AOMedia Announces Royalty-Free IAMF Audio Container Specification

Written by Michael Larabel in Standards on 10 November 2023 at 08:15 AM EST. 17 Comments
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Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) is known for their work on the AV1 video codec and AVIF image file format while now they have released their first royalty-free audio specification.

The Immersive Audio Model and Formats (IAMF) container specification was announced on Thursday as AOMedia's first audio container specification and like AV1 is available under a royalty-free license.

IAMF aims to enable new immersive audio experiences for a range of applications from AR/VR to traditional broadcasting. IAMF is a codec-agnostic container specification that supports spatial audio for all devices, flexible audio delivery, and is creator-friendly.

IAMF spec


More details on the IAMF audio container specification via AOMedia.org. Along with the finalized specification, AOMedia has made available libiamf as a reference software implementation for this container format and some examples such as using IAMF with Opus audio.
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