Specs & Standards

Browse 40 curated specs & standards resources for video development on Awesome Video.

Topics

• MPEG & Forums 12 resources
• Official Specs 18 resources

Resources (showing 1–24 of 40)

• 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.
• MPEG Immersive Video (MIV) DocumentsPublic numbered MPEG WG04 N-documents including test models and common test conditions for immersive video coding.
• MPEG MeetingsDirectory of MPEG organization meetings where standards development, voting, and technical discussions take place.
• MPEG home pageOfficial website of MPEG, the international standardization body responsible for multimedia compression and streaming standards.
• MPEG: What Happened?At the end of last month, MPEG co-founder Leonardo Chiariglione announced the 'MPEG is closed.' That's not quite true, but it is undergoing…
• Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)The official forum that develops international standards for compression, decompression, processing and coded representation of moving pict…
• Recent Standard Development Activities on Video Coding for MachinesAcademic paper documenting the MPEG Video Coding for Machines (VCM) ad-hoc group's standardization process.
• Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG)Overview of ITU-T's Video Coding Experts Group and its joint work with MPEG (JVET) developing codecs beyond VVC.
• 2025 SMPTE Standards Round-UpOfficial SMPTE blog summarizing the year's standards development activity across the organization.
• AMWA IS-04 — NMOS Discovery and Registration SpecificationCanonical rendered spec for NMOS registration and query APIs used to discover senders/receivers in SMPTE ST 2110 IP production networks.