motion jpeg

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Moving JPEG
M-JPEG
Motion JPEG

   <graphics, compression> (M-JPEG) A compression technique for
   moving {images} which applies {JPEG} still image compression
   to each {frame} of a moving picture sequence.

   Play-back requires a machine capable of decompressing and
   displaying each JPEG image quickly enough to sustain the
   required {frame rate} of the picture sequence.

   There is no standard for Moving JPEG as with JPEG, but there
   are JPEG compression chips (for example see Zoran
   (http://zoran.com/)) which are designed to work at
   television frame rates and {resolutions}.

   See also {MPEG} and {MPEG2}.

   (1996-12-15)