Summary: A introduction to the video and audio compression standard MPEG from "KeyJ Phade".

Author: Frank Gadegast E-Mail: mpegfaq@mpeg1.de URL: http://www.gadegast.de

Questions:

• SECTION 0. - INTRO
• Disclaimer
• Copyright information
• Digest format
• Recommendations
• What questions are getting answered in this FAQ ?

• SECTION 1. - WHAT IS MPEG-VIDEO/VIDEO
• What is MPEG ?
• What is MPEG-Audio then ?
• What is the Audio Layer 3 then ?
• What is MPEG-1+ ?
• What is MPEG-2?
• What happened at the MPEG - NY meeting ?
• Whats with MPEG-4 ?
• What's about Video-CD and CD-I ?

• SECTION 2. - PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE

• SUBSECTION - DOS
• MPEG Encoder by Xing

• SUBSECTION - WINDOWS
• SoftPEG
• MPEG ARCADETM
• XingSound
• XingCD

• SUBSECTION - UNIX
• Xing Distributed Media Architecture
• NVR Research Kit
• Demo of NVR Digital Media Development Kit
• How will I get the NVR-Software ?

• SUBSECTION - MacIntosh
• Cdi Tools v2.0

• SECTION 3. - FREE AVAILABLE SOFTWARE

• SUBSECTION - DOS
• AMpeg
• MAPLAYPC
• More MPEG-Audio for MSDOS
• Layr_200
• Mpeg2ppm
• Vmpeg
• Cmpeg
• Dmpeg
• Secmpeg
• Mpegstat
• Enc11dos
• Pvrg MPEG

• SUBSECTION - Windows
• CoolEdit 1.5.3
• Maplay 1.2 for Win32
• WinPlay
• XingIt
• Mpgaudio

• SUBSECTION - WINDOWS-NT
• Mpeg2ply
• Mpegplay

• SUBSECTION - OS/2
• Mp

• SUBSECTION - X-WINDOWS and UNIX
• FHG Layer 3
• Berkeley's MPEG Tools
• MPEG-1 Video Software Encoder
• MPEG Video Software Decoder
• MPEG Video Software Analyzer
• MPEG Blocks Analyzer
• MPEG Video Software Statistics Gatherer
• Xmg
• Mpegstat
• Mplex
• Xmplay
• Xplayer
• Xmpeg.tk
• Mpeg2encode / mpeg2decode
• Mpegaudio
• Maplay
• Scanning MPEG's ...
• MPEG decoder...
• MPEGTool
• What is "SECMPEG" ?
• PVRG-MPEG Codec
• Wdgt

• SUBSECTION - VMS
• Vms MPEG

• SUBSECTION - MacIntosh
• Sparcle
• Qt2MPEG
• Audio on Macintosh ?!

• SUBSECTION - Atari

• SUBSECTION - Amiga
• MPEG2DCTV

• SUBSECTION - NeXT
• MPEG_Play.app
• Mpegnext

• SUBSECTION - SGI

• SECTION 4. - MPEG-RELATED HARDWARE
• MetaSound
• MPEG audio Layer-3 from Cenlay
• MPEG audio Layer-3
• Video-Maker
• I2M's MEDIA PLAYBACK
• Some MPEG chips
• Optibase
• ReelMagic
• Cinerama
• XingIt!-card
• MPEG-decompression hardware list
• Amiga CD32

• SECTION 5. - MAILBOX-ACCESS
• Xing Technologies BBS and fax

• SECTION 6. - FTP-ACCESS
• FTP-ACCESS - Overview
• MPEG-2 validation bitstreams
• Audio streams and utils
• Accessing Aminet
• Where will I find test-material for MPEG-encoders ?

• SECTION 7. - WWW-ACCESS
• Where is the WWW-home of this FAQ ?
• Where can I find MPEG-2 resource on the Web ?
• Where can I find a list of books and papers regarding MPEG audio compression ?
• An Interactive Explanation on the Web ?
• Where is the WWW-demo of "The Internet MPEG CD-Rom" ?
• Which archive is mostly related to MPEG-Audio ?
• What's with Bryan Woodworth ftp-area ?
• What are other good URL's ?

• SECTION 8. - MAIL ORDER
• The Internet MPEG CD-Rom
• The Internet MPEG Audio Archive
• Conversion, WWW and CD-Rom production service
• Conversion, WWW and CD-Rom production service
• How can I order information from C-CUBE ?

• SECTION 9. - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• What are the MPEG standard documents ?
• So, the Xing decoder is cheating, right ?
• Will MPEG be included in QuickTime ?
• What about good MPEG Hardware encoders (Optivision) ?
• What's about CD-I ?
• What is the PCMotion Player ?
• What is the MPEG-2 ISO number ?
• Some papers about MPEG-audio
• Where can I find more documents about what Berkeley is doing ?
• Who are CD-I producers ?
• Where can I get VideoCD and CD-I coding ?
• Who offers MPEG encoding via Internet ?
• Where can I do MPEG encoding ?
• What the problem with all these file extensions for MPEG-files ?
• How can I do RTP encapsulation of MPEG1/MPEG2 ?
• Wo kann ich den MPEG-standard bestellen ?

• SECTION 10. - WHERE TO FIND MORE INFOS
• What are some good books about MPEG ?
• Where are some good artikels about MPEG ?
• What newsgroups discuss MPEG ?
• How can 'archie' help me ?

• SECTION 11. - QUESTIONS

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