MPEG Informations, Questions and Answers

The MPEG standard

1. What is MPEG ?
2. Is MPEG patented ?
3. Does it have anything to do with JPEG or MHEG?
4. How do MPEG and H.261 differ ?
5. Is H.261 the de facto teleconferencing standard ?
6. What is the reasoning behind MPEG syntax symbols ?
7. How would you explain MPEG to the data compression expert ?
8. What are the implementation requirements ?
9. How do I join MPEG ?
10. What is the evolution of standard documents ?
11. How do I get the documents ?
12. What are the important themes of MPEG ?
13. How do you tell a MPEG-1 bitstream from a MPEG-2 bistream ?
14. What is the precision of MPEG samples ?
15. What is the best compression ratio for MPEG ?
16. What about MPEG artifacts ?
17. Are there any real time MPEG encoders ?
18. What about MPEG-1 decoder chips ?
19. What about audio chips ?
20. Will there be an MPEG video tape format ?
21. Is so-and-so really MPEG compliant ?
22. What are some journals or books on related MPEG topics ?
23. Which performances should I expect from MPEG boards ?
24. Are there any MPEG FTP or WWW sites ?