Standards & Industry
Explore 335 curated video standards and industry specifications — codecs, container formats, and streaming specs on Awesome Video.
Subcategories
- Adaptive Streaming Standards
- Best Practices & Guidelines
- Closed Captioning & Subtitling Standards
- DRM & Content Protection Standards
- Industry Forums & Standards Bodies
- Specs & Standards
- Vendors & HDR
- Video Codec Specifications
Resources
- HbbTV AssociationPan-European hybrid broadcast/broadband TV standards body covering connected TV/STB specs, absorbed Open IPTV Forum and Smart TV Alliance.
- IAB Tech LabNon-profit standards consortium behind VAST, VPAID, and OM SDK video ad delivery/measurement standards used across web, CTV, and mobile.
- MovieLabs 2030 VisionMajor studio-backed initiative defining cloud-native, software-defined media production workflows, ontology, and security architecture for…
- Official Registration Authority for the ISOBMFF family of standardsOfficial registry and authority for managing code registrations and technical definitions within the ISO Base Media File Format family of s…
- SCTE Digital Video SubcommitteeCable industry standards subcommittee for digital video/audio delivery, coordinating with ATSC, CTA, and SMPTE.
- SRT AllianceHome page for the SRT protocol
- SVTA LabsStreaming Video Technology Alliance GitHub org hosting spec implementations (Common Media Library, LiveSim2, Sandbox) under MIT license.
- Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA)Making Streaming Video Better Streaming video is exploding in popularity. Consumers are watching more video online across a myriad of devic…
- Ultra HD ForumIndustry group publishing deployment guidelines for HDR, HFR, NGA, and wide color gamut video technologies.
- CMAF Specification (ISO/IEC 23000-19:2018)The Common Media Application Format (CMAF) standard defines a container format (based on fragmented MP4) for segmented media delivery that…
- DASH-IF IOP v3.2 Change Summary (vs v3.1)Document detailing changes between DASH-IF Interoperability Points versions 3.1 and 3.2 for implementers.
- Encrypted Media Extensions (W3C Recommendation)The W3C specification for Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), which defines a browser API for playback of encrypted content using content dec…
- How Do I Become an ANSI MemberInformation about joining ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, which develops and maintains technical standards across various…
- ISO/IEC 14496-12 (MPEG-4 Part 12) ISO Base Media File FormatThe ISO base media file format standard (used by MP4, MOV, etc.), defining the general structure for time-based media files. It's a foundat…
- Matroska SpecificationThe open specification for the Matroska multimedia container, which is the basis for MKV files. It defines how video, audio, subtitle, and…
- Media Source Extensions (W3C Recommendation)The W3C specification for Media Source Extensions (MSE), an API that allows JavaScript to feed media to the HTML5 video or audio tag for ad…
- MovieLabs Production Technology SpecificationsConcrete specification documents (Ontology for Media Creation, Media Creation Cloud, security architecture) supporting the 2030 Vision for…
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)An organization that develops and maintains standards for cinema and broadcast, including many video formats (e.g., SMPTE ST 2110 for IP vi…
- Ultra HD Forum GuidelinesIndustry guidelines produced by the Ultra HD Forum, covering end-to-end workflows for Ultra HD content (4K, HDR, Wide Color Gamut, Next-Gen…
- 151st MPEG Meeting ReportOfficial MPEG.org meeting report summarizing outcomes and calls-for-proposals from the 151st MPEG (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29) meeting.
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Committee PageOfficial ISO committee catalog and ballot status page for all MPEG coding standards (SC 29).
- Inside MPEG's Ambitious Plan to Launch 3 Video Codecs in 2020The pace of innovation is getting faster and the demands on video codecs are getting greater. MPEG's three-part plan answers questions of r…
- MPEG AboutOverview page providing information about the Motion Picture Experts Group organization and its role in developing multimedia standards.
- MPEG Basics (Chiariglione)Explanation of MPEG standardization process and organizational structure by MPEG founder Leonardo Chiariglione.