Deprecated boxes support

data/schemas/standard.schema.json

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
           "fourcc": {
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "deprecated": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+          },
           "description": {
             "type": "string"
           },
@@ -104,7 +107,23 @@
             }
           }
         },
-        "required": ["fourcc", "description", "type", "containers", "syntax"]
+        "required": ["fourcc"],
+        "allOf": [
+          {
+            "if": {
+              "properties": {
+                "deprecated": {
+                  "not": {
+                    "const": true
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "then": {
+              "required": ["description", "type", "containers", "syntax"]
+            }
+          }
+        ]
       },
       "minItems": 1
     }

data/standard_features/14496-12/boxes.json

@@ -1492,6 +1492,31 @@
       ],
       "type": "Box",
       "syntax": "class URIBox extends FullBox('uri ', version = 0, 0) {\n\tutf8string theURI;\n}"
+    },
+    {
+      "fourcc": "mere",
+      "description": "Metabox Relation box",
+      "deprecated": true
+    },
+    {
+      "fourcc": "meco",
+      "description": "Additional metadata container box",
+      "deprecated": true
+    },
+    {
+      "fourcc": "imif",
+      "description": "IPMPInfoBox",
+      "deprecated": true
+    },
+    {
+      "fourcc": "ipmc",
+      "description": "IPMP control box",
+      "deprecated": true
+    },
+    {
+      "fourcc": "stsl",
+      "description": "Sample scale box",
+      "deprecated": true
     }
   ]
 }

src/construct/boxes.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from common import get_mp4ra_boxes
 
 BOXES = {}
+DEPRECATED_BOXES = set()
 EXTENSIONS = {}
 TYPE_HIERARCHY = {}
 
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ def get_all_boxes(json_file):
         _spec = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(json_file))
 
         for entry in entries:
+            # Handle deprecated boxes
+            if "deprecated" in entry and entry["deprecated"]:
+                DEPRECATED_BOXES.add(entry["fourcc"])
+                continue
+
             _boxes.add(
                 Box(
                     fourcc=entry["fourcc"],
@@ -343,10 +349,9 @@ def main():
         if _box.fourcc not in get_mp4ra_boxes():
             buffer.append(_box.fourcc)
 
+    buffer = set(buffer) - DEPRECATED_BOXES
     if len(buffer) > 0:
-        logger.warning(
-            f"Missing boxes in MP4RA ({len(set(buffer))}): {set(sorted(buffer))}"
-        )
+        logger.warning(f"Missing boxes in MP4RA ({len(buffer)}): {sorted(buffer)}")
 
     # Check missing boxes in standard features
     all_fourccs = set(_box.fourcc for _box in all_boxes)
@@ -355,10 +360,11 @@ def main():
         if _box not in all_fourccs:
             buffer.append(_box)
 
+    buffer = set(buffer) - DEPRECATED_BOXES
     # FIXME: This should be an error
     if len(buffer) > 0:
         logger.warning(
-            f"Missing boxes in standard features ({len(set(buffer))}): {set(sorted(buffer))}"
+            f"Missing boxes in standard features ({len(buffer)}): {sorted(buffer)}"
         )
 
     # Sort all boxes by fourcc