Complete List of all known MP4 / QuickTime 'ftyp' designations

Rev 2.0 - 22 Aug 2009

 

ftyp Description Developer URL Reg'd MIME type Notes / Ref
3g2a 3GPP2 Media (.3G2) compliant with 3GPP2 C.S0050-0 V1.0 3GPP2 / CDMA200 YES video/3gpp2 [14]
3g2b 3GPP2 Media (.3G2) compliant with 3GPP2 C.S0050-A V1.0.0 3GPP2 / CDMA200 NO video/3gpp2 [15]
3g2c 3GPP2 Media (.3G2) compliant with 3GPP2 C.S0050-B v1.0 3GPP2 / CDMA200 NO video/3gpp2 [16]
3ge6 3GPP (.3GP) Release 6 MBMS Extended Presentations 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3ge7 3GPP (.3GP) Release 7 MBMS Extended Presentations 3GPP / GSM NO video/3gpp [10]
3gg6 3GPP Release 6 General Profile 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3gp1 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 1 (probably non-existent) 3GPP / GSM NO video/3gpp [3]
3gp2 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 2 (probably non-existent) 3GPP / GSM NO video/3gpp [3]
3gp3 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 3 (probably non-existent) 3GPP / GSM NO video/3gpp [3]
3gp4 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 4 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3gp5 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 5 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3gp6 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 6 Basic Profile 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3gp6 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 6 Progressive Download 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3gp6 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 6 Streaming Servers 3GPP / GSM YES video/3gpp [10]
3gs7 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 7 Streaming Servers 3GPP / GSM NO video/3gpp [10]
avc1 MP4 Base w/ AVC ext [ISO 14496-12:2005] ISO YES video/mp4 [11]
CAEP Canon Digital Camera Canon YES unknown  
caqv Casio Digital Camera Casio YES unknown  
CDes Convergent Design Convergent Design YES unknown  
da0a DMB MAF w/ MPEG Layer II aud, MOT slides, DLS, JPG/PNG/MNG images ISO YES unknown [13]
da0b DMB MAF, extending DA0A, with 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
da1a DMB MAF audio with ER-BSAC audio, JPG/PNG/MNG images ISO YES unknown [13]
da1b DMB MAF, extending da1a, with 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
da2a DMB MAF aud w/ HE-AAC v2 aud, MOT slides, DLS, JPG/PNG/MNG images ISO YES unknown [13]
da2b DMB MAF, extending da2a, with 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
da3a DMB MAF aud with HE-AAC aud, JPG/PNG/MNG images ISO YES unknown [13]
da3b DMB MAF, extending da3a w/ BIFS, 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
dmb1 DMB MAF supporting all the components defined in the specification ISO YES unknown [13]
dmpf Digital Media Project DMP NO various [18]
drc1 Dirac (wavelet compression), encapsulated in ISO base media (MP4) BBC / Dirac NO unknown [20]
dv1a DMB MAF vid w/ AVC vid, ER-BSAC aud, BIFS, JPG/PNG/MNG images, TS ISO YES unknown [13]
dv1b DMB MAF, extending dv1a, with 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
dv2a DMB MAF vid w/ AVC vid, HE-AAC v2 aud, BIFS, JPG/PNG/MNG images, TS ISO YES unknown [13]
dv2b DMB MAF, extending dv2a, with 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
dv3a DMB MAF vid w/ AVC vid, HE-AAC aud, BIFS, JPG/PNG/MNG images, TS ISO YES unknown [13]
dv3b DMB MAF, extending dv3a, with 3GPP timed text, DID, TVA, REL, IPMP ISO YES unknown [13]
dvr1 DVB (.DVB) over RTP DVB YES video/vnd.dvb.file [12]
dvt1 DVB (.DVB) over MPEG-2 Transport Stream DVB YES video/vnd.dvb.file [12]
F4V Video for Adobe Flash Player 9+ (.F4V) Adobe NO video/mp4  
