About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: MPEG-4, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.263, Video codec, MPEG-3, DivX, 3ivx, Theora, Dirac, Xvid, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, Comparison of video codecs, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC products and implementations, Windows Media Video, H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2, DivX Plus HD, VP8, VC-1, Motion JPEG, Dr. DivX, MovieCD, VP3, X264, High Efficiency Video Coding, MPEG-4 Part 2, Sorenson codec, RealVideo, Nero Digital, MainConcept, AVC-Intra, Ffdshow, QuickTime Alternative, VP6, Video quality, Program Specific Information, DSM CC, DNxHD codec, PEVQ, H.261, Mean opinion score, Indeo, Perian, Subjective video quality, Huffyuv, TrueMotion S, Audio Video Standard, AMV video format, VP7, SheerVideo, Smart Bitrate Control, Real Alternative, IFrame, Cinepak, Multiview Video Coding, Global motion compensation, Qpel, Bink Video, H.120, OMS Video, Lagarith, HDX4, Smacker video, VP5, CineForm, VivoActive, Blu-code, On2 Flix, Pixlet, Apple Intermediate Codec, Microsoft Video 1, MSU Lossless Video Codec, Animation codec, Outliers ratio, RTVideo, QPEG. Excerpt: 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 1.5 Mbit/s (26:1 and 6:1 compression ratios respectively) without excessive quality loss, making video CDs, digital cable/satellite TV and digital audio broadcasting (DAB) possible. Today, MPEG-1 has become the most widely compatible lossy audio/video format in the world, and is used in a large number of products and technologies. Perhaps the best-known part of the MPEG-1 standard is the MP3 audio format it introduced. The MPEG-1 standard is published as ISO/IEC 11172 - Information technology-Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1.5 Mbit/s. The standard consists of the following five Parts: Modeled on the successful collaborative ap...
