GPAC, toolbox for interactive multimedia packaging, delivery and playback

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  • ACM SIGMultimedia Records
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  • 2012

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Abstract

GPAC was born 10 years ago from the need of a lighter and more robust implementation of the MPEG-4 Systems standard [1], compared to the official reference software. It has since then evolved into a much wider project, covering many tools required when exploring new research topics in multimedia, while keeping a strong focus on international standard coming from organization such as W3C, ISO, ETSI or IETF. The goal of the project is to provide the tools needed to setup test beds and experiments for interactive multimedia applications, in any of the various environments used to deliver content in modern systems: broadcast, multicast, unicast unreliable streaming, HTTP-based streaming and file-based delivery. The project is used in many contexts, from commercial video services production chains to academic research projects, teaching and lab sessions; it allows fast designing of multimedia prototypes, from content production (creation and delivery) to interactive playback (such as augmented reality, video streaming, 2D or 3D scalable drawing) - more details are available in our paper [6].