Media atom ('mdia')
An atom that describes and defines a track’s media type and sample data.
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.
Data | Type |
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4 bytes | |
Type = | 4 |
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‡ denotes required atom.
Topics
Data fields
See Also
Describing media
Media header atomExtended language tag atomHandler reference atomMedia information atomsVideo media information atomVideo media information header atomSound media information atomSound media information header atomBase media information atomBase media information header atomBase media info atomData information atomData reference atom