Common Media Application Format

by Philip Merrill - June 2018

Common Media Application Format (CMAF) is part of MPEG-A, which integrates existing MPEG technologies in application formats to improve interoperability for specific applications. CMAF is the result of widespread industry adoption of a set of MPEG technologies for adaptive video streaming over the Internet, and widespread industry participation in the MPEG process to standardize best practices in the CMAF media application format standard.