5.4. Reference Software

Like all the other parts of the MPEG-4 standard, MPEG-J has an associated reference software implementation consisting of a body of source code that implements the MPEG-J specification [AMD1-1]. Its primary purpose is to demonstrate and test the capabilities of the specification, but it can also serve as a reference or starting point for developers wishing to implement the specification. This reference software is included in MPEG-4 Part 5, Version 2 [AMD1-5].

The MPEG-J reference software is written in a mixture of C++, C, and Java. It takes advantage of the MPEG-4 reference software [MPEG4-5], building on top of the base MPEG-4 player (see Chapter 14). However, this is done in a way that is independent of the implementation ...

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