IEC 62481-2:2007

IEC 62481-2
Edition 1.0 2007-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Digital living network alliance (DLNA) home networked device interoperability
guidelines –
Part 2: DLNA media formats
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IEC 62481-2
Edition 1.0 2007-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Digital living network alliance (DLNA) home networked device interoperability
guidelines –
Part 2: DLNA media formats
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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ICS 33.160; 35.100.05; 35.110 ISBN 2-8318-9272-4

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5

1 Scope.7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms, definitions and acronyms .9
3.1 Terms and definitions .9
3.2 Acronyms .17
4 Guideline terminology and conventions .19
4.1 Guideline compliance classifiers.19
4.2 Standard or specification usage classifiers .19
4.3 Guideline font usage conventions.20
4.4 Layout for guidelines .20
5 Compendium of media format profiles.22
5.1 General .22
5.2 Categorization labels.23
5.3 Audio class – AMR profiles.25
5.4 Audio class – ATRAC3plus profiles .25
6 Media format interoperability model .49
6.1 Media interoperability guidelines .49
6.2 Overall interoperability .49
6.3 Mandatory and optional profile guidelines.53
7 Image class media format profiles .56
7.1 JPEG profiling guidelines .56
7.2 PNG profiling guidelines.59
8 Audio class media format profiles .62
8.1 AC-3 profiling guidelines .62
8.2 AMR profiling guidelines.63
8.3 ATRAC3plus profiling guidelines .65
8.4 LPCM profiling guidelines.65
8.5 MP3 profiling guidelines .67
8.6 MPEG-4 profiling guidelines .69
8.7 WMA profiling guidelines .92
9 AV media class format profiles .94
9.1 General .94
9.2 MPEG-1 profiling guidelines .94
9.3 MPEG-2 profiling guidelines .96
9.4 MPEG-4 Part 2 profiling guidelines.129
9.5 MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC) profiling guidelines.157
9.6 WMV9 profiling guidelines .210
10 Printing class media format profiles .216
10.1 General .216
10.2 Generic printing profiling guidelines, MF printing class – Profile parameter

Sets – Profiles: All XHTML printing profiles . 217
10.3 XHTML profiling guidelines.218
11 Media collection profile guidelines .220

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11.1 DIDL-Lite playlist format .220

Annex A (informative) ASF recommended procedures . 225
Annex B (normative) IFO file format field values within an IFO file . 229

Bibliography.235

Figure 1 – Guideline layout and definitions .20
Figure 2 – Visual map of possible values for the attribute tables .22
Figure 3 – Profile summary table header.23

Table 1 – Categorization labels.23
Table 2 – JPEG profiles .24
Table 3 – Image class – PNG profiles .25
Table 4 – Audio class – AC-3 profiles .25
Table 5 – Audio class – AMR profiles.25
Table 6 – Audio class – ATRAC3plus profiles .25
Table 7 – Audio class – LPCM profiles.26
Table 8 – Audio clas – MP3 profiles .26
Table 9 – Audio class – MPEG-4 profiles .26
Table 10 – Audio class – WMA profiles .28
Table 11 – AV class – MPEG-1 profiles .28
Table 12 – AV class – MPEG-2 profiles .29
Table 13 – AV class – MPEG-4 Part 2 profiles .33
Table 14 – AV class – MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC) profiles.38
Table 15 – AV class – WMV9 profiles .48
Table 16 – Media collection profiles .49
Table 17 – Required media format profiles for the HND device category.56
Table 18 – MPEG-4 profile hierarchy .70
Table 19 – List of WMA profiles for the audio media class .92
Table 20 – MPEG-2 AV format resolutions .100
Table 21 – MPEG_TS_SD_NA,
MPEG_TS_SD_NA_TDLNA_Part_2_Media_Formats_060621.doc . 111
Table 22 – Video MPEG-2 AV encoding
ParametersDLNA_Part_2_Media_Formats_060613.doc .114
Table 23 – MPEG_TS_SD_KO, MPEG_TS_SD_KO_T .116
Table 24 – MPEG_TS_HD_KO, MPEG_TS_HD_KO_T.117
Table 25 – MPEG-2 AV format resolutions .125
Table 26 – Summary of MPEG-4 Part 2 profiles for the AV media class . 129
Table 27 – MPEGSP_L3 bit rates.132
Table 28 – MPEGSP_L3 resolutions .132
Table 29 – SP_L3_VGA resolutions .133
Table 30 – SP_L2 resolutions .134
Table 31 – SP_L0B video bit rate.135

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Table 32 – ASP_L5 bit rates .136
Table 33 – ASP_L5 resolutions .136
Table 34 – ASP_L4_SO bit rates .139
Table 35 – ASP_L4_SO resolutions .139
Table 36 – H263_P0_L10 resolutions.141
Table 37 – H263_P3_L10 resolutions.142
Table 38 – CO resolutions .142
Table 39 – MPEG2 _TS maximum system bit rate.151
Table 40 – MPEG2_TS, MPEG2_TS_T, and MPEG2_TS_ISO bit rates. 152
Table 41 – Maximum system bit rate.156
Table 42 – Summary of MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC) profiles for the AV media class. 158
Table 43 – Pixel aspect ratio for AVC_TS_BL_CIF15_AAC_xxx and
AVC_TS_MP_SD_xxx profiles .162
Table 44 – MPEG-4 Part 10 AV format frame rate. 164
Table 45 – MPEG-4 Part 10 AV format resolutions. 165
Table 46 – Frame rate and number of pictures in a GOP structure .170
Table 47 – MPEG-4 Part 10 AV format resolutions. 171
Table 48 – MPEG-4 Part 10 AV format resolutions. 173
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