F4P Protected Video for Adobe Flash Player 9+ (.F4P) Adobe NO video/mp4  
F4A Audio for Adobe Flash Player 9+ (.F4A) Adobe NO audio/mp4  
F4B Audio Book for Adobe Flash Player 9+ (.F4B) Adobe NO audio/mp4  
isc2 ISMACryp 2.0 Encrypted File ISMA YES ?/enc-isoff-generic  
iso2 MP4 Base Media v2 [ISO 14496-12:2005] ISO YES video/mp4 [6]
isom MP4  Base Media v1 [IS0 14496-12:2003] ISO YES video/mp4 [5]
JP2 JPEG 2000 Image (.JP2) [ISO 15444-1 ?] ISO NO image/jp2  
JP20 Unknown, from GPAC samples (prob non-existent) GPAC NO unknown [4]
jpm JPEG 2000 Compound Image (.JPM) [ISO 15444-6] ISO NO image/jpm [17]
jpx JPEG 2000 w/ extensions (.JPX) [ISO 15444-2] ISO NO image/jpx  
KDDI 3GPP2 EZmovie for KDDI 3G cellphones 3GPP2 / CDMA200 NO video/3gpp2  
M4A  Apple iTunes AAC-LC (.M4A) Audio Apple YES audio/x-m4a [9]
M4B  Apple iTunes AAC-LC (.M4B) Audio Book Apple YES audio/mp4 [9]
M4P  Apple iTunes AAC-LC (.M4P) AES Protected Audio Apple YES audio/mp4 [9]
M4V  Apple iTunes Video (.M4V) Video Apple YES video/x-m4v [9]
M4VH Apple TV (.M4V) Apple NO video/x-m4v  
M4VP Apple iPhone (.M4V) Apple NO video/x-m4v  
mj2s Motion JPEG 2000 [ISO 15444-3] Simple Profile ISO YES video/mj2
mjp2 Motion JPEG 2000 [ISO 15444-3] General Profile ISO YES video/mj2
mmp4 MPEG-4/3GPP Mobile Profile (.MP4 / .3GP) (for NTT) 3GPP / GSM NO video/mp4
mp21 MPEG-21 [ISO/IEC 21000-9] ISO YES various
mp41 MP4 v1 [ISO 14496-1:ch13] ISO YES video/mp4
mp42 MP4 v2 [ISO 14496-14] ISO YES video/mp4
mp71 MP4 w/ MPEG-7 Metadata [per ISO 14496-12] ISO NO various
MPPI Photo Player, MAF [ISO/IEC 23000-3] ISO YES various
mqt Sony / Mobile QuickTime (.MQV)  US Patent 7,477,830 (Sony Corp) Sony / Apple NO video/quicktime
MSNV MPEG-4 (.MP4) for SonyPSP Sony NO audio/mp4  
NDAS MP4 v2 [ISO 14496-14] Nero Digital AAC Audio Nero NO audio/mp4 [8]
NDSC MPEG-4 (.MP4) Nero Cinema Profile Nero (Main Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDSH MPEG-4 (.MP4) Nero HDTV Profile Nero (Main Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDSM MPEG-4 (.MP4) Nero Mobile Profile Nero (Main Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDSP MPEG-4 (.MP4) Nero Portable Profile Nero (Main Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDSS MPEG-4 (.MP4) Nero Standard Profile Nero (Main Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDXC H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.MP4) Nero Cinema Profile Nero (AVC Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDXH H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.MP4) Nero HDTV Profile Nero (AVC Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDXM H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.MP4) Nero Mobile Profile Nero (AVC Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDXP H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.MP4) Nero Portable Profile Nero (AVC Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
NDXS H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (.MP4) Nero Standard Profile Nero (AVC Profiles) NO video/mp4 [7]
odcf   OMA DCF DRM Format 2.0 (OMA-TS-DRM-DCF-V2_0-20060303-A) Open Mobile Alliance YES various
opf2  OMA PDCF DRM Format 2.1 (OMA-TS-DRM-DCF-V2_1-20070724-C) Open Mobile Alliance YES unknown
opx2   OMA PDCF DRM + XBS extensions (OMA-TS-DRM_XBS-V1_0-20070529-C) Open Mobile Alliance YES unknown
pana Panasonic Digital Camera Pansonic YES unknown  
qt   Apple QuickTime (.MOV/QT) Apple YES video/quicktime
ROSS Ross Video Ross Video YES unknown  
sdv SD Memory Card Video SD Card Association YES various?  
ssc1 Samsung stereoscopic, single stream (patent pending, see notes) Samsung NO unknown [19]
ssc2 Samsung stereoscopic, dual stream (patent pending, see notes) Samsung NO unknown [19]

