ISO/IEC 23090-19:2023
(Main)Information technology - Coded representation of immersive media - Part 19: Reference Software for V-PCC
Information technology - Coded representation of immersive media - Part 19: Reference Software for V-PCC
This document provides reference software for ISO/IEC 23090-5.
Technologies de l'information — Représentation codée de média immersifs — Partie 19: Titre manque
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 14-Feb-2023
- Technical Committee
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 - Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information
- Drafting Committee
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 7 - MPEG 3D Graphics coding
- Current Stage
- 9092 - International Standard to be revised
- Start Date
- 22-Jul-2024
- Completion Date
- 30-Oct-2025
Overview
ISO/IEC 23090-19:2023 specifies reference software for Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) as defined in ISO/IEC 23090-5. The standard provides example encoder and decoder implementations and supporting documentation to help developers, researchers and test labs study, implement and validate V-PCC (part of the Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding - V3C - framework). The reference package (DIS_23090-19_VPCC_reference_software.zip) and a user manual (mpeg-pcc-tmc2-sw-manual.pdf inside the archive) are made available through the ISO standards website.
Key topics
- Reference software for V-PCC: Includes encoder and decoder functionality intended as a study and implementation aid for ISO/IEC 23090-5 (V3C/V-PCC).
- Conformance and interoperability: Software is provided to help establish and test conformance to the V-PCC bitstream syntax and behavior and to demonstrate interoperability between implementations.
- Documentation and installation: A reference software manual is included in the archive to guide installation and use.
- Legal and licensing notes: The standard highlights possible patent claims and directs users to ISO/IEC patent declarations and databases. It also contains warranty disclaimers and notes that commercial implementations may be subject to patent licensing or royalties.
- Scope limitations: The reference software is offered as an illustrative and educational resource; use of the reference code is not required to implement the normative text of ISO/IEC 23090-5.
Applications
- Codec developers: Use the reference software as a starting point or validation reference when building production V-PCC encoders/decoders.
- Interoperability testing labs: Validate V-PCC bitstreams, check conformance, and compare decoder behavior across implementations.
- Research and academia: Study V3C/V-PCC algorithms and system behavior with working encoder/decoder examples.
- Content producers and immersive media integrators: Understand expected bitstream formats and decoder behavior when preparing volumetric video and point-cloud content pipelines.
- Standards implementers and product vendors: Use the reference as a technical aid to interpret and apply the normative clauses of ISO/IEC 23090-5.
Related standards
- ISO/IEC 23090-5 - Information technology - Coded representation of immersive media - Part 5: Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding (V3C) and Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) (normative reference).
- Other parts of the ISO/IEC 23090 series covering coded representation of immersive media.
Where to get it
Reference software and documentation are available from the ISO website: https://standards.iso.org/iso-iec/23090/-19/ed-1/
Keywords: ISO/IEC 23090-19, V-PCC reference software, V3C, point cloud compression, immersive media, conformance testing, encoder, decoder, ISO reference implementation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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This document provides reference software for ISO/IEC 23090-5.
ISO/IEC 23090-19:2023 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 35.040.40 - Coding of audio, video, multimedia and hypermedia information. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 23090-19
First edition
2023-02
Information technology — Coded
representation of immersive media —
Part 19:
Reference Software for V-PCC
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 1
5 Conventions . 2
6 Reference software for ISO/IEC 23090-5 . 2
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 29, Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information.
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Introduction
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