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The first MPEG compression standard for audio and video. It was basically designed to allow moving pictures and sound to be encoded into the bitrate of a Compact Disc. It is used on Video CD, SVCD and can be used for low-quality video on DVD Video. It was used in digital satellite/cable TV services before MPEG-2 became widespread. To meet the low bit requirement, MPEG-1 downsamples the images, as well as uses picture rates of only 2430 Hz, resulting in a moderate quality. It includes the popular Layer 3 (MP3) audio compression format. MPEG-2 (1995): Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information. (ISO/IEC 13818) Transport, video and audio standards for broadcast-quality television. MPEG-2 standard was considerably broader in scope and of wider appeal supporting interlacing and high definition. MPEG-2 is considered important because it has been chosen as the compression scheme for over-the-air digital television ATSC, DVB and ISDB, digital satellite TV services like Dish Network, digital cable television signals, SVCD, DVD Video and Blu-ray Disc. MPEG-3: MPEG-3 dealt with standardizing scalable and multi-resolution compression and was intended for HDTV compression but was found to be redundant and was merged with MPEG-2, as a result there is no MPEG-3 standard. MPEG-3 is not to be confused with MP3, which is MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. MPEG-4 (1998): Coding of audio-visual objects. (ISO/IEC 14496) MPEG-4 uses further coding tools with additional complexity to achieve higher compression factors than MPEG-2. In addition to more efficient coding of video, MPEG-4 moves closer to computer graphics applications. In more complex profiles, the MPEG-4 decoder effectively becomes a rendering processor and the compressed bitstream describes three-dimensional shapes and surface texture. MPEG-4 also provides Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP) which provides the facility to use proprietary technologies to manage and protect content like digital rights management. Several new higher-efficiency video standards (newer than MPEG-2 Video) are included, notably: MPEG-4 Part 2 (or Simple and Advanced Simple Profile) and MPEG-4 AVC (or MPEG-4 Part 10 or H.264). MPEG-4 AVC may be used on HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, along with VC-1 and MPEG-2. In addition, the following standards, while not sequential advances to the video encoding standard as with MPEG-1 through MPEG-4, are referred to by similar notation: MPEG-7 (2002): Multimedia content description interface. (ISO/IEC 15938) MPEG-21 (2001): Multimedia framework (MPEG-21). (ISO/IEC 21000) MPEG describes this standard as a multimedia framework and provides for intellectual property management and protection. Moreover, more recently than other standards above, MPEG has started following international standards; each of the standards holds multiple MPEG technologies for a way of application. (For example, MPEG-A includes a number of technologies on multimedia application format.) MPEG-A (2007): Multimedia application format (MPEG-A). (ISO/IEC 23000) (e.g. Purpose for multimedia application formats, MPEG music player application format, MPEG photo player application format and others) MPEG-B (2006): MPEG systems technologies. (ISO/IEC 23001) (e.g. Binary MPEG format for XML, Fragment Request Units, Bitstream Syntax Description Language (BSDL) and others) MPEG-C (2006): MPEG video technologies. (ISO/IEC 23002) (e.g. Accuracy requirements for implementation of integer-output 8x8 inverse discrete cosine transform and others) MPEG-D (2007): MPEG audio technologies. (ISO/IEC 23003) (e.g. MPEG Surround and two parts under development: SAOC-Spatial Audio Object Coding and USAC-Unified Speech and Audio Coding) MPEG-E (2007): Multimedia Middleware. (ISO/IEC 23004) (a.k.a. M3W) (e.g. Architecture, Multimedia application programming interface (API), Component model and others) Supplemental media technologies (2008). (ISO/IEC 29116) Part 1: Media streaming application format protocols will be revised in MPEG-M Part 4 - MPEG extensible middleware (MXM) protocols. MPEG-V (under development): Media context and control. (ISO/IEC FCD 23005) (a.k.a. Information exchange with Virtual Worlds) (e.g. Avatar characteristics, Sensor information, Architecture and others) MPEG-M (under development): MPEG eXtensible Middleware (MXM). (ISO/IEC FCD 23006) (e.g. MXM architecture and technologies, API, MPEG extensible middleware (MXM) protocols) MPEG-U (under development): Rich media user interfaces. (ISO/IEC FCD 23007) (e.g. Widgets) MPEG groups of standards Acronym for a group of standards Title ISO/IEC standards First public release date (First edition) Description MPEG-1 Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s ISO/IEC 11172 1993 MPEG-2 Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information ISO/IEC 13818 1995 MPEG-3 abandoned, incorporated into MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Coding of audio-visual objects ISO/IEC 14496 1999 MPEG-7 Multimedia content description interface ISO/IEC 15938 2002 MPEG-21 Multimedia framework (MPEG-21) ISO/IEC 21000 2001 MPEG-A Multimedia application format (MPEG-A) ISO/IEC 23000 2007 MPEG-B MPEG systems technologies ISO/IEC 23001 2006 MPEG-C MPEG video technologies ISO/IEC 23002 2006 MPEG-D MPEG audio technologies ISO/IEC 23003 2007 MPEG-E Multimedia Middleware ISO/IEC 23004 2007 (none) Supplemental media technologies ISO/IEC 29116 2008 will be revised in MPEG-M Part 4 - MPEG extensible middleware (MXM) protocols MPEG-V Media context and control ISO/IEC FCD 23005 under development MPEG-M MPEG extensible middleware (MXM) ISO/IEC FCD 23006 under development MPEG-U Rich media user interfaces ISO/IEC FCD 23007 under development Standardization process Main article: International Organization for Standardization#Standardization process A standard published by ISO/IEC is the last stage of a long process that starts with the proposal of new work within a committee. Here are some abbreviations used for marking a standard with its status: PWI - Preliminary Work Item NP or NWIP - New Proposal / New Work Item Proposal (e.g. ISO/IEC NP 23007) AWI - Approved new Work Item (e.g. ISO/IEC AWI 15444-14) WD - Working Draft CD - Committee Draft (e.g. ISO/IEC CD 23000-5) FCD - Final Committee Draft (e.g. ISO/IEC FCD 23000-12) DIS - Draft International Standard FDIS - Final Draft International Standard PRF - Proof of a new International Standard IS - International Standard (e.g. ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007) CD Amd / PDAmd (PDAM) - Committee Draft Amendment / Proposed Draft Amendment (e.g. ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/CD Amd 6) FPDAmd / DAM (DAmd) - Final Proposed Draft Amendment / Draft Amendment (e.g. ISO/IEC 14496-14:2003/FPDAmd 1) FDAM (FDAmd) - Final Draft Amendment (e.g. ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/FDAmd 4) Amd - Amendment (e.g. ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/Amd 1:2007) Other abbreviations: TR - Technical Report (e.g. ISO/IEC TR 13818-5:2005) TS - Technical Specification IWA - International Workshop Agreement Cor - Technical Corrigendum (e.g. ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007/Cor 1:2008) A proposal of work (New Proposal) is approved at Subcommittee and then at the Technical Committee level (SC29 and JTC1 respectively - in the case of MPEG). When the scope of new work is sufficiently clarified, MPEG usually makes open requests for proposals - known as "Call for proposals". The first document that is produced for audio and video coding standards is called a Verification Model (VM). In the case of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 this was called Simulation and Test Model, respectively. When a sufficient confidence in the stability of the standard under development is reached, a Working Draft (WD) is produced. This is in the form of a standard but is kept internal to MPEG for revision. When a WD is sufficiently solid, becomes Committee Draft (CD) (usually at the planned time). It is then sent to National Bodies (NB) for ballot. The CD becomes Final Committee Draft (FCD) if the number of positive votes is above the quorum. After a review and comments issued by NBs, FCD is again submitted to NBs for the second ballot. If the FCD is approved, it becomes Final Draft International Standard (FDIS). ISO will then hold a ballot with National Bodies where no technical changes are allowed (yes/no ballot). If it is approved, the document becomes International Standard (IS). ISO/IEC Directives allow also the so-called "Fast-track procedure". In this procedure a document is submitted directly for approval as a draft International Standard (DIS) to the ISO member bodies or as a final draft International Standard (FDIS) if the document was developed by an international standardizing body recognized by the ISO Council. See also Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG) Audio codec Video codec Video quality Video compression Pro-MPEG Notes ^ a b c d e John Watkinson, The MPEG Handbook, p.1 ^ a b c "About MPEG". chiariglione.org. http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/about_mpeg.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-13. ^ "MPEG Meetings". chiariglione.org. http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/meetings.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-13. ^ chiariglione.org (2009-09-06). 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