 

Notes
[1] a) All ftyp's may be used as "major" or "compatible" brands, except as noted in [5] and [6] below.
b) ftyp's may be case sensitive. Recent editions this table have been updated to reflect the defined or common usage, but apps which read ftyps would be well advised to read them in a case insensitive fashion.
c) All ftyp's must contain 4 characters. If three characters are shown in the table, a trailing blank (i.e. a space character; ASCII 0x20) is implied. Similarly, if only two characters are shown, two trailing blanks are implied. For example, "qt" is really "qt  " - note the two trailing spaces.
[2] "Reg'd" means the ftyp is registered here with the official authority for such registrations, MP4REG.
[3] These ftyp's are included in MPLAYER source code and the Multimedia Wiki, but these 3GPP releases apparently don't exist.
[4] Found in some GPAC samples (but not the source code); no further information is available. Apparently doesn't exist.
[5] 'isom' is seen used as a major brand, though it is currently prohibited by ISO/IEC 14496-12 sec 6.3 paragraph 2.
[6] Like 'isom', use of 'iso2' as a major brand is specifically prohibited by ISO/IEC 14496-12 sec 6.3 paragraph 2.
[7] Nero Recode now uses these ftyp codes as major brands, while also listing them as compatible brands.
Previously, Nero used 'avc1' as the major brand for their AVC encoded files, and MP41 (or MP42?) for the others.
[8] Nero uses this ftyp code as a compatible brand for AAC encoded audio files.
Such files also included 'isom' as an additional compatible designation, and 'mp42' as the major brand.
[9] Apple / iTunes / iPod audio files with major brand 'M4P ' are DRM (copy) protected.
Audio files with major brand 'M4A ' may or may not be DRM protected.
iPod video files appear to use 'M4V ' regardless of whether or not they are DRM protected.
[10] The MIME type these entries should be "audio/3gpp" for audio-only files (i.e. no video or "timed text")
[11] 'avc1'  means the file uses ISO/IEC format extensions originally created for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC support.
Does not necessarily imply the video was encoded with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, however.
[12] Ref: DVB BlueBook (Document A121) [495KB PDF] - sections 4.2.3 and 4.2.4
[13] Ref:  ISO/IEC 23000-9:2008 - "Information technology -- Multimedia application format (MPEG-A)
See part 9: "Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Application Format".

Additional Info:
'DMB'  = "ISO/IEC 23000-9:2008 (MPEG-A) Digital Multimedia Broadcasting"
'MAF'  = "ISO/IEC 23000-9:2008 (MPEG-A) Multimedia Application Format"
'DID'  = "MPEG-21 Part 2 Digital Item Declaration"
'REL'  = "MPEG-21 Part 5 Rights Expression Language"
'IPMP' = "MPEG-21 Part 4 Intellectual Property Management and Protection"
'TVA'  = "RFC 4078 TV Anytime"
'BIFS' = "MPEG-4 "Binary Format for Scene"
'BSAC' = "MPEG-4 "Bit Sliced Arithmetic Coding" (audio)
'MNG'  = "Multiple-image Network Graphics"
'MOT Slides' = "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) MOT slideshow (ETSI DAB  TR 101 497)"
[14] Ref: 3GPP2 C.S0050-0 V1.0 12 December 2003 [1305 KB PDF] section 8.1.1
[15] Ref: 3GPP2 C.S0050-A V1.0.0 31 March 2006 [1626 KB PDF] - section 8.1.1
[16] Ref: 3GPP2 C.S0050-B v1.0 18 May 2007 [773 KB PDF] - section 8.1.1
[17] Ref: JPEG 2000 Part 6 FCD 15444-6 - ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG1 N2401 [660KB PDF] - Table B-1
[18] Ref: Approved Document No. 3, Technical Specification: Interoperable DRM Platform [1.1 MB Word Doc]
[19] Ref: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC FILE see [0055] - [0059]
[20] Ref: Encapsulation of Dirac in ISO Base Media file format derivatives [78.9 KB PDF] - Sec 4.1

 

What is an ftyp, Anyway?
A "not too technical" description.
 

email From the MP4REG Administrator!
And why everyone should register their ftyp's.
 

Screenshots from the latest GSpot, with "ftyp Support"
See how useful these are?
 

Updated: Nero Digital™ Profile Tables with Associated ftyp Codes Added
The "missing info", revealed!
 

Current ISO/IEC "composite specification" for what an MP4 "ftyp" is and how it is to be used
Read carefully - you will be quizzed on this
 

Excerpt from 3GPP's specification describing usage of ftyp "major" and "compatible" brands
3GPP specific, but somewhat more readable than the ISO specification above

 

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Rev 2.0 Last Update: 22 Aug 2009