Introduction to MPEG

Internet Protocol Video - IP Video

Internet protocol video (IP video) is the transfer of video information in IP packet data format.

This figure shows how a basic IP television system can be used to allow a viewer to have access to many different media sources. This diagram shows how a standard television is connected to a set top box (STB) that converts IP video into standard television signals. The STB is the gateway to an IP video switching system. This example shows that the switched video service (SVS) system allows the user to connect to various types of television media sources including broadcast network channels, subscription services, and movies on demand. When the user desires to access these media sources, the control commands (usually entered by the user with a television remote control) are sent to the SVS and the SVS determines which media source the user desires to connect to. This diagram shows that the user only needs one video channel to the SVS to have access to a virtually unlimited number of video sources.

IP Video System Diagram

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Related MPEG Definitions

Intra Frames - I-Frames
Predicted Frames - P-Frames
Bi-Directional Frames - B-Frames
DC Frames - D-Frames
Group of Pictures - GOP
Musicam
Elementary Stream - ES
Transport Stream - TS
MPEG Transmission
MPEG Layer 3 - MP3
Advanced Audio Codec - AAC
MPEG Motion Estimation
Advanced Video Coding – AVC
Packet Elementary Stream – PES
Program Stream – PS
Program Allocation Table – PAT
Program Map Table – PMT
Conditional Access Table – CAT
Media Synchronization
Motion Picture Expert Group 7 – MPEG-7
Motion Picture Expert Group 21 – MPEG-21
MPEG Profiles

MPEG Books

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Introduction to MPEG

This book explains the basics of audio and video digitization and compression and the standard formats that are used be MPEG. You will learn about the different MPEG audio coders and video coder options.

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