Moving Picture Experts Group
MPEG
<compression, standard, algorithm, file format, body> (MPEG,
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11) An {ISO} committee that generates
{standards} for digital {video compression} and audio. Also
the name of their {algorithms}.
{MPEG-1} is optimised for {CD-ROM} and is the basis for {MP3}.
{MPEG-2} is aimed at {broadcast quality video} for
applications such as {digital television} {set-top boxes} and
{DVD}. {MPEG-4} is a standard for low {bandwidth} {video
telephony} and {multimedia} on the {World-Wide Web}. MPEG-3
was merged into MPEG-2.
(http://cselt.it/mpeg/). MPEG.org
(http://mpeg.org/). MPEG decoder
(ftp://toe.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/). MPEG
routines (ftp://ftp.mni.mcgill.ca/pub/mpeg/).
(2000-05-31)