
Most kinds of data can be embedded in MPEG-4 Part 14 files through private streams. In addition, each track contains a digitally-encoded media stream (using a specific format) or a data reference to the media stream located in another file. The format specifies a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data: audio, video, or text (e.g., for subtitles). Like most modern container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet. MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4 is a digital multimedia format most commonly used to store video and audio and store other data such as subtitles and still images. Because both the QuickTime and MP4 container formats can use the same MPEG-4 formats, they are mostly interchangeable in a QuickTime-only environment. The International Organization for Standardization approved the QuickTime file format as the basis of the MPEG-4 file format.

QuickTime File Format (QTFF) is a computer file format used natively by the QuickTime framework.

International Organization for Standardization
