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The Moving Pictures Expert Group (or MPEG) is the group responsible for developing the MPEG series of standards, including the popular MPEG-1 Layer 3 audio standard (MP3), the MPEG-2 standard (used on DVDs) and the MPEG-4 standard (implemented in many products, such as DivX, BluRay, and QuickTime). It is a working group of the ISO, formally named ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11.[1]


History

The Moving Pictures Expert Group was founded in 1988, with the task to develop a standard for digital video compression for a number of telecommunication applications, including video telephony and digital television broadcasting. It has met 75 times since its first meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1998, and has developed several standards. In 1992 they approved the MPEG-1 standard, which was followed up in 1994 by the MPEG-2 standard used in DVDs. MPEG-4 was developed starting in 1993, and the first version was approved in 1998.[2] MPEG-7, a standard for multimedia content data, was approved in 2004.[3]

Current Work

The MPEG group is currently working on the final approval phases of MPEG-4 versions 3, 4 and 5. Future standards include MPEG-21, a standard multimedia framework.

See also

MPEG group homepage

References

  1. ^ "MPEG: Who We Are".
  2. ^ {{cite web |title=MPEG: Achievements |url=http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/achievements.htm
  3. ^ "MPEG-7 Overview".
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