General

MPEG DASH defines formats for MPDs and segments. In addition MPEG provides the ability to further restrict the applied formats by the definition of Profiles as defined on section 8 of ISO/IEC 23009-1 [1]. Profiles of DASH are defined to enable interoperability and the signaling of the use of features. Profiles are signaled in the @profiles parameter which may be present on different levels of the MPD.

Such a profile can also be understood as permission for DASH clients that implement the features required by the profile to process the Media Presentation (MPD document and Segments).

Furthermore, ISO/IEC 23009-1 permits external organizations or individuals to define restrictions, permissions and extensions by using this mechanism. Such external definitions are called Interoperability Points. An interoperability point may be signalled in the @profiles parameter once a URI is defined. The owner of the URI is responsible to provide sufficient semantics on the restrictions and permission of this interoperability point.

DASH-IF further differentiates Interoperability Points and Extensions:

The only difference between Interoperability Points and Extensions is that Interoperability Points define a full audio-visual experience and Extensions enhance the audio-visual experience in typically only one dimension.

The following sections collect the known Profiles, Interoperability Points and Extensions.

Profiles

Identifier Reference Section Comment
urn:mpeg:dash:profile:full:2011 ISO/IEC 23009-1 section 8.2 identifier for MPEG-DASH Full profile.
urn:mpeg:dash:profile:isoff-on-demand:2011 ISO/IEC 23009-1 section 8.3 identifier for MPEG-DASH ISO Base media file format On Demand profile.
urn:mpeg:dash:profile:isoff-live:2011 ISO/IEC 23009-1 section 8.4 identifier for MPEG-DASH ISO Base media file format live profile.
urn:mpeg:dash:profile:isoff-main:2011 ISO/IEC 23009-1 section 8.5 identifier for MPEG-DASH ISO Base media file format main profile.
urn:mpeg:dash:profile:mp2t-main:2011 ISO/IEC 23009-1 section 8.6 identifier for MPEG-DASH MPEG-2 TS main profile.
urn:mpeg:dash:profile:mp2t-simple:2011 ISO/IEC 23009-1 section 8.7 identifier for MPEG-DASH MPEG-2 TS simple profile.
urn:3GPP:PSS:profile:DASH10 3GPP TS26.247 section 7.3.3 identifier for 3GP-DASH Release-10 profile.
urn:dvb:dash:profile:dvb-dash:2014 HbbTV 2.0.1 HbbTV 2.0 DASH profiles.
urn:hbbtv:dash:profile:isoff-live:2012 HbbTV 1.5 HbbTV 1.5 DASH profiles.

Interoperability points

Identifier Reference Section Comment
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash264 DASH-IF DASH-AVC/264 section 6.3 identifier for DASH-AVC/264 content
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash264#sd DASH-IF DASH-AVC/264 section 7.3 identifier for DASH-AVC/264 SD content
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash264#hd DASH-IF DASH-AVC/264 section 8.3 identifier for DASH-AVC/264 HD content
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash264main DASH-IF IOP section 8.2 DASH-based High Definition IOP for OTT video services based on H.264/AVC including consistent live and ad insertion features
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash264high DASH-IF IOP section 8.3 DASH-based High Definition IOP for OTT video services based on H.264/AVC including consistent live and ad insertion features
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash-if-simple DASH-IF IOP section 8.4 DASH-based High Definition IOP for OTT video services based on H.264/AVC and HEVC/AVC including consistent live and ad insertion features
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dash-if-main DASH-IF IOP section 8.5 DASH-based High Definition IOP for OTT video services based on H.264/AVC and HEVC/AVC including advanced live and ad insertion features
urn:scte:dash:2015#isobmff SCTE 214-1 and SCTE 214-3 identifier for SCTE DASH/FF profile
urn:scte:dash:2015#ts SCTE 214-1 and SCTE 214-2 identifier for SCTE DASH/TS profile
urn:dvb:dash:profile:dvb-dash:2014 ETSI TS 103 285 The DVB Profile of MPEG-DASH, known as an interoperability point by MPEG, is based on the merging of the ISO/IEC 23009-1, ISO Base media file format live profile and ISO Base media file format On Demand profile. In addition it includes xlink but only in combination with the actuate property set to onLoad. The DVB profile excludes multiplexed representations, segment list addressing and xlink with the actuate property set to onRequest. The URN for the profile (MPEG Interoperability Point) shall be urn:dvb:dash:profile:dvb-dash:2014.
urn:3GPP:PSS:iop:DASH-enhanced ETSI TS 26.247 clause 7.3.9 The 3GP-DASH Enhanced interoperability point (IOP) is identified by the URN urn:3GPP:PSS:iop:DASH-enhanced. This interoperability point includes all features defined in the Release-13 version of this specification in clauses 7.3.6 (media codecs), 7.3.7 (content protection), 8 (Media Presentation Description), 9 (File Format), 10 (QoE), 11 (simple live) and 12 (ad-insertion)
urn:3GPP:PSS:profile:DASH11:FPS3D 3GPP TS 26.247 clause 7.3.5 TThe 3GP-DASH Release 11 frame-packed stereoscopic 3D video profile.
urn:3GPP:PSS:profile:DASH11:MS3D 3GPP TS 26.247 clause 7.3.4 The 3GP-DASH Release 11 multiview stereoscopic 3D video profile.

Extensions

Identifier Reference Section Comment
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#ec-3 DASH-IF IOP 9.4.2.3 Identifier for DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with Enhanced AC-3
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#mlpa DASH-IF IOP 9.4.2.3 Identifier for DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with Dolby True HD
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#dtsc DASH-IF IOP 9.4.3.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with DTS Digital Surround
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#dtsh DASH-IF IOP 9.4.3.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with DTS-HD High Resolution and DTS-HD Master Audio
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#dtse DASH-IF IOP 9.4.3.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with with DTS Express
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#dtsl DASH-IF IOP 9.4.3.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with DTS-HD Lossless (no core)
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#mps DASH-IF IOP 9.4.3.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with MPEG Surround
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#heaac-mc51 DASH-IF IOP 9.4.5.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with HE-AACv2 level 4
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#heaac-mc71 DASH-IF IOP 9.4.5.3 DASH-IF multichannel audio extension with HE-AACv2 level 6
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#ac-4 DASH-IF IOP 9.4.2.3 Extension to support multichannel extension with AC-4
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#mha1 DASH-IF IOP 9.4.6.3 Extension to support multichannel audio with MPEG-H 3D Audio 1
https://dashif.org/guidelines/dashif#mha2 DASH-IF IOP 9.4.6.3 Extension to support multichannel audio with MPEG-H 3D Audio 2
urn:dvb:dash:dash-extensions:2014-1 ETSI TS 103 285 clause 10.8.2.1 A new attributeGroup, containing two attributes, is defined by the present document. It is part of the schema with the namespace `urn:dvb:dash:dash-extensions:2014-1` which is included in the ZIP file attached to the present document. This attributeGroup, called baseUrlAttributes, shall only be used to extend the BaseURL element as indicated in clause 10.8.2.1.