MPEG 1 & 2 Coding Standards

Table of Contents

1: Introduction

MPEG-1: Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1.5Mbps

MPEG-2: Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information.
2: Applications
2.1: What is it mainly used for?
2.2: Other Applications

MPEG-1

MPEG-2
2.3: Constrained Parameters Bitstream, Profiles & Levels

MPEG-1 Constrained Parameters Bitstream

MPEG-2 Profiles & Levels
3: Parts & Status of MPEG Document
3.1: MPEG Parts

MPEG-1 is a standard in 5 parts

MPEG-2 is a standard in 4 parts
3.2: Adoption of the Standards
4: Technical Description of Video in MPEGs
4.1: MPEG-1, Part 2: Video
4.1.1: Video Bitstream Syntax
4.1.2: Inter-Picture Coding
4.1.3: Video Streaming Composition
4.1.4: Motion Compression
4.1.5: Intra-Picture (Transform) Coding
4.2: MPEG-2, Part 2: Video
4.2.1: MPEG-2 verses MPEG-1
4.2.2: Decoder Block Diagram
4.2.3: Major differences between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 methods of coding
4.2.3.1: MPEG-2 Bit stream Syntax
4.2.3.2: Field pictures and Frame pictures
Dependancies between fields in the field prediction mode
Dependancies between fields in the frame prediction mode
4.2.3.3: Motion Estimation/Compensation
4.2.3.4 MPEG-2: Macroblock Modes
5: References

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