MPEG Informations, Questions and Answers

MPEG-2

1. What is MPEG-2 ?
2. Why MPEG-2 ?
3. What are the typical MPEG-2 bitrates and picture quality ?
4. When will an MPEG-2 decoder chip be available ?
5. Where will we see MPEG in everyday life ?
6. What did MPEG-2 add to MPEG-1 in terms of syntax/algorithm ?
7. What are the scalable modes of MPEG-2 ?
8. What is the TM rate control and adaptive quantization technique ?
9. What is MPEG-2 VIDEO ?
10. What are MPEG-2 VIDEO Main Profile and Main Level ?
11. At what bitrates is MPEG-2 video optimal ?
12. How does MPEG video really compare to TV, VHS, laserdisc ?
13. Why film does so well with MPEG ?
14. What are some pre-processing enhancements ?
15. Why use advanced pre-filtering techniques ?
16. What are some advanced encoding methods ?
17. What is MPEG-2 AUDIO ?
18. What is MPEG-2 SYSTEMS ?
19. What about the Grand Alliance ?
20. MPEG-2 references
21. MPEG-2 sample bitstreams