Paper Title:

MPEG: A Video Compression Standard for Multimedia Applications

Author:

Didier Le Gall

Main Point(s):

The paper gives a summary of likely applications of MPEG which determine the requirements on the MPEG video compression algorithm and an overview of the MPEG compression algorithm. It shows that MPEG is flexible for wide range of spatial and temporal resolution and it also leaves leeway for creativity.

Possible Use(s):

The paper is a good introduction to MPEG standard for people to understand MPEG and use MPEG for their own applications.

Extensions:

Technical details about how to set up parameters in MPEG to satisfy specific requirements.

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