MPEG-2 Compression
MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group) refers to a family of protocols designed for encoding, compressing, storing, and transmitting audio and video in digital form. MPEG-2 is the protocol of choice for digital video of the HDTV Grand Alliance, but it supports both progressive and interlaced displays.
MPEG-2 is capable of handling standard-definition digital television (SDTV), HDTV, and motion picture films. MPEG-2 supports data transmission, which is used for sending control information to digital set-top boxes and can be used for transmitting user data, such as Web pages. It is backward-compatible with MPEG-1, which means that MPEG-2 decoders can display MPEG-1-encoded files, such as CD-ROMs. This compression technology ...
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