Media atom ('mdia')

Overview

The media atom has an atom type of 'mdia'. It must contain a media header atom ('mdhd'), and it can contain a handler reference ('hdlr') atom, media information ('minf') atom, and user data ('udta') atom.

The layout of a media atom is as follows.

‡ denotes required atom.

Topics

Data fields

• Size
• Type
• Media header atom
• Extended language tag atom
• Handler reference atom
• Media information atom
• User data atom

See Also

Describing media

• Media header atom ('mdhd')
• Extended language tag atom ('elng')
• Handler reference atom ('hdlr')
• Media information atoms
• Video media information atom ('minf')
• Video media information header atom ('vmhd')
• Sound media information atom ('minf')
• Sound media information header atom ('smhd')
• Base media information atom ('minf')
• Base media information header atom ('gmhd')
• Base media info atom ('gmin')
• Data information atom ('dinf')
• Data reference atom