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Format

3GPP Audio/Video File

Summary

Name
3GPP Audio/Video File
Identifiers
  • MIME: video/3gpp
  • PUID: fmt/357
Format type
  • Audio
  • Video
Description
An audiovisual container typically associated with 3G mobile phones and is developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project. May contain video/audio or audio only.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/3GP https://fileinfo.com/extension/3gpp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GP_and_3G2 http://3gpp.org/ http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/26244.htm
File extensions
3gp, 3gpp
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Can contain
Has priority over

Internal signatures

3GPP Audio/Video File

Note
Header: The 4 letters 'ftyp' identifies the atom/box type as an ftyp box, the next 4 indicate the ftyp code for the "major brand". The brand sequence indicates the 'best use' of the file, and has several different profiles: basic, streaming-server, progressive-download, extended-presentation, media stream recording, file delivery, adaptive streaming.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
4
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
667479703367(65|67|68|70|72|73|74)[34:39]0000[00:03]00
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    3GPP Audio/Video File: Description created and documentation links added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  • Added in V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    3GPP Audio/Video File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    3GPP Audio/Video File: Outline entry added.