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MPEG communicates

Introduction MPEG standards are great communication tools and MPEG itself is – or tries to be – a good communicator, of course using all available media. This article is for those who want to be informed about MPEG, without having to digest one of its handy 500-page standards ? MPEG web site Almost everything that will be mentioned in this post can be found, not necessarily in an easy way, in the MPEG web page: press releases, MPEG column, video…

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How does MPEG actually work?

Introduction In Life inside MPEG I have described the breadth, complexity and interdependence of the  work program managed by the MPEG ecosystem that has fed the digital media industry for the last 30 years. I did not mention, however, the actual amount of work developed by MPEG experts during an MPEG meeting. Indeed, at every meeting, the majority of work items listed in the post undergo a review prompted by member submissions. At the Macau meeting in October 2018, there were…

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Life inside MPEG

Introduction In my earlier post 30 years of MPEG, and counting? I brought evidence of what MPEG has done in the last 30 years to create the broadcast, recording, web and mobile digital media world that we know. This document tries to make the picture more complete by looking at the current main activities and deliveries in the next few months/years. The MPEG work plan at a glance The figure below shows the main standards developed or under development by MPEG…

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