Started in late 1990 and initially issued a standard for coding of TV-ipcture with CCIR Rec. 601 Subjective and competitive tests in Nov. 1991 Scope was enlarged to suit coding of HDTV in 1992. CD was agreed in Nov. 1993 DIS was finalized in Nov. 1994
MPEG-2 Documents(1) ISO/IEC 13818, Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio Information ISO/IEC 13818-1 (Part-1)System ISO/IEC 13818-2 (Part-2)Video ISO/IEC 13818-3 (Part-3)Audio ISO/IEC 13818-4 (Part-4)Conformance Testing ISO/IEC 13818-5 (Part-5)Software Simulation
I,P,B Pictures I Picture Intra Code Pictures P Picture Predictive Coded Pictures B Picture Bi-directionally Predicted Pictures
I,P,B Pictures Reordering
MPEG 2 Recording and Transmission
Program Streams Transport Streams
Packetized Elementary Streams
PES can be used to create Program Streams or Transport Streams Times Stamps PTS/DTS/ESCR
Program Streams A program stream is a PES packet multiplex that carries several elementary streams that were encoded using the same master clock or system time clock.
Transport Streams The job of a Transport Stream Program Clock Reference Packet Identification Program Specific information
MPEG-2 / Introduction to Video Coding Standards MPEG2 Tutorial Introduction and Contents Copyright 1999 Wayne E. Bretl and Mark Fimoff. Posted on www.bretl.com January 15, 2000
A Guide to MPEG Fundamentals and Protocol Analysis Tektronix
