Chapter 11: MPEG Video Coding: MPEG-1, 2, 4, and 7

The MPEG Home Page

This used to be the home page of MPEG, the group who developed the standards for coded representation of digital audio, video, 3D Graphics and genomic data. Since its establishment in 1988, the group had produced standards that help industry offer end users an ever more enjoyable digital media experience.

MPEG FAQ

A web page that contains good FAQs for MPEG.

MPEG-1

MPEG-1 is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio. It is designed to compress VHS-quality raw digital video and CD audio down to about 1.5 Mbit/s ...

MPEG-2

MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information" ...

MPEG-3

MPEG-3 is the designation for a group of audio and video coding standards agreed upon by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) designed to handle HDTV signals at 1080p in the range of 20 to 40 megabits per second ...

MPEG-4

MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual (AV) digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology ...

MPEG-2 VS. MPEG-4

Both MPEG2 and MPEG4 can maintain the same quality of audio or video in the encoding. The MPEG2 uses H.262 encoding while MPEG4 uses H.264. Though MPEG2's compression is much simpler than MPEG4, MPEG4's compression is an improvement over MPEG2 format.

Differences between MPEG-2, 4, 7, 21

A web page that describes MPEG-2, 4, 7 and 21.