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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