THE BIG PICTURE 39
An introduction to MPEG
The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) defined a series of standards for compressing or reducing the file size of video to make it easier for computers to handle.
VideoStudio allows you to work with both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats to create VCD and DVD movies with amazing frame- accurate technology.
MPEG-1
Also known as the White Book standard, MPEG-1 gives you VHS quality video which you can burn to a CD and play back using a regular CD player. Popularly known as the VCD format, MPEG-1 enables more than 70 minutes of good quality video and audio to be stored on a single CD-ROM disc.
MPEG-2
A standard for coding video at higher data rates and in an interlaced format, MPEG-2 allows multi-channel sound recording and enables a resolution four times greater than MPEG-1. It is optimized for higher-end applications such as satellite broadcast and DVD.
Note:MPEG-4, a more recent development, allows video and sound recorded by cameras and microphones to work smoothly with their computer-generated counterparts.
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