MPEG-2

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* [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26797 ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998] - Part 3: Audio
 
* [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26797 ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998] - Part 3: Audio
 
* [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43345 ISO/IEC 13818-7:2006] - Part 7: Advanced Audio Coding
 
* [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43345 ISO/IEC 13818-7:2006] - Part 7: Advanced Audio Coding
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Latest revision as of 15:25, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name MPEG-2
Ontology
LoCFDD fdd000335, others
PRONOM x-fmt/386, fmt/585, fmt/640
Released 1996

MPEG-2 is an extended version of the MPEG-1 standard for video and audio streams. It is used in digital TV broadcasts and DVDs. The ISO/IEC 13818 group of standards specify the details of the standard.

A number of patents relate to various aspects of the format, but they are starting to expire as of 2012, with most expired by 2015 (but a few hanging on a little longer). As long as any of the patents are in effect, a licensing body with control over the entire patent pool demands royalties from everybody producing anything using the format.

The popular MP3 audio format is based on layer 3 of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2.

The AAC audio format is based on MPEG-2 Part 7.

Data within an MPEG-2 stream is divided into packets in the Packetized Elementary Stream format.

Contents

[edit] Formats

There are separate articles for these formats:

Other formats based on MPEG-2:

[edit] Specifications

These documents are not free to download. This is not a complete list of the MPEG-2 Parts and Amendments.

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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