information, a descriptive audio-visual content information;
• an interface to intellectual property management and protection systems;
• a coded representation of synchronization information; and
• a multiplexed representation of individual elementary streams in a single stream.