MPEG Video: for your eyes! |
This page contains technical resources for those interested in understanding better the Video part of MPEG (focus on MPEG-1 and MPEG-2). The documents in the Overview section are not too technical. Other sections contain pointers to some very technical documents of great value for those who want to implement the standard.
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MSSG: Free MPEG software |
The free MPEG software developed by the MPEG Software Simulation Group (MSSG) includes an MPEG-2 Video Codec with source code (mpeg2encode and mpeg2decode). Stefan Eckart is the author of a fast MPEG-2 Player (mpeg2play), a fast MPEG-1 Player for Windows (VMPEG-1.7) and an MPEG-1 Player for DOS (VMPEG-1.2), based on the MSSG code. For pointers to other MPEG Video players and help about installing an MPEG Video Player and configuring your Web browser for playing MPEG files, check ourMPEG Video Player page. And don't forget to visit the rest of the MPEG.ORG Website!
VMPEG-1.7 comes as a 550K self-extracting archive for Windows 3.1/95/NT.
Sorry, there is no contact for MSSG: The authors of the MSSG software have disapeared and left no forwarding address. The MSSG software is not maintained and provided "as-is". No support of any sort is available. The MSSG software is known to contain a number of bugs and mistakes. You must find and fix the bugs yourself. All the information we have is available is on this page. The MSSG source code is a reference for a long-frozen standard document. Please post serious questions on the comp.compression newsgroup. |
DVD |
We have gathered a few interesting DVD resources for those who want to know more about DVD technology (Digital Versatile Disk). DVD storage capacity (17 Gbyte) is much higher than CD-ROM (600 Mbyte) and DVD can deliver the data at a higher rate than CD-ROM. With the help of MPEG and Dolby compression technologies, a DVD disk can hold hours of high quality Audio-Visual contents. DVD has already proved to be the unavoidable replacement for the old VCR technology. DVD is also the ideal replacement support for interactive multimedia applications based on the CD-ROM technology